Im thinking of a color Campaign table anyone

 Here is my new little feral friend that has been keeping me company while I'm

 out in the garage at night working. His mama brought him around a few months ago for grub. He used to have 3 other siblings. After a few weeks, this is all that's left. ;(  

 My house is surrounded by the highway, hills and lots of coyotes, owls, etc....  Tough life for feral cats. I've tried to catch him, but he's pretty quick. Then it takes me weeks to earn his trust back so that I can barely touch him again.  He's a cute little guy. 

Here is the latest project. A Campaign side table....with a horrendous paint job. 

I'm figuring maybe the three blind mice and Helen Keller were in on this.

 Notice the paint over the brass

accents. I mean seriously??And the handles too. You're too lazy to take out two screws?? 

I used my best stripper...soy gel. Totally no-toxic and cleans up with water. 

 Look at how this just peels right up after 30 mins!! I usually hate stripping furniture, so I rarely buy pieces that are already painted.  But this went fairly quickly.

So, here is the nice African Mahogany veneer after stripping. The drawers were easy but the 

top took a little more work. I hit it with the 80, 150 and 220 grit sandpaper on the sander. 

And this is what I ended up with all sanded. Complete raw wood! If it had been solid, I 

might have left it. But it was all veneer and nothing to leave Earth for.  

So what color????? Hmmmmmmm

    I thought about black. And I know white would sell. But I hate painting with white. 

Soooo boring. 

 Emerald Green???? I used this on another piece and it looked great. I left the legs and drawer fronts because I just think having some of that great wood as a contrast looks good.  If the green doesn't work out, I can always paint over it with black or red or any other dark color.  

                    Whatcha think????  

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IM NOT A FURNITURE REFINISHER christines shelf

Diposting oleh bian di 00.01

There are a lot of ppl out there that refinish furniture,

and it would seem that that is what I do as well however

I like to think of myself as a furniture rescuer.

And like many professionals I have a uniform I wear when I go to work

I have many tools of the trade and every now and then I get the call to come rescue??

some tired piece of furniture someone still sees hope in.

Here is one of those calls:

Ive got a super, super old piece that might do well with some love from you! Its kind of like a bookshelf - maybe it used to be a cabinet of some sort. Its pretty beat up - dont know if its valuable - but thought that if anyone could make it beautiful again, you would be a pretty good bet.  I think it might be fir - its got kind of an art deco feel to it - the top front edge is rounded. It seems to have quite a few layers of paint on it - and the back is completely toast - it seems to just be a piece of fibre board or something cheap like that.  

Christine didnt want any money and if I wasnt interested she was going to

listing it on Craigs list free section later that week.

She genuinely wanted to see this saved and why not?

It was a good piece of solid wood furniture that has served many homes

for over 50 years.

It had been painted many times probably to match each decade it lived thru.
 

These old bed slats were perfect for the back of the shelf,

just measured, cut, and nailed in place.

I really dont understand how they would have ever supported a queen bed

as thin as they were, maybe thats why they were curbside in the first place.

I used my grinder to create different levels of the old paint.

I sprayed the whole unit with ASCP in old white,

then sanded it back to show its age, and gave it a waxing from head to toe.

I really love how vintage this project turned out.

 

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One last thing to get you moving this fine Saturday morning:

drawer, toe kick, and back removed - legs added