Comments on: Paint!

By: kelly

kelly — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:35:27 +0000

No worries, Liz, I don’t have any plans on buying Ikea dressers. The ones I like are in the $200 range, and I think I’d prefer to spend $50 on paint and new hardware to refurb my existing ones. And though I’ve looked, pairs of dressers are pretty hard to find on CL.

By: kelly

kelly — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:28:18 +0000

Alyssa, thanks! Hopefully I can get the curtains cranked out before April, which should help, and then it’ll be warm enough to paint in the garage. I still have your email in my inbox about going to lunch… I’ve been a bad friend about replying to that. I hope your job is going well – I’ll try to catch up on email this week and get in touch with you.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:57:34 +0000

LOVE the orange color, it’s perfect. I’m catching up on your blog. Great work.

By: liz

liz — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:46:29 +0000

I know your love for Ikea but their dressers are really poor quality. The bottoms of the drawers tend to fall out and the dresser has to be put together just so or the drawers won’t roll and close properly.
If the dressers you have work, a coat of paint is much cheaper than a good quality new dresser. Plus your friend Liz might come help you paint one day. You do live awfully close to a Chipotle.

L

By: kelly

kelly — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:19:02 +0000

Oh, I know they’re probably not worth the effort, but I’m kind of attached to them. I suppose I should look around just a bit, but I have a feeling I’d just end up painting anything else I found…. Good to know they were only $10! Maybe it was the dining table and chairs that were $40.

By: Karen Johnson

Karen Johnson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:40 +0000

Just to be honest, the dressers were only $10 each. I’d check craigslist for new ones before I spent the time and paint on those $10 garage sale treasures. IMHO