Dress-up Station -- first finished project!

Submitted by brigitep72 on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 22:39

I've been working on a couple of doll beds, but since the storage cabinet that was keeping my girls' dress-up clothes partially collapsed, I put those on hold to make this.

I followed the dimensions as written, though in hindsight, I wish I had made it a little larger. This is for three girls and already jam packed. Or maybe we need to pare down our selection. :-) I skipped the wheels for now but did add the upper shelf. The shelf is holding three Closetmaid fabric cubes which contain shoes, wands, crowns, purses, etc. I put a little 3M plastic hook on the side which is holding their fairy wings.

The actual piece went together fairly quickly -- ~2 hours. It took me a few days to do all of the sanding, priming, painting, and poly.
The design is an Uppercase Living vinyl rub-on. It's not perfectly placed because I had it on the wall in the playroom at our old house. I took it off when we moved and kept it stored between two pieces of Glad Clingwrap. It took a little tinkering to get it to reapply. I rubbed it onto a Cricut cutting mat and then rubbed it again back on to the wood. The cutting mat wasn't large enough so I had to do three transfers to get it all on...part of the reason it's so wonky.

I wish I had time for a blog, but I'm too busy reading everyone else's.

Estimated Cost
$20
Estimated Time Investment
Afternoon Project (3-6 Hours)
Finish Used
I used leftover SW primer for smooth surfaces, paint satin latex paint (SW Duration) and Varathane Crystal Clear water-based satin polyurethane. Maybe not the most ideal products, but they were all already at my house.
Recommended Skill Level
Starter Project

Comments

Jen Pedro

Sun, 02/19/2012 - 16:01

I love the shelf on top. I was thinking of making one of these for my niece, but didn't know where to put her dress-up wigs and hats. Those bins would be perfect!