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From Trash to Treasure

My mom has always been a dumpster diver! She finds the coolest things that people have thrown out and is able to fix them up and make them beautiful again. Naturally, I also started to look around the dumpsters once I started driving. Keep in mind, I do not get in the dumpster and dig around. Eww! One day I was driving by the community dumpster in my neighborhood and noticed a diamond in the rough! I had to pick up this cute little nightstand. I just knew it would look awesome in my future office. So, I got out of my car, picked this heavy nightstand up all by myself and lugged it into my backseat. I'm pretty sure it was the heaviest thing I've ever had to move on my own! As soon as I got it into my car I brought it over to my parents garage so I could start working on it.

Here are a couple of before pictures so you can get an idea of how much work we really had to put into it. It was a hot mess! Whoever owned it before me did not take very good care of it.

My husband, David and my dad helped me by repairing the sliding mechanism in the top drawer. David also filled the holes with putty so that I would have a smooth surface to paint.

After the putty dried, we sanded it down and cleaned it up. Then it was ready to paint! I used Valspar Satin White paint. It was around $10 at Lowe's. I did two coats of paint and still had plenty left over. 

Here it is after the first coat of paint;

I left it dry for 24 hours and then added another coat. After the second coat, I waited another 24 hours to assemble it. Here is a close up of the knobs I chose. They are also from Lowe's.

I was so excited to finally see it come together! Here it is in all its glory!

Even though it does look cute next to my bed, I will be using it as an end table in my future office. What do you think? I just love it!

Welcome to my Blog!

Hello friends! I have created this blog to go along with my YouTube channel, glitterandgroceries. I post videos about being a new wife, my love for all things girly and well, anything else that pops into my mind! I have been posting videos on YouTube since my senior year of high school and I have fallen in love with the YouTube community. I have shared so much of my life on the internet and I couldn't imagine stopping now! I think it's wonderful to look back over the last 5 years of my life and see how much I've changed. I have learned so many wonderful things and I have met so many amazing people including my "YouTube inspiration," Shay Carl.  Not everyone understands why I enjoying sharing my life with all of you but that doesn't stop me. I have a deep love for everything tech. I enjoy all of the steps it takes to post a video online. I love filming with all different types of cameras, I enjoying editing my videos and the best part is receiving so much wonderful feedback from you! Over the past few months my YouTube channel has grown so much and I cannot wait to see where all of this takes me. I hope that you will enjoy following my blog as well as my YouTube channel. Thank you so much for all of your support. I couldn't do this without you!

-Maureen (glitterandgroceries)