Which is a lot. I wanted to make it easier for her caregiver to.. well, care for her. I knew I didn’t want another dresser in the room (she already has two and I need more storage than it could provide) but it had to be easily accessible and near her bed. One day I had the brilliant idea of using an armoire. So I took to Craigslist. Even downloaded the app(!) and set up automatic notifications for “vintage armoire.” After weeks of either missing out on great pieces or having dimensions that weren’t quite right… we found him. Yes, him. His name is Stanley. And let me tell you… Stan is the man!

I mean, look at all that storage! We paid $100 for dear old Stan and his buddy (who we haven’t named yet), a matching bedside table which we will likely use in the “master” bedroom. Nevermind that shifty looking board at the bottom there, that happened when someone *cough* decided to start lowering Stan onto the ground before I had a chance to get out from under him. Neither Stan nor I was harmed in the telling of this story.

The plan is to paint (yes, paint!) Stan a light gray with some subtle (I hope!) metallic accents. I’m still undecided as to what I want to go about the hardware. I like it but I wonder if its a tad bit dark for the look I’m going for. Hmm, but mom’s room has plenty-o-dark going on anyway (chocolate brown wallpapered accent wall and dark brown dressers) so it might just work. Decisions, decisions.

We picked up the paint today, I color matched Martha Stewart’s “Sharkey Gray” in Behr’s Premium Plus Ultra semi-gloss paint. I’m a sucker for that PPU, it hasn’t failed me yet. And also because I’ve decided that I refuse to paint anything other than walls more than twice. Also picked up some Liquid Deglosser (since Sherry has been singing it’s praises lately) and some metallic paint. Can I just tell you how excited I am? Can I??! :)