I was surprised at the interest in the crack-house dresser that I had painted. I had listed on CL and got quite a few calls. I even had multiple buyers for it on the same day. The person asked me if I was going to be doing any more like it. So, when I came across these two siblings, I thought I could paint one in the same fashion. So I did! 
Like my garage??? 3 dressers (four if you count the one you cant see) a hutch and a buffet....all awaiting my time. Yeah, ok, sure...Ill get right on that. The two siblings are on the left with the oh-so fetching coat of arms brand-thing is what Im working on. The one below is the smaller of the two. I dont even know what that green/yellow monstrosity is, even the owner didnt know what it was. 
All I know was that it had to go bye-bye. Some wood filler and a good sanding, and away it went. 
So...here it is,,,,crack-house dresser paint #2!
This one was in far better shape. I refinished the top and shined up all the brass hardware.
The Hub polished up all the hardware on his polisher. Almost looks as though they brass plated copper! 
The little brass studs were solid black. They shined up pretty durn good!!
I thought this fabric went perfectly with the colors.
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So glad I didnt! Im in love with how these colors turned out!
When he got it home I thought, "Good Lord! What the heck can I do with this?" Most of the guides of the drawers were gone and the bottom drawer fell apart when I took it out. 
Heres the natural wood color. It wasnt in good enough shape to leave it, so I decided on very distressed look. Ive been wanting to try some different colors and I figured since I only spent 15 bucks, if it didnt work out, no biggy! So I made my own chalk paint again and used Martha Stewarts "yam" mixed with some other orange and golden yellow. I just coated the whole thing with that color and then went over it in MS "Hosta" mixed with "plumage" and a little green. I used a sanding block and went to town.
I lightly dry brushed the top with the paint (I had already refinished and applied a seal coat)
At first I thought to myself what the heck is that doing in the back yard? So, I asked him what it was for and he told me he thought it was the perfect Christmas tree shape. Perfect!
I wrapped the entire base in white wedding lights and then attached lots of vintage Christmas and Thanksgiving post cards from 1900-1904 with tiny wooden clothes pins. Each card has actual messages written on the back from the sender and reading all the sweet sentiments from a time gone by makes them even more special.
For the star, I bought two metal barn stars from our local farm store, glued them together and then cut out a small hole in the bottom with metal cutters, then inserted a small dowel rod and glued in place with hot glue. Then I inserted that into the hole that was already at the top of the base that held the part of the wind mill that blows around, and it fit perfectly. It was the perfect Christmas tree to represent our shop.
For the other tree on the table, I wanted to keep it very understated, natural and simple so I placed it inside a vintage wooden egg crate, wrapped it in very wide burlap ribbon, added lights and a vintage wooden star topper. I love the look of the tree sitting in the crate.
To make the snow "globes", I sprayed the inside of the jars very lightly with spray snow and let dry. To do this, make sure to keep the jar quite a distance from the spray snow or you will end up with globs of it on the jar instead of a light mist. I placed the jars on the ground and then stood above them and sprayed, letting the "snow" fall into the jars.
I also made a few with tiny white Christmas trees, also found in the same section of the craft store. You could also find these in the play train section.
I have to admit, the lamps are my favorite.....
I had so much fun decorating but even more fun at the Open House. I spent the night before making cookies and caramel apple cider for our customers. 
Throughout the afternoon, we literally had 100s of people come in and we felt so blessed. It is such a joy talking with our customers and finding out what special treasures they are looking for. Finding those treasures is very important to my hubby. 
It really couldnt have been a better day. :)
A very special thank you to all our customers who visited us and who continue to return to our little shop. This new adventure we are on has exceeded our wildest expectations and that couldnt have been possible without YOU. Many, many thanks!