You're actually getting two for one this month! One of these was a big project that I have been thinking about for a long time and the other was just a cute way to say "welcome, fall!"
I'll start with the big project. For as long as we've been living together, we've had (still have) a lot of mismatched furniture. The one that bothered me the most was our bedside tables.
Our side tables on the day after we moved into our apartment -- ick!
I have been researching, shopping, and scouring the Internet to find THE side tables (I mean, for the last year and a half -- I'm pretty picky). This is all, of course, on a pretty tight budget. So these were definitely out (unfortunately).
Instead, my friend Jen and I trekked the 1.5 hours to Ikea and I got some Rast three drawer dressers. $35 each? I can swing that. Also, everyone on the Internet has done a tutorial so I had some guidelines -- thanks, Internet!! This tutorial was the one I followed since the blogger seemed super laid back about the whole thing and didn't do a lot of fancy stuff that I wasn't willing to do (although hers turned out beautifully!)
My dad helped me assemble these babies and then we stained them with Minwax Antique Walnut Polyshades. I got the one with the polyurethane already in it because I knew I wouldn't take that extra step. I wanted to do the dark walnut like in the aforementioned tutorial -- since hers are so beautiful -- but I needed that poly to already be in there.
I found these knobs on Amazon and with part of a giftcard, they only cost me $5!
I didn't take any "during" photos, but here's the finished product:
Wahoo! I am so in love with them. They match! And have storage! Ahhhh!
So, onto the way more fun and much quicker project:
A cute little fall banner for the door! I saw this one on Pinterest and thought "ooh! I have got to do one!" Mine just uses construction paper and non-felt balls, but I still liked how it turned out!
