Minggu, 15 Mei 2016
Crack house Dresser Re do!!
So a few weeks ago I saw this dresser listed on CL. Hubs went by and took a look at it for me. It was wayyyyyy beyond needing some TLC. The lady said she got it from some crack-house with the intention of refinishing it! Um, dont think so! Hubs paid 15 bucks for this beaut.
So glad I didnt! Im in love with how these colors turned out!
When he got it home I thought, "Good Lord! What the heck can I do with this?" Most of the guides of the drawers were gone and the bottom drawer fell apart when I took it out.  |
| There was some sort of melted rubber stuck to the top. |
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| Maybe used as a lion scratching post???? WTH?? |
I uncovered a somewhat intact
wood top! Yay! It appeared to be a Honduran Mahogany wood, which has a nice reddish undertone to it. I refinished the top with a gel stain and sealed it with a shellac base seal-coat.
Heres the natural wood color. It wasnt in good enough shape to leave it, so I decided on very distressed look. Ive been wanting to try some different colors and I figured since I only spent 15 bucks, if it didnt work out, no biggy! So I made my own chalk paint again and used Martha Stewarts "yam" mixed with some other orange and golden yellow. I just coated the whole thing with that color and then went over it in MS "Hosta" mixed with "plumage" and a little green. I used a sanding block and went to town.
Everything got finished with Minwax dark wax, which really deepened the colors and brought out the wood tones beautifully!
I lightly dry brushed the top with the paint (I had already refinished and applied a seal coat)
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| Her front feet match now! |
I lightly dry brushed the top with the paint (I had already refinished and applied a seal coat) |
| Urban Outfitter knobs |
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| I couldnt reuse the original hardware because there wasnt enough.So, I had to fill in the all of the inner holes and re-drill in order to accommodatethese pulls I got from Hobby Lobby. |
And to think I was actually considering just throwing this away! Never think the impossible cant be accomplished!
I had fun doing this one!
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