Before and After

As I was thinking about this post, I thought it would be perfect to include some before and after belly pictures, but I actually haven't taken any...maybe soon. Oh well! Here are some before and after pics of projects I've been working on for the little girl's room!

The first project of the summer was her dresser and the second was an ottoman! I'll show you the befores and then the after pics of part of her room!

 This was the dresser I had when I was a kid (along with a matching desk and bed which we'll add to her big girl room a few years down the line) and my mom had when she was a kid! It was fun to update it with paint and I think it turned out pretty cute! Obviously I missed a very first shot before I took the handles off and started sanding!

Now for the ottoman...we had this ottoman thanks to mom and dad along with a chair that we used well for a long time till we got new furniture a couple years ago! We kept the ottoman as a catch all and it was so nice to be able to reuse it for the baby's room because the ottomans that go with the glider chairs seem ridiculously expensive!

 I removed the skirt...

Then spray painted the legs white (didn't take a pic of this!)...and the actual recovering was a bit of an experiment, but it worked! Here's the after!

Awesome fabric from Nell Hill's!

Now for some pictures of the dresser and ottoman and her room! I love it so far...really just some details to add, some of which will just have to wait till she's here like her name in letters and some blank spaces on the wall above her dresser for some pictures of our little family!

So, all big things are done before school starts (two weeks from tomorrow...WHAT????), now just lots of details...12 more weeks till she is hopefully here!

Love,
The Messamores