My Latest Project

My garage turned into a workshop for the last two weeks! It was a sunny fall day and we had no big plans so we decided to take the kids to the park! On the way out to the car Nick said "hey, I think there's a garage sale going on down the street. Lets walk down and check it out before we go!" Needless to say, we never made it to the park. Turns out there were two garage sales and an estate sale all going on at the same time. I'd never been to an estate sale, so maybe they're not all like this, but this was an "everything must go" sale and we totally hit the jackpot! We found a beautiful 1970's bedroom set that I just LOVE, a dresser, and a Bistro table and chairs set, all for ridiculously cheap. We called our awesome home teacher (thanks Phil!) and moved the furniture out of that house and into our garage.

We immediately got to work. In fact, Nick took off all the old nasty hardware before I could even take pictures! We sanded and sanded and sanded some more for days (or really nights, after the kids were in bed). Then came the painting (which I left up to Nick's expertise) while I filled in the old holes with wood filler. After even more sanding, everything got painted and we moved everything into the house. We spent many nights in the garage working, but the bedroom set is finally complete (minus the mirrors that don't fit in our bedroom).

Nightstand before....

Nightstand After! Dresser before... (notice the not so lovely hardware sitting on the top...) Dresser After!
Armour before...
Armour After! (This is by far my favorite piece!)I LOVE the detailing, though it was a bear to sand and paint!Notice the new hardware I got from Home Depot.Lyssa's new dresser that I'll paint (and replace hardware) next Spring!I decided to hold off on painting the dresser for Lyssa's room until next Spring. Financially even bargains add up eventually, and it's getting freezing in that garage! I didn't take pictures of the bistro table, but I'll post about that someday when I recover the seats and paint it all up pretty.

So in all the chaos of new furniture, I decided to give Lyssa and Alec their own rooms. Lyssa is in the Winnie the Pooh room now, and Alec now has dominion over what used to be the guest room. (Guest will still have a bed, it's just now in the basement. :-)

So now I need your help. We want to decorate Alec's room in a "transportation" theme, but after splurging on all this stuff last month my budget is a little on the tight side. Have any ideas for me?