well , the welsh dresser I was lucky enough to pick up for a bargain price arrived on Monday. And I'm totally thrilled .
This week I've had so much fun playing around with it ........here's what it looked like on arrival. It's Antique Pine..............
I LOVE that all the stuff that was previously on display is now tucked away in it's drawers and cupboards........
I may paint it in a while.....I'd like to think it could look a little bit like this one , notice the price ? but then again I may leave it as it is.
But for now I'm happy to live with the pine. It's such an improvement on what was there before and I'm really enjoying arranging and rearranging things I already had on it's shelves.
Want to see ?
Here's how it looks today ,
Ready ?
Ta- dah.........
It's been constantly evolving all week as I've tried different things , it's largely thrifted , handmade or sentimental stuff I've had for many years ( and a bit of crochet, naturally ) . It's a real treat to have somewhere like this to arrange it all..........
The only thing I have bought new for my dresser are these cute flower lights. It's in a dark spot so I wanted to add some light , as there are no power sockets on this wall these battery lights , with their warm glow are ideal..........
I've also made more mini bunting from some pretty CK papers I had ( like the plant bunting I made earlier this year............
If you read my blog regularly lots of this stuff will be familiar, but I hope you don't think It's a bit strange dedicating a whole post to a second hand piece of furniture . Mr BM does , he's just said as much.
I'm sure this display will continue to evolve over the months and years so I think it's nice to capture it as it is now .
Hope you have a relaxing weekend
Jacquie x
I love your new pine dresser. I actually think I prefer it in its natural wood state as it is, but I know that a lot of people prefer them painted. Both can be lovely in a different way. What a marvellous place to put all your bits and bobs. It gives such a homely feeling! Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteLooks beautiful with all your treasures on it, love the little lights! fantastic idea.
ReplyDeleteIts beautiful now that it is personalised with all of your lovely bits and bobs. I love the look of the actual wood too. :)
ReplyDeleteWow it looks great, bunting, fairy lights and practical. What more could you want, oh yes and a bargain. Sarah
ReplyDeleteHa! Boys just don't get it do they?! I think your dresser is gorgeous and giving it a whole entire blog post to itself is totally justified! LOVE the little lights :)
ReplyDeleteKaren x
P.S. OMG the price of that cream painted dresser!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most men just don't get it! The dresser absolutely deserves a post of its own... my husband questioned why our bed "was on the internet". "Because it looks fabulous" I replied. Simple, and the same goes for your dresser x
ReplyDeleteMen don't understand and think we are crazy he he. But I agree that your dresser looks fantastic and you have put lots of lovely things on it! I like the idea of the white paint idea too!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely dresser. I just got one to, from Ebay :)
ReplyDeleteSo many hours of fun arranging and rearranging lol
x x
Very lovely - though to tidy at the moment ;) Its like one of mine except mines only 2 doors - it actually looks like the ones MrVV used to make & sell in a previous job - be funny if it was!!
ReplyDeleteI keep wanting to paint mine but then again the battered look is rather appealing!
I love it. It is very similar to mine. Would be such a shame to paint it though. I love the natural wood.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I'm getting pleasure from your pleasure - dedicating a post to it isn't strange in the slightest! You've already got it looking so pretty - I bet you're enjoying every minute! My dresser is also in a shadowy spot with no nearby power sockets so I think I may follow suit and buy some battery fairy lights too.
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It's just perfect Jacquie, love how you've decorated it and I'm sure you will spend many a happy hour rearranging and tweeking it! Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely lovely, it will be great fun to see how you arrange it at Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHelenxx
A very beautiful dresser!
ReplyDeleteI love the lights.
It is a very happy dresser!
Oh, it's beautiful! I have an old shopcounter plus wall shelf in my kitchen, a whole 4m long...struglle a bit with the packing and displaying, as it is so hughe. Shelves are a bit high. Might look here for a bit of inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI love your dresser and quite happy that you showed it to us! Men just don't understand!
ReplyDeleteLove your dresser Jacquie! The fairy lights are the perfect finishing touch!
ReplyDeleteVictoria xx
Wow! It's beautiful - I love all the decorations that make it so happy looking with the warm pine wood :)
ReplyDeleteSmiles, DianeM
wowza!!!!! what a beauty!!!! nothing pleases me more than how delightful others dress their dressers! reminds me of the colours at attic24 blog- so colourful and pretty!!!!! ;0)x what a treasure!!!! love the bunting and all your sweet kitchen wares x
ReplyDeleteif i wasnt hosting a little sleep overday with sophia and her neice id be tinkering with mine tehe xx
DeleteWhat a lovely dresser, I think you are right to hold off from painting it as it looks in great condition. The flower lights are a great idea, I think I might copy, may I ask where you got them, as I do not have an electric socket near my dresser.
ReplyDeleteKathy xx
Hi Kathy , they came from Amazon. think they were listed as 20 warm white LED sunflower battery fairy lights :0)
DeleteJacquie x
Completely ignore him!!!!! I think it is a great piece of furniture and love your decorations.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Meredith
It looks great and it is functional..... we have one in our garage that I would LOVE to bring into the dining room to replace some seriously gloomy furniture that has been in there since before I came on the scene. You have INSPIRED me to broach the subject with Hubby.......and as for your OH. Just smile at him! He is after all, male!!
ReplyDeleteLiz
That is one beautiful dresser and very lovingly decorated. You are right : he's a bloke, he won't get it, yet I'm sure if he is anything like my other half, he can blather on for hours about sparkplugs and stuff.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, back to dressers and storage furniture : I love places to squirrel stuff away. My problem with the put away thing is I often forget that I've done it and can't find what it is I put away.
The rules say that a few days after you've replaced put away item is the time when you are going to open the door to the cupboard and find said item. Now you have two! :)
Oh .....the welch dresser looks wonderful!!! Don't you just love the fussing!!! Lights....I adore fairy lights.....such a beautiful light pine ...I just love it!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I think it looks lovely unpainted with all of your beautiful things in it. Oh and those fairy lights are the perfect touch!
ReplyDeleteYour home and your desire for more light aside (as well as the fact that I can understand wanting the piece white....I think as its an old piece it may be a mistake to paint it......
ReplyDeleteThat said it looks great!!!! I love the way you've arranged the shelves and adding those flower lights was a stroke of genius!!!!
it's just lovely and so homely! especially with the lights, a good find, Heather x
ReplyDelete!Que lo disfrutes!
ReplyDeleteTut tut tut Mr B! What do he know! I love your dresser so much I have dresser envy. I have one...a second hand one...we have to wedge the door closed with cardboard. It is smaller than yours and now I need a new one and you to come and tittify it for me! xxx
ReplyDeleteyes ignore him - what does Mr BM know about it?!! It's looking great and it is such an improvement on what was there before, I can see why you are so pleased with it.
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely beautiful.. I just love the bunting and the lights, it brings it all to life. Well done on such a find! Never mind Mr BM, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHelen xx
Love it! I'd be lost without my one. And like you, I like to string fairy lights round it too. :) xx
ReplyDeleteIt would look awesome painted and distressed too!! Makes me want one.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bargain!! I don't think it's strange at all - it's partly what blogging is for isn't it? Sharing a bit of decoration, a bit of creativity with people that are fairly like minded!! Well done - I'm loving your style! J9 x
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with a post dedicated to piece of second hand furniture, especially when it is a bargain.
ReplyDeleteI can feel your excitement. I'd be that way too, especially organizing it.
ReplyDeleteIt's really nice. I do like the painted version leaving the main shelf in wood, but pine is fine too. I've always loved Welsh dressers my whole life.
Previously loved furniture has it's advantages in that it has a history. I wonder what was once on the dresser displayed by the lady of the house.
Your display is lovely and am sure over time and many times it will evolve into something different. This is a true treasure to have, and blog about it all you want. After all its us ladies that enjoy dresser stories. Smile.
Diana
PS - I never know what to 'comment as' maybe you can tell me. Not even sure if you get my comments.I'll try Open ID and see what happens. Nope, that didn't work. I'll try Google.
I like the way you have the little lights around the dresser. It makes it look so cosy. I have wanted a dresser for ages but I am going to wait until we move house in the new year. Have fun playing with it. Lily. xxx
ReplyDeleteThat's just what a girl needs is a, A Bargain Dresser !!!!!. Love the way you have dressed it...
ReplyDeleteI wanted to show you mine, but was unable to flickr it to you. Its on my flickr if you would like to have a look.......xx
It is gorgeous and I love how you have displayed your treasures.
ReplyDeleteOh Jacquie it's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll have great fun changing pretty bits and pieces around!
It's very similar to my dresser which we bought from a chap who handmade it 14 years ago for about £500, so you really did bag yourself a bargain!
The cream one is gorgeous too, I really want to paint ours, but the hubster would rather keep it pine.I just think my little treasures would look better against a cream background.
Love the pretty fairy lights, I've ordered some for decorating my plate rack.
Rachel x
Rachel x
I forgot to add, someone that runs so far for charity deserves a thrifted dresser.
ReplyDeleteFab dresser Jacquie and I can imagine how much fun you will have arranging and changing things on it's shelves.
ReplyDeleteLove the 2 bunnies peeking out of the jug and the mini bunting is so cute.
Tell Mr BM he's been outvoted and a whole post on your new dresser is the very thing we gals love to read about...
Claire x
I like to paint, OH likes wood.... surprisingly we get on. It doesn't matter, you got a great bargain! Fiona
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, Jacquie! And your special touches make it perfect. :) We just bought and brought home a hundred year old oak pedestal table, and four press back chairs. I'm loving it! OUr home is a mixture of inherited family antiques and newer things. Works for me! :) samm
ReplyDeleteYour New Dresser looks amazing Jacquie love all your wee bits and bobs and your Mini Bunting is gorgeous!!! I have the same cream filigree tee light candle holder, it is beautiful when it's lit up don't you agree!! I do love popping by your blog...
ReplyDeleteHugs Sarah x
Its' a wonderful piece of furniture, and you have it decorated nicely. I like the lights and sweet little bunting.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful the way it is Jacquie! Don't paint it and the items you used to decorate it look very lovelie, men just simply don't get it but we girls do!!!!!!!!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteLove welsh dresser's and have one, need to pretty it up eh?
ReplyDeleteAlways good coming here to ready/enjoy ☺☺
Just lovely xxx
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazing, I want one now. I have this huge wall in my dining room that is just waiting for me to find the perfect piece of furniture for it, and this post makes me think that a welsh dresser would do quite nicely. This post is lovely, even if some people think it is strange to blog about furniture you should just own it!
ReplyDeleteI adore that dresser, I dream of owning one when I own my own house!
ReplyDeleteBe happy with it for the time being (there is so much to do before Christmas, you probably don't want to be painting it anyway.)
In the new year gloom (from which we all suffer) maybe you will feel inspired to give it a lick of paint and some gorgeous new door handles!
Love it, I am a little mad at myself for giving mine away, wasn't as nice as yours tho. I now want one again. Love all your bits too.
ReplyDeletexx Sandi
Men don't really get the whole blog thing :)
It looks lovely and well worth a blog post of it's own. My husband can't understand why I blog about any of the things that I do.
ReplyDeleteLove it so much , so inspired by this that i have been prowling around my house trying to find space to out one yoo;-)
ReplyDeleteHello! Your new dresser look great!!! And I like your decorations too, it looks so cozy! Have a nice time :-) Jolana
ReplyDeleteIsn't it fun to "move into" a new-old piece of furniture!? I'm so happy to see the fun way you've got it set.
ReplyDeleteyour dresser is looking lovely,mine always ends up as a dumping ground for all sorts of 'now, where shall I put thatness'
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