Not Too Shabby

Morning ya'all.

 It's nice and quiet in my house right now

 I thought I'd tell ya what I've been up to.

 It seems that with summer here, 

I'm not doing too many projects like I usually do.

I did however, do this lil' jem.

 While cruising around the big GW (Goodwill)

I found this puppy ...

 I tend to see TONS of these at my local store

 I hadn't ever seen one with metal feet like these

 So, I thought I would try my hand at refinishing a lil' jewelry box

 I started by removing all the insides

 they pop right out (at least mine did)

 Then after removing all the hardware it gets a good sanding

and cleaning with TSP

I primed it with Kilz and it got a couple coats of Martha Stewart's Fossil 

and if ya know me, it had to get some shabby-in up

Now, to the hardest part, reconstructing the insides

 I honestly have to say, they were difficult. 

There came a time when I thought,

 "I'll just keep them o' natural"

 But I really wanted to see if I could do it.

 The bottoms and sides were cardboard wrapped in material

 I just laid each piece on my fabric

and cut around the cardboard leaving about a 1/2 inch

 I used an old sheet of Rachael Ashwell's 

 Simply Shabby Chic collection from Target

 and hot glued to each piece then trimmed around the sides

After attaching the fabric, I popped them back into the bottoms

 attaching them with hot glue

 I also attached the sides and dividers with hot glue

**NOTE**

 If you decided to do this project, make sure that you re-attach

 all the hardware BEFORE you reconstruct the insides

 It's MUCH harder to attach the sides with the top glued in ; )

 For the lil' pocket on the top, I used an 

old dust ruffle from the same collection

My daughter begged me for it for her room

Although the insides were a challenge, I LOVE the way it turned out

I'm partying at:
 My Repurposed Life
Serenity Now
Savvy Southern Style