Tampilkan postingan dengan label crack. Tampilkan semua postingan
Tampilkan postingan dengan label crack. Tampilkan semua postingan

Another dresser re do like the crack house dresser

Diposting oleh bian di 03.54 Label: , , , , , , , ,
 I was surprised at the interest in the crack-house dresser that I had painted.  I had listed on CL and got quite a few calls. I even had multiple buyers for it on the same day. The person asked me if I was going to be doing any more like it.  So, when I came across these two siblings, I thought I could paint one in the same fashion.  So I did! 
  Like my garage??? 3 dressers (four if you count the one you cant see) a hutch and a buffet....all awaiting my time.  Yeah, ok, sure...Ill get right on that.  The two siblings are on the left with the oh-so fetching coat of arms brand-thing is what Im working on.  The one below is the smaller of the two.   I dont even know what that green/yellow monstrosity is, even the owner didnt know what it was. 
All I know was that it had to go bye-bye. Some wood filler and a good sanding, and away it went. 
                      So...here it is,,,,crack-house dresser paint #2!
This one was in far better shape.  I refinished the top and shined up all the brass hardware.
 The top was refinished with Varthane gel walnut, wood sealer, and dark paste wax. I used the same turquoise and orange paint.  The yellow was just something I had laying (lying?? I always get those mixed up...dogs lay, people lie..What about paint?? Hah!) around.
 The Hub polished up all the hardware on his polisher. Almost looks as though they brass plated copper! 
              The little brass studs were solid black. They shined up pretty durn good!!
I thought this fabric went perfectly with the colors. 
                                                This is a really nice shot of my cats butt.
Linking up to all my faves, see below......plus http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/</a>
Read More..
0 komentar Kamis, 11 Agustus 2016

Crack house Dresser Re do!!

Diposting oleh bian di 03.37 Label: , , , , ,
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. 
                   I honestly almost said, "forget it" and trashed this hunk. 
                                   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.
Maybe used as a lion scratching post???? WTH??
I had to completely re-glue the entire bottom drawer.  And for whatever reason, the front legs were different. Someone had shaved one side, and left the other original. We had to do some surgery to make them match.
 So after a ton of sanding,
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!
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
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! 
Read More..
0 komentar Minggu, 15 Mei 2016
Langganan: Postingan (Atom)