Shutter Love

 

Ok y'all, take a look at these old shutters...what do you see? Trash, junk, a filthy mess? Well, that's what my neighbor saw! She had these stashed away in her garage for who knows how long and was about to dump them in the trash! Me on the other hand, I saw some soon to be gorgeous decor for my back patio!!! Have some vision people!

Here's a close up to show you just how nasty they were lol! Because we needed a close up right? lol

The first step to refinishing these beauties was just a little soap and water! I scrubbed them down to give me a clean surface to paint. 

I chose this gorgeous shade of blue by Sherwin Williams called Jay Blue. I was inspired by my new patio pillows to go with a brighter blue color. Everything on my patio is very brown and I needed a few pops of a happy color! So, without further due, here are my shutters now!

Gorgeous right?! After giving them a solid 2 coats of Jay Blue, I dry brushed them with a very light cream khaki color to make them look distressed. 

I hung them side by side above the ginormous bench my hubby made completely of reclaimed wood pallets! The pillow you see there on the left was my color inspiration for the shutters. 

I added a couple of moss wreaths (Joann Fabrics) tied on with some burlap ribbon. I am so pleased with how these turned out and what I love even more is that I took something that was going to be trash and turned it into decor!! I'd like to think that if we all rescued some trash, there would be just a few less things deteriorating in a land fill. I hope I have inspired you to find some trash and turn it into treasure!! 

One Incredible Dresser Transformation!

Are you in need of some furniture painting inspiration? Well this post is for you!!

My neighbor was going to throw this dresser in the dumpster until I willingly took it off his hands! It was a gorgeous shade of maple (can you hear the sarcasm in my voice?). Although the color wasn't what I was looking for, the shape and drawers were perfect. Plus I was really in love with the small metal details in the middle of the dresser! 

I began by sanding the entire thing down with an electric sander. This was quite the process, but I knew I wanted to stain it, so it had to be done!

Looks better already right?!

I love how you can see the wood grain. 

And here is the finished product! I stained the dresser a deep brown color, and painted the drawers with SW Seal Skin (my favorite dark grey). 

I traded out the old dated hardware for these new brushed nickle ones. 

It is the perfect dresser in my boys' room. It has a masculine, rustic, industrial feel that goes so well in the space! Oh and by the way, that adorable framed quote above the dresser is available for FREE on my blog! Just click here for the free download!

What furniture piece do you have that could use some new paint and stain?! Do you have a piece you recently finished that you would like featured on Style with Wisdom? Just comment below!