minty refresh

You know when you have a bunch of pressing things to do but you ignore them and do something not-at-all pressing that really doesn't need to be done at all? I do that all the time. ALL the time.

And this dresser is one of those things ...

I'm SURE you all remember the original color of the dresser (because Patton furniture colors are high on your priority list) and I still liked it and there was nothing wrong with it but we painted it over seven years ago and it just needed a little love.

One of my super sweet blog buddies sent a St. Theodore icon so I hung that up in the room, and I bought a really cool cow (cattle?) print from Britt's shop and replaced one of the photos above Theo's bed so why not just keep on keeping with the room sprucing? Why not.

I know it's smart to get paint samples before painting but I just picked the color that I thought I wanted and rolled with it. I'll be answering to, "Mrs. Wild and Crazy" for the remainder of the year, thanks. Also, if someone wants to turn back time, push that bottom drawer in, and retake these photos that would be great. Thanks again.

The process was a lot more simple than I predicted because back when we painted it for the first time I remember it feeling like an eight day long odyssey of sanding and painting and painting and painting -- I'm not sure what was different this time around. I'm a lot less thorough than Simon? I'm more rush-and-do-a-subpar-job rather than take-your-time-and-make-it-perfect type of person? I don't know.

I just used our handy little sander ...

(Wild and Crazy should've been wearing a mask, safety glasses, hair tie, and maybe some work clothes but she had to live up to her name)

and then used these amazing (really! so worth it) little tack cloths to get all the sand off and went to work with my paint+ primer combo.

I sanded in between with a super fine sander and put on two more coats (sanding in between) and then - done.

Oh, you didn't want a detailed how-to? I'm sorry.

But let me finish -- I went back a few days later and touched up some spots that I'd missed.

Okay, really done. With the dresser!

Onto another corner of the room. Cackle.

I found these little hooks on Amazon and couldn't help but sand and paint them too ...

but now I'm wondering if I need to mintify the bookshelves too? Too much - says Lazy Grace. Too much mint for one little room.

I wish I could tell you that this is the end of Grace's wildly impressive home projects but unfortuntaly we're just getting started, folks. Get excited or get out the way.

Happy Wednesday.


Also - not that my photos are ever awesome but I'm sorry these are grainy - it won't stop raining (like cancelled school type of rain - say que?) and the house is so dark and my photog skill are below average at best. I'll do better another time. I hope.