Refurbed and totally fabulous

You read it right.  The She-Judkins has reached a whole new level of cheapness, frugality, penny-pinching.  I am now a DIY refinisher of old stuff found on craigslist, garage sales, even the side of the road.  Oh yeah, and from the Kammerer's house, best source ever for items just begging for some spray paint.

It started when I realized we were moving from our fully furnished house in Salt Lake City to Montrose in August.  We had some furniture in storage (aka Mom and Dad's big barn under an old hay tarp), but we were missing one important room.  
Guesses?  
Hint.... 
Ok, what happened that rocked the Judki's world about 1 year ago? 

Yup, not a single stitch of baby furniture.  No crib.  No changing table.  No cute little ridiculous baby room decorations.  Nada. Zip. Zilch.

So I started shopping.  As you know, me and shopping do not do well.  I am too cheap.  And too distractable.  And too cheap.

So I started looking on KSL (aka Salt Lake's weird craigslist stand-in...don't ask, another weird momo thing I am sure).  And I hit the jackpot.  People love to sell their old stuff.  Garages full of stuff.  And you get multi-item discounts. Sometimes, people will even throw something in for free.  Did I say I was thrifty?  And yes, that is different than cheap.

Now, don't freak out.  This post is not titled "How to buy your baby the ugliest used furniture ever."  Every worthwhile project needs some before and after shots, so here it is, in all it's disgusting 1970's solid oak glory-Luke's dresser/changing table.  And, if you didn't notice, I almost forgot my 'before' shot in my excitement to get this little project going.  And the chairs in the background were on the 'buy one, get one' discount.  More on that later.

Step 1-Find good help

 Step 2-Remove the (hideous) hardware and sand those babies down.  Can we say elbow grease?

I learned about sandpaper grit, tack cloth, and how short a baby's attention span is for playing with mom on the garage floor.

Now for a paint color.  Stay tuned.  Come on, all good DIY blog posts need to have multiple parts, so this is where I will leave you hanging...