Fixing up the Past

Matthew and I moved into his grandma's (as many of my friends know) after we got married. A large part of this was to watch after her (we've even entertained the idea of buying the house form her). It was something that we wanted to do, she is for the most part bed ridden (caused by her choices to not want to move and listen to her doctors etc) but also because she is alone a vast majority of the time. Her husband died a long time ago, when Matthew's mother was a preteen from what I understand, and his family usually doesn't have time to visit except once or twice a week. So by moving in she had, for the most part, constant companionship.

Well we have the run of the house, since she pretty much lays in bed all day, and we set up a computer room, cleaned up the main living space, and reorganized our small but comfortable bedroom, the only thing lacking...a DRESSER!!! Originally we were going to buy one, but it is so much cheaper to buy a set, plus the concern of buying a set piece by piece and the set being discontinued, so instead we looked to his old dresser. This dresser is nearly 40 years old, and I wish that I had before pictures of it, but we removed the old finish, and painted a whole new one on. We still have the book case to do (that I will definitely take before and after pictures of) but that will be a day or two project. The dresser we had to reinforce the drawers, and we bought new knobs for it so that they matched the end tables that we bought. All in all I think it turned out very nicely for our first project as a married couple!