Paint can be colored and go on a wall
or paint can be primer you wont see at all
it can warm up a room on a cold winter night
or cool off a sun porch to make it just right.
brushes and rollers large spots and trim
a color for her, and a color for him
so pull out your paintbrush and manage a way
find a color you love, and paint something today.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
How to restore furniture / The Upcycled Dresser
In my opinion, there is a difference between refinishing and restoring furniture. In fact what I enjoy most actually doesn't fall into either category. I like to give old furniture new life, maybe even re-purpose or upcycle, so the terminology of the project, is really not as important as creating something that you love.
In this case, I saw a craigslist add for a free dresser, no picture, and it was sitting curbside. I thought, "hey, if I can cram it into the back of my Mazda 3, this may be fun." On a side note, a Mazda 3 with the seats down, functions a lot like a pickup truck. Not as convenient, but I did get the dresser home.
So for me, restoring this piece meant giving it a new purpose and life. Refinishing it too, or upcycling. but like I said, as long as you love the process, and like how it comes out, what you call it is not all that important!
In this case, I saw a craigslist add for a free dresser, no picture, and it was sitting curbside. I thought, "hey, if I can cram it into the back of my Mazda 3, this may be fun." On a side note, a Mazda 3 with the seats down, functions a lot like a pickup truck. Not as convenient, but I did get the dresser home.
This is what it looked like out of the car |
First I removed the drawers |
The back was in rough shape, so it was removed as well |
Part of the original plan was to create a new back, I traced the old one onto a new piece of wood, filling in any missing corners with proper right angles |
Then PAINT PAINT PAINT |
The top "drawer" is actually a fold out shelf which I thought was really cool. so I left it. |
I thought it could use shelves where the drawers used to be. |
A nice walnut stain can really transform a piece of wood |
now its starting to look like something new |
This is the inside of the fold down top. It needs to be painted |
I used chalkboard paint, as I thought if it were a bar, one could store recipes there |
Something had to be done about the knobs though, they didn't really work with the piece anymore |
There thats better. |
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