2nd generation baby bed

We used a Williamsburg Jenny Lind bed for the twins when they were born 28 years ago.  I kept one all these years in my MIL's attic.  When I knew my girls were ready to start their families, we brought it to Texas from Louisiana.  Then it stayed in the garage for several years.  

Now that the grands are here,  it has been refurbished.  I used Versailles, Annie Sloan chalk paint and a clear spray varnish.  I made a muslin dust ruffle and went with just a simple khaki bed sheet.  Then to top it off, I placed my grand-mother's blanket she knit for me as I left for college on the side. So that makes the blanket for my grands to use a family heirloom from their great, great Maternal Grandmother.  Wow, Veronica McKee never realized how far that blanket would go.  Thanks Grammie!

Oh, a little trick I learned on Pinterest.  The rubber band around the can helps to dip the paint off our brush onto the rubber band instead of the side of the can.  Makes for easier clean up of the can and the lid doesn't stick to all the paint dripped in the rim if you use that to take paint off your brush.  

Here is the bed before....

Let me tell you all these million little rings and bumps were not fun to paint.  Two coats and I probably could have done a third.  But, I was done. 

And here is the result...

Tadaa...

The Versailles paint is a dusty sage green.

Great, great Grand-mother McKee's knit blanket the perfect accessory.

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