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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years I&#8217;ve struggled in investing financially and emotionally into home furnishings. Perhaps, and thankfully, it was my inner-self warning that I had frequent and long-distance moves &#8230; <a class="readmore" href="https://kissmysassy.com/?p=58">Continue Reading &#8594;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past few years I&#8217;ve struggled in investing financially and emotionally into home furnishings. Perhaps, and thankfully, it was my inner-self warning that I had frequent and long-distance moves in my future. However, now that I have found my happy place, I&#8217;ve decided to invest in my surroundings.</p>
<p>As bachelorette&#8217;s we all have a pimped out daydream of what we&#8217;d love to do with our homes. If we all had it our way, our pad&#8217;s would be drenched in Pinterest-inspired and (always) well-executed DIY projects that would make your friends drool. Yep. They&#8217;d be green with envy for your interior.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re anything like me, you&#8217;ve definitely put in your time pinning these projects, but when it comes down to it you haven&#8217;t been ready to invest&#8230; or the project looks to hard or time-consuming&#8230; or you&#8217;re certain it would turn out to be a big fat Pinterest fail. Well, we&#8217;re putting a stop to that. I&#8217;m here to be your DIY Pinterest Bachelorette Pad martyr. I need to get my place glammed up for my super fabulous year ahead.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t all have Real Housewives of Beverly Hills budgets to get the job done, so, Pinterest. Game on.</p>
<p>Today I took on one of my first projects. I&#8217;ve been needing a tall chest of drawers for my bedroom since storage for my ever-growing wardrobe has busted the seams of my closets. I can&#8217;t seem to find a chest of drawers at a furniture store that fits my style standards AND my budget.</p>
<p>I found this chest of drawers at my local Salvation Army for $59.98. Now, buyer beware: as I passed the &#8220;all sales are final&#8221; sign and swiped my credit card, the lady at the counter tells me that their entire store is 50% off every Wednesday. &#8220;Oh. You mean I could have purchased this for $30 in 4 days? Awesome.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4079-11.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-62" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_4079-11-768x1024.jpg" alt="Salvation Army $59.98" width="470" height="626" /></a></p>
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<p>Now, let&#8217;s talk vision and details. Last year, I splurged on bright pink sheets. THIS is my inspiration for this dresser. This is my chance to tie the sheets into my color scheme. So I stopped by Home Depot and dropped a cool $33.97 on this stuff (minus the hammer and drill, which I already had at home):</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/supplies.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-63" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/supplies.jpg" alt="Home Depot supplies" width="603" height="452" /></a></p>
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<p>To get started on the rehab, I removed the drawers from the dresser and the hardware from the drawers. Then I gave all of the pieces a light sanding with the sandpaper sponge I had purchased.</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/beginning.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-65" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/beginning.jpg" alt="" width="325" height="433" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hardware-off.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-64 size-full" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hardware-off.jpg" alt="" width="381" height="508" /></a></p>
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<p>I started painting with a spray can primer in white. I wanted my pink to end up being light and bright. If you&#8217;re wanting a darker finish, feel free to use a black primer underneath. This was SUPER fast and easy to use. I probably passed over the each piece twice with the spray to coat it thoroughly enough.</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/primed-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-67" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/primed-2.jpg" alt="Primer: check." width="381" height="508" /></a></p>
<p>Now, the project comes down to some good old fashioned painting. Two coats did the job for covering this piece, and it took me about an hour to get it covered.</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/painted.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-69" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/painted.jpg" alt="Sassy Pink" width="545" height="409" /></a></p>
<p>Once I felt like the pieces had dried enough, 45 minutes to an hour, I added the original hardware back to the drawers. I had originally wanted to do some new, sassy drawer pulls, but I ended up deciding the original pulls were swanky enough.</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/back-together.jpg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-70" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/back-together.jpg" alt="back together" width="513" height="385" /></a></p>
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<p>And that&#8217;s about it. Once the drawers were put back into the dresser, I was left with a pretty glammed up piece for my bedroom. This project was extremely easy to pull off both on effort and time.</p>
<p><a href="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Finished-Chest.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-71" src="http://kissmysassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Finished-Chest.jpg" alt="Finished Chest" width="381" height="508" /></a></p>
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<p>Don&#8217;t be intimidated to pimp your bedroom a bit.</p>
<p>I look forward to Pinterest&#8217;s next challenge.</p>
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