really old furniture

when i started on this project, i thought it was a garage sale find from my childhood. 'cause you see, it was mine (notice the batman sticker on one of the drawer fronts ... i was SO into batman) and we brought it on over in the POD. then after i painted it i emailed my mom a pic and said, "whadya think?" and she said something like, "cute! i'll see what grandma thinks!"

and i was like, "what?"

"why would grandma care?"

"oh she's the one that bought it for me and [my sister] when we were little girls."

(silence as i swallow down a gulp)

then i let it sink in.

really slowly.

i just painted a dresser from the 50s!?!? it was my mom's?!?! and it's in my house?!?!

G L O R Y !

i'm so incredibly into vintage modern decor and i had NO IDEA how incredibly awesome and truly vintage (and in the family!!) this dresser was.

i was pretty pumped.

and man i'm SO glad i didn't know how old it was before hand or i would have been freaking out about messing it up.

so without further ado...

ps. mom, i'm not saying you're old.

50+ yr old furniture = antique. vintage. etc.

50+ yr. old humans = well seasoned. like a good wine or something.

except i don't drink wine.