Making something new…again.
This past Christmas my mommy dearest received a nice new shiny gift. A jewelry box. It was to replace her old scruffy/outdated/smaller box. I have seen this box on her dresser for as long as I can remember. The smell of it reminds me of dressing up in my mothers gaudy baubles. She even used to keep my old baby teeth in that jewelry box. I couldn’t just let my daddy toss it in the garage like a piece of junk. So…I adopted it! I took that hunk of wood home and just stared at her for weeks.
Then one day it hit me…I knew exactly what I was going to do with her. I slapped a few coats of white paint on, and recovered the panels in the front with scrapbook paper. I dunked the hardware in acetone to age the brass some, and sanded her down. Viola! My new vintage jewelry box. Full of cute trinkets and fond memories.
I love, love ,love it!!!
I have just been dabbling in turning old furniture new again. It makes me happy to see that something old and discarded can be updated and brought back to life.
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wow this is beautiful! what did you use on those panels? that print is beautiful! I love taking old things and giving them new life. Especially sentimental things. My mom still has all of my baby teeth in her old jewelery box! haha is that a common place for baby teeth or what?
Thanks! I used this really amazing product called scrap paper. lol It was the paper that influenced the whole makeover. How funny that your mom stored your teeth in this unusual spot. I guess I’ll have to carry on the tradition with my boys!
I guess I will have to do it too! how funny!
WOW! If Holly hadn’t of said it was a jewel box in her post I would have thought this was a GIANT armoire by the first photo!!!! Great job!!!
Thank you. Yea, it would have been one really ugly armoire!
I totally agree with Rebecca above, I thought it was an armoire and then I saw the jewerely and did quite the double take. It came out gorgeous though. Great job!!
I am working on a large-scale project like this and saw your pic and thought “Yes, that is what I was looking for!” and “if she can do it so can I!” but then realized that yours is a tiny jewelry armoire and mine a massive two-day painting giant. LOL! But hey, I guess the same principle should apply. I just keep procrastinating thinking it will be oh so hard… Wish me luck!
~ Autumn Clark