The many faces of a dresser.

 

You may remember getting a peak at this dresser here.  Or maybe it was here or here.

 

Well I thought for White Wednesday at Faded Charm  I would post about the actual dresser and how it came to be.

 

Years ago my husband bought me this little chest for this space as a birthday gift.

This was before blogging so this is the best picture I could find.

This worked in this space for awhile, but wasn't quite large enough.  Then my husband went to an estate sale and bought this picture.

Then it looked horrible and very off balanced.  Sorry I don't have a picture of this.  Also about this time we bought our TV armoire and needed video storage.  So I decided that I wanted a dresser that was somewhere between 36 and 44 inches long and 30 - 36 inches tall.

So I began to stalk Craig, Craigslist that is.  Everyday I would get up and browse both of the nearby cities.

Oh I almost forgot I only wanted to spend between $75 and 0 dollars.  Well nothing for months.

Well I got desperate I really needed someplace to store the videos so I picked up this dresser.

It was $20 and fit all the videos.  It was wider so it didn't look as bad but was still not right and was going to need to be refinished.......so I still was not happy, and was still stalking Craig.

Well we had been cooped up in the house for the winter and one day when the sun was shining and it was somewhat warm outside my husband and I decided to stop into the antique shop.  While browsing I asked the ladies if they had any dressers that meat my criteria.  I looked at a bunch and the one my husband wanted was...$475 dollars!!!  I said "are you out of your flipping mind um no!  We were just on our way out and under a bunch of stuff in a little corner I found her. 

 

My husband said it was the wrong size and that it wouldn't  work.  Oh and it was marked $85 dollars, however I know the owner and she said she would take $65.

So we went home with no dresser and I spent the entire evening nagging and whining, begging and pleading being patient with my husband.  Long story short(not) we went back and picked her up the very next day!

She then has been dressed various ways until I arrived as she looks today.  Tomorrow may be another story.

   

I love her in all her chippy goodness!  She was well worth the wait!

Have you ever waited months for the right piece of furniture?

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32nd Penny Pinching Party@ The Thrifty Home