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July 27, 2012 By burlap+blue

Happy Friday, friends!
Have a bit of spare time this weekend? I’ve collected some of my favorite DIY’s and good reads from the past couple of weeks. I’m sure you’ll find something to add to your crafty to-do list (I know I did)!

loving this free patchwork printable via quiltish

I love the white/wood contrast in this dresser makeover by centsational girl

and while we’re on the subject of dressers, this blue/white herringbone dresser is ah-mazing

Lastly, I heart naptime is sharing 50 (!!) great back-to-school themed projects…so many cute ideas!

And before I forget, the winner of the $100 shop credit giveaway is Lynda from Positive Force! Congrats! You have 48 hours to contact me.

Thank you to everyone who entered! Because I appreciate you all, take 15% off anything in my shop with coupon code burlapandblue, good through the weekend.

stenciled dresser makeover

Hello there, dear readers! Hope everyone had a fabulous Mother’s Day weekend (I know I did).

Last month, I shared with you all my stenciled china cabinet (glad to see you all loved it as much as I did), and I was so smitten that I couldn’t wait to start work stenciling another piece of furniture. I perused Royal Design Studio’s site for a (long) while, and finally decided on the Eastern Lattice Moroccan Stencil…

Pretty, right?

So, here’s the dresser before…

…and the after…

I primed the piece with Zinsser primer (the green is oil-based, and I wanted to use latex paint, so I had to prime first), and painted it with Valspar Woodlawn Dewkist. I mixed a couple of acrylic paints until I got the turquoise shade that I wanted for the stencil.

Needless to say, I am so happy with how this turned out! The dresser was rather bland and not very impressive, now, it’s exactly the opposite! So fun!

Happy Monday!

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