A Thrifty Chest

"Well begun is half done." ~ Mary Poppins has many professional organizer traits! In her song, A Spoon Full of Sugar, we all learn that getting started is half the job. And then you are already half way complete!

This is a little chest that I found at a garage sale for $10 this past fall. It had small hinges on it that were falling off. The chest also had at least 10 stickers on it. It had a lot of nicks and was very sad looking.

One day in October, I took off the hardware, took off the stickers and then I sanded it down. One day in November, I filled all the holes with wood filler and then sanded it all down again.

Then it sat and sat and sat. Hey! It was cold in that garage.
I think it got moved around a couple of times in the garage too. Christmas Season hit, you know?


Finally, Beloved and I went to buy a piano hinge and some BLACK paint! Black Paint because it was going to go into the Boys Pioneer room. But, I realized the boys don't really need anything to hold their stuff because their gadgets fit into containers.

However, the Little Lady needed a little toy chest for her small collection of dolls and her large collection of horses. This would help organize her precious little treasure.

So, the chest got painted the color of her room. And, since it is to cold to paint in the garage, Beloved brought the chest into the bathroom to be painted! I am serious about getting these projects completed!

It isn't completely finished yet. We plan on doing black horses in stencil on the side of it. However, it can't be done until the paint dries.

On more TLC project for the Little Lady's room. Then, I will move on.....