The One with the Dresser

I've hijacked Lindsey's computer again to write another entry! (Yes, it's Jonathan. I think it's important for me to put my mark among these posts. I know you all love reading Lindsey's posts, so I'll try to match her with interesting facts and funny comments!)

So... After we got the bedding from the shower in Tuscaloosa last weekend, Friday came around and it was time to head to Home Depot (after eating dinner, of course) to buy paint for the dresser!

We had already decided the best plan was to paint the dresser rather than the book cases because the dresser was only one item and to replace it would be considerably more expensive than replacing the book cases--which only cost $13 at Walmart. Our plan was to find pink and green spray paint that matched the bedding.  The pink looked like a perfect match and the green was a slightly lighter shade but appeared to still go well.

We laid down the newspaper and cardboard in the garage when we got home and I began painting right away!

I'd never used spray paint before, but I found the best way to get good results was to spray facing down so the paint didn't create running droplets, and to begin moving your hand before pressing the button to shoot the spray (that way you don't make shaded polka-dots...).

Even with no lead in the paint, we were careful to keep the garage well ventilated and I let Lindsey wear the mask I used in undergrad to block the dust when cleaning at Caplewood (...as if it was ever clean at The Party... haha! Speaking of Caplewood, the dresser was actually left there after a former resident--EE--moved out. And now it will be passed on to Lorelei!).

Once I was done painting, we left the box fan in the garage with the garage door cracked about a foot and the door leading from the garage into the back yard open for it to dry overnight.  Then after waking up in the morning and having a great brick workout (35 mile ride, 6 mile run--I've been trying to focus on putting in some longer distance/steady pace workouts to build my lactate threshold.  With my exercise-induced asthma being less of a factor in the longer distance races, the main factor becomes how fast I can push myself without reaching the point where I go anaerobic and start accumulating lactic acid in my bloodstream...), I brought all the pieces inside and put them back together!

I just spent several minutes looking for a cool quote about dressers or furniture but couldn't find one by anyone I recognized or one that really fit. I'd rather comment on how funny it would be if we got some more spray paint and drew a giant mouth using the bottom two drawer handles! Wouldn't that be great! I don't know if Lindsey is going to go for it though... It does look pretty good already... Besides, it'll be better when Lorelei discovers crayons and markers and goes on a canvas safari around the house.

FYI, I also put some $13 shelves together Saturday afternoon: