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"Is it a safe space to say i hate-" NOT IN THE MAINTAGS IT ISNT

"I hate [character] from [show] soo much #character, #characters's full name, #show, #character's boyfriend's name"

ARE YOU INSANE

peace and love on my dash this afternoon

The club of Parentified Daughters Who Ran Away From Home To Become Sexy, Unhinged Men is an admittedly small one. But if you're out there Dick Grayson, Dean Winchester, Viktor Hargreeves, Hanzo Shimada, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, ,,

I’ve been patiently waiting for a nice second-hand wood dresser to appear on fb marketplace or at Goodwill for months. Finally, I grabbed this one yesterday for $50.

My inspiration for this project are some dressers I saw at Anthropology that have gorgeous carved details. But I want my dresser to cost $200 or less rather than $2,000.

Of course I can’t add actual hand-carved wood, but I’ve got clay and some silicon molds + epoxy and a potential overconfidence in my DIY abilities.

First up, I removed the existing hardware and sanded this pretty lady down. She is now looking MUCH better without all those terrible stains (and the drawer pulls weren’t doing it for her, tbh).

Up next, I’ll give her a paint wash or three and start trying my hand at faking some carvings!

She’s paint-washed and looking dandy. I’ll give her a light sand tomorrow and get to work on some fake carvings!

So I actually ended up glazing her first to bring the wood grain back out a bit and add some depth to the color. The glaze was very finicky to work with, but did exactly what I wanted it to (a comparison of glazed vs unglazed drawers in the first pic). I have several silicon molds filled with drying resin and I will begin experimenting with “carvings” tomorrow!

Oh yeah. This is gunna work just fine. BRB. Making and then painting c. 100 flowers and vines.

She's coming along great! I’m going to wrap the foliage around the side up top and then start working on the bottom right bit.

Alas, I ran out of flowers/vines so I will need to get more epoxy this weekend to finish the bottom corner. Shes so close to being done, though! The next update will be the last once I seal her and get the new hardware added. :)

She’s DONE. Cost breakdown: $50 dresser, $30 molds, $35 epoxy, $6 paint, $8 glaze, and $4 drawer pulls. Total: $133.

I surprised even myself with this one and am so delighted by the outcome. I’ve been using her for a week and dusted her once (with the amount of seal I used, a fluffy swifter duster glides along all the finicky crevices just fine) and she seems sturdy. Time will tell! Thanks for all the kind words on this fun little journey.

the main problem with this time of year is the irresistible urge to get fully into bed at like 5:34 pm and outside is like yesss, yesss do it, it's what you deserve yesss. like is it depression or is it just november

do you actually want (fetish related thing) or do you just (attempt at psychoanalysis that reveals more about OP than anything else)

do you actually have a lactation fetish or are you just dehydrated right now

Do you actually have a lactation fetish or did you forget to buy milk and remember to buy cereal

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode

i'm full of love but i also have the hater's curse and once a day i gotta say some bitchy shit or i'll explode