It has been just too hot and humid around here lately to work out in my carriage house workshop, so I had to go back to painting on my makeshift indoor workbench (a.k.a. my baby grand piano).

As you can imagine, that means I’m somewhat limited as to the size of projects I’m working on.  So I’ve gone back to finish up a couple of miniature projects.

For today’s project, I pulled out the pair of miniature dressers that I purchased from Temu way back in January.

I had a little bit of my custom mix of Garden Green paint left over, so I thought why not use it on one of them.

After first giving the dresser a quick sanding to smooth out any rough edges, I gave it two coats of my Garden Green.

Then I pulled out some petite floral transfers from the I.O.D. Saint Ouen collection.  I added one down the center of the front …

Then I wrapped one around each side.

The curved writing at the bottom is also from the Saint Ouen transfer.

It wasn’t until I was pulling the drawers back out to sand the edges that I realized I’d make a silly mistake.

I put one of the drawers back in upside down before I added the transfers.

Ugh!

If I flip the drawer over and put it back in the correct way, well …

I guess it doesn’t look totally wrong.  In fact, I’m not sure anyone else would even really notice.  But since I know about it, it really bugs me.

Unfortunately, a do-over isn’t in the cards because I used up 3 out of 4 of those tiny florals.

Well, who opens all of the drawers on these things anyway, right?

I guess I’ll just keep calm and drink tea, like the teapot says …

although in this instance it will have to be iced tea.

FYI, that sweet little teapot and tea cup came from Twelve Time More Teeny on Etsy.

I have to confess, I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to do with this little green dresser, but I sure do love it.

As for the 2nd dresser, I do already know where it’s going to go.

But first, let’s see how it turned out.

I painted this one in Dixie Belle’s Ecru, and then added another tiny transfer from the Saint Ouen set to the front.

After sanding the edges and applying some of Dixie Belle’s clear wax, I used their Dixie Dirt in Ash to add a little dimension with some shading.

I also lined the drawers with some Tim Holtz Worn Wallpaper scraps.

As for where this one is going to go … well, it is tucked away a little bit.

It’s under the staircase at the back of my Victorian dollhouse.

By the way, can we all just take a moment to marvel at the fact that when my dad built this dollhouse, he took the time to add a small door to access storage space under the staircase.  He was nothing if not meticulous.

And sometimes the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree, because now I’ve taken the time to tuck a dresser back in there too.  Because if it were me, I’d certainly want to utilize that space for a piece of hand painted furniture, wouldn’t you?

Even though it’s difficult to see back there, and even more impossible to photograph.

Also, in case you are wondering, yes, the little door does open but there isn’t anything inside.  I must confess that I was hoping to find a secret hidden message from my dad.  But sadly, no.

I’m only now realizing that clearly I need to tuck some things inside there.  Maybe Christmas decorations?  Or just some boxes of stuff?  And definitely a secret hidden message for someone to find one day.

But for now, what do you think of my two mini dressers?

Which one is your favorite?  Leave a comment and let me know.