I am not certain what has gotten into my sister and I as of late, but SOMETHING certainly has. In the last couple of weeks, I'd say she and I have visited various Goodwills and second hand stores in our area, no less than 6 times. This might be a normal occurrence for some. It just wasn't for us. And all I can ask myself now is "WHY THE HECK NOT??" Holy treasures. We have found some beauties. But, I'd like to share my largest, and most exciting! So, without further ado, I present to you, E'S NEW TODDLER BED!!!!
(we refrained from purchasing the cool Barbie car on this trip)
The price was $18.99. I asked the store employee if I could buy just the bed, without the mattress, for a lower price. NO, was the answer to that. This had only been put on the floor in the last few hours, so they weren't budging just yet. Even still, the price was nice...and I decided it was solid wood, it was sturdy, and I could quite possibly sell the mattress on Craigslist. (she'll be using the mattress we already have in her crib) So, with the assistance of an employee, (who may or may not have made my eyes water with the aroma of cigarette smoke)we got the beauty into the back of the van.
I decided while looking the piece over that it would indeed need a paint job. At first, I thought I'd just re-paint the entire thing white again. Giving it a face lift and restoring it to it's original beauty. But then my sister had a brilliant idea! We headed straight for Home Depot where we decided on this:
(insert shrieks of excitement!!)
This, my friends, is Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch 2X in Seaside Spray Gloss. I really, really, really like this color. I was a tiny bit nervous about doing an entire piece of furniture this color when I was buying it, but at under $4 a can, I decided to give it a try.
I got home, and unloaded this little darling as quickly as I could. I used an Allen Wrench to tighten all of the loose bolts. It took only minutes, and just like I suspected, made this bed as solid as can be. Then I took a sanding block and started roughing up the existing paint of the bed. It was messy work, and a little bit tedious, but I wanted to make sure that the paint had a nice, clear surface to stick to. After giving it a quick wipe down with a damp cloth, I was only a short drying time away from getting started. Seaside Spray, here I come!!
I laid out a sheet of painters plastic and got to work. I stopped after only a few minutes to snap this next picture because I was so excited at how it was turning out.
I just light coats, keeping the spray can moving the entire time to avoid drips. It took me three, two and a half coats to get the coverage I wanted (the last coat was mostly touching up the spots I could still see a peek of white through), and I gave it a good hour of dry time between coats (like the can suggested).
Unfortunately, I haven't gotten the bed set up in E's bedroom yet. I wanted to give the paint a good 48 hours to dry, and I have been working, so this week will be when we will be moving it upstairs and setting up for her. I am very excited! Now here's to a weekend of teaching her to stay in it all night.
