A STORAGE BOX SPRING REVIEW

 

Ive mentioned my storage box spring a few times over the years and every time I do I get asked

more questions about it so I figured it was time to offer my thoughts on owning one.

 

The short and sweet answer is ...

I love it! Best furniture purchase I have ever made!

 

 

Hidden under this unassuming well made bed is all my Christmas storage.

And its easily accessed by a looped nylon strap at the end of my bed.

 

 

Check it out!!!

 

 

After I moved the last time I was fed up with my useless box spring. I wanted to get rid of it and

 have some kind of platform bedframe instead. Box springs take up so much space in a small home

 and I wanted to reclaim the space for storage. I learned about these new and amazing storage box

springs and had to have one. When closed they look like any normal box spring and your mattress

sits on top of it.

 

 

I have a super heavy Tempurpedic mattress and the lifting shocks hold it up just fine.

 

 

For those of you thinking about getting one I hope I have offered some insights.

Use the search words *HYDRAULIC STORAGE BED* when looking.

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SPRING FLING DRESSER

 

 

This dresser was named the Spring Fling because of the soft colors used to finish it and it was spring

 time when I was painting it. It was originally a road side find. Many of the drawers were in pieces

 and the top drawer was completely missing. We asked to leave our number in case the missing

 parts could be found. Luckily we did get a call to pick up the missing drawer and what a pretty

 drawer it was. Now the work had to start to get all the drawers put back together and working right.

 

 

I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Florence mixed with Pure White for the base of the body.

I used the same color mix on several other pieces to decorate my summer deck space:

http://blogspot.ca/2012/07/flower-frogs-and-florence-new-color-and.html

 

 

All the details in the face of the drawers was original and I just followed the lines while hand

painting the details. I used a white on many of the flat raised areas and green in the grooved lines.

Be brave when hand painting your furniture.

 

 

I used small artist brushes and sometimes went out of the lines. Its okay to color outside

of the lines. Confidence is the key to trying things you are uncomfortable with and always try to

use a guide to help you along the way. Maybe it is an already existing design like I have followed, or

you can try using a projectors to trace an image on your furniture.

 

 

 

Check out some other hand painted pieces I have pinned for great tips and ideas:

http://www.pinterest.com/firstfindsgg/handpainted-dressers/

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