For a renter, options are pretty limited in terms of making permanent changes. After considering our space and furniture, I realized we don't really have anything in the way of a "bedroom set" ... and some googling showed that nightstands and new dressers apparently cost several hundred dollars! So... tweaks and renovations of old stuff it is!
The yellow dresser used to be white, and it was my childhood dresser. It was painted when I moved in to my first apartment during college, and now it's going to be painted again. The brown dresser is my husband's. It's old, but I really don't know how old. Neither dresser is particularly classy or adult-like - the benefit of this being that the only place I have to go with renovations is up, right?
I bought 10 Stone Mill Bellevue Satin Nickel cabinet knobs on Overstock.com. I thought I was getting a good deal and saving some money, but after a trip to Lowe's they actually seem to be almost the same price. But, the quality is pretty impressive and they have some good weight to them.
Phase one is to repaint the dressers a more mild and classy color. Phase two is to replace all the knobs with the Satin Nickel knobs. For colors I'm considering Olympic's Charcoal Heather (a gray/purple) and Silverberry (a little darker than lilac).
Inspired by by Martha, I'm looking for "sophisticated neutrals,"
"soft grays, putty tones, or even a diluted violet for a serene and versatile palette."Fingers crossed!
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