I have no idea where my love of labeling things comes from. But gosh I love me some clearly labeled drawers, instructions, illustrations. Anything with a label makes my heart skip a beat. I think it is the perfectionist, OCD side of me fighting to break free. 
But I guess there are worse things to be in love with than a well labeled dresser?
This guy was ripe for the picking with his clean lines and plain drawers. Keeping it from looking too visually cluttered is the real key to using card catalogue plates.
A little white paint, followed by some grey paint, followed by some distressing and we were ready to attach our filing cabinet inspired chrome handles and frames.
Taking the crazy 1 step further I printed up some fantasical labels on the 'puter.
On a totally different wave length, I have to make a confession. I have ventured over to the dark side and bought this set of faux-piaries (aka fake topiaries in the event the joke fell flat...). I rarely ever see fake greenery that I like, and when I spied these two at Home Sense I was thoroughly fooled so in the cart they went. The price tag was unbelievable as well, totalling the cost of just 1 real topiary from HomeDepot.
And a big thanks to my Dad for loaning me the artwork in these shots! He opened a new restaurant a few years ago and I sourced all the black and white artwork from the local Archives with my mom. These two are waiting to go into another location he is renovating, but in the meantime I am gonna put them to good use (and maybe they will get lost before the reno is done?).
Anyways, thanks a lot Dad!
43 comments:
I LOVE this! The labels, the dresser and how you have it decorated! You have inspired me to redo my trash pick from last year! Love your blog! Thanks for sharing that dresser is amazing!!!
I LOVE this dresser!! The labels are awesome! I love the color, the fake "greens" which is all I can grow :) just the all of it.. Your blog is awesome too.. I hope you don't mind I added you to my blog roll!
You just inspired me to redo the dreser my tv is currently sitting on!
Thanks for the post
This is a really beautiful card catalogue! Your finishing touches are great!
The dresser is beautiful and I really like the topiaries. When I was first scrolling through the pictures I thought the top drawer label read "candies" and I thought "Yum! A whole drawer of chocolate!" I think I might have a bit of a sugar problem. . .
This is just perfection, Holly!
Would you mind sharing where you got the card catalog label holders?
I love how you printed them up on the 'puter ;)
You're the best!!
P.S. your sis did a fantabulous job on my blog layout! thanks for sharing her info with us!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! Any chance there is a specific paint colour that you'd share??
Thanks so much ladies~
The hardware comes from Lee Valley, and while I wish I could share the paint color, it was a mix of grey, white and a touch of aqua that I had laying around and blended together. Don't be afraid to play a little with your left over paint!!
This might be my favourite piece that you've done. Loving the shape and colour!! And labels, of course. ;)
Love, Love, Love! As always. Funny, I've always been obsessed with card catalogues and am always looking for more...my favorite random card cat find was on a saturday drive with my mom....
Thanks for the inspiration!
Tasha
http://thislilhouse.blogspot.com/2009/11/saturday-drive-card-catalog_01.html
Like everyone else, I just love this! What a super idea...so creative, unique and downright beatiful, a true conversation piece...and LOVE the color! Great job.
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What a clever idea...faking a card catalog by adding the hardware. GENIUS! Thanks, as always, for the inspiration!
I just finished a post about fake flowers/greenery and then clicked through my 'favourites' to check out your blog out for today...only to see your mention of pretty fakes! Oh, and the lableled drawer is fabulous!
This is all so lovely together. What a great idea for the dresser. One that I am sure many readers are going to "borrow". Thanks so much for sharing:o)
Cheers,
Carrie
adore this holly! adore!
one of my favorites. and these library/card file things are just all the craze these days!
happy to know i can 'get the look' without handing out the cash to buy one!
Seriously love, love this. I LOVE labeling, numbering, alphabetizing . . . I was a teacher for 30+ years. :-) xoxo
this is beautiful!! i too am obsessed with labeling! great job!!
I LOVE that dresser it is awesome! And the little pots are so cute!
What a brilliant idea and so well done. You astonish me with every post! I'm so inspired - thank you!
That whole look is so inspiring! Truly gorgeous. Absolutely loving it.
Holly!!! i am SO mad at myself right now! i found those exact handles on clearance at Target the other day for $3.74 for a pack of four of them! less than a dollar a piece! so i of course bought all four packs... and then, returned them bc i had not a single thing to put them on.
ughhhhh! maybe i should check to see if they're still there before i have to go to work tomorrow. i'm totally kicking myself!
LOVE that dresser by the way!
Looks great! And now you can be super organized! I need to take this tip from you!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Ohhhh wow so very
gorgeous!!!
I love it !!
Beautiful job! I love the color, the hardware, and the font on the labels. Was that everything, yep, everything. Amazing transformation! Thanks for sharing.
LOVE it!! The color and the labels are perfection!! Well done. :)
I love labels too. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love that dresser! I want it. But I currently have dressers almost coming out of my ears. Maybe I'll just have to paint one of them grey and put cute lables on.
I would never have thought to add the chrome label frames. Simply adorable. I am jealous. Chic Rooms
Looks beautiful....love the computer labels, the handles, everything!
So creative! What a fantastic idea... my OCD side can totally relate to this and I might have to steal the idea at home - and share it with my readers as well (crediting you of course)!
So much great stuff in this post! The faux-piaries are very nice, I love the chrome hardware, and you made the perfect lables! But I really like that photo of the boy and his dog. Can you tell me the title or artist, or where it was found? I'd love to find a print of it too! Thanks for sharing this fun post :)
I am going to be so bold as to say that I think this is my favorite piece of yours - EVER!
LOVE this dresser and would love to know where you found the handles and card catalog labels...
Love this! What an amazing transformation. You did a wonderful job.
~Heidi
This is so beautiful! What a wonderful inspiration. Where did you find the card catalog frame-thingies?
Fabulous!The dresser looks amazing! I'm curious, where did you find the hardware?
love love love this dresser! and those labels and handles.
It looks fabulous! I love it!
Wow! It is like you live in a picture perfect magazine...truly remarkable!
I love this project!!!!! You did an excellent job! Where did you get the filing cabinet frames and handles?
I love this project!!!! Where did you get the frames and handles?
I love this!
I love it! I have always, always wanted a card catalog but the real ones are so expensive. Your project is now on my list for my living room makeover. I got faux-piaries by the way! ;) Where did you purchase the little frames for the project?
Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the color! What colors did you use?
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