FROM OUTDATED.....TO OUTSTANDING. Sue discovers Furniture re-finishing!
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| For a very long time I have been wanting to paint a piece of furniture... And for just as long the Boss has found some excuse why this Is not a good idea... His logic is that if I start it.... at some point he would have to Get involved.. the man thinks I am totally incompetent with a Paint Brush... |
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| The real problem starts with sentiment for all things from His Youth......How many of you have parents that have either passed away leaving a house full of "stuff" for you to deal with or worse... Have parents that have moved to South Florida leaving behind All things that they think you need to be the "keeper" of... When the Big Boss died 5 years ago the Boss found it necessary to actually pay a moving company thousands of dollars to have sentimental "stuff" shipped from Jersey to Georgia... We have a pretty large basement so when all this "crap" arrived it went straight downstairs never to be heard from again... You know the items....The Grandfather clock from the 70's that no longer works but you know your mother would want you to keep it.... The Budweiser Mug Collection certainly worth keeping if only to be able to make a small fortune selling them on E-Bay.... And let's not forget the 1950's chrome (rusted) Tufted seat orange Bar Stools That daughter asked the Big Boss for when she was furnishing her college apartment only to be told.... "I'm not dead yet!!"...... She no longer has any need or desire for Orange Rusted Bar Stools....But we have them if she ever changes her mind.... And then there was this.... |
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| The Boss' solid maple B.R. Dresser...You know the piece of furniture where someone says.... "They just don't make furniture like that anymore".... I still don't know why it made it to Georgia.... But when there became a need to have a dresser for Miss B's Bedroom I suggested we use it... |
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| Unfortunately The Boss assumed I was going to use it as is.... I had to explain to him that the dresser....although a fine piece of well made furniture...would not match Miss B's new beachy room that I did for her last year... click on link to see that masterpiece... No....I had in mind painting his beloved chest of drawers.... |
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| You would think I suggested throwing out on Tuesday nights trash the Grandfather Clock...Painting this fine piece of solid maple "They don't make furniture like that any more" was totally out of the question.... He suggested I go to Ikea....My Happy Place.... and just buy a Chest....But in typical Ikea fashion they are always out of stock on the one piece of furniture your looking for.... Then he suggested another all time favorite the "Woodstock Furniture Outlet".... When I announced that I would certainly go look but I would not be paying for it He Happily Agreed to assist me in painting the dresser.... |
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| For years I thought what a difficult task this would be..... So jealous every time I would see another Blogger show off a newly painted piece....Always thinking.... "Oh I can do that".... Really....how hard could it be....according to the Boss this was going to be near impossible....But if I insisted.... |
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| I insisted....and as people who know me.... know I usually end up getting what I want....and he always helps... So after being shown how to sand it lightly....then add two coats of primer that went on simply with a roller... I was on my way to giving myself a new title.... "Furniture Re-Finisher" The only thing I got miffed about was after I rolled on two coats of primer I heard this from the Boss... "You know they make that in a spray can".... And then there was the color.... |
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| I Adore Color.... And wouldn't you know on the day I started the project Country Living landed in my mailbox and what was on the cover.... A bed painted the exact color I wanted for the dresser..... And the Headline "The One Gallon Challenge" So with Magazine in Hand....Over to Home Depot I went and asked them to color match me a gallon of High Gloss Enamel Paint.... They got it spot on.... |
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| So excited that they got the color perfect and with music loudly playing on my I-Pod....I rolled and brushed.... and sang and danced.... |
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| And in two short days....counting drying time.... I was finished.... I was so proud... Then I had to ask for real help.... This is where that "they don't make it like they used to" comes in....This dresser weighed a ton....and the Boss had to get it to Miss B's room 18 steps up.... |
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| The man is a master furniture mover.... An Italian Teamster from Jersey.... There is nothing the man can't do with a moving blanket and a Hand Truck.... |
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| My only instructions from him... "Stay out of my Way"..... He made it up with very little cursing.... |
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| Expecting to have to go to someplace fancy and expensive for knobs I was pleasantly surprised to find these porcelain ones at Hobby Lobby for only $2.00 each... |
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| A Perfect match to all the accessories in the room |
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| Perfect!! |
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| Miss B was making an unexpected spring break trip down to us and we promised her a t.v. in her room next time she came for a visit... So in the end it was all about pleasing the child.... |
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| I knew anything I suggested we do for the B would be fine with the Boss... |
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| She loved it....We filled it with new clothes and every morning I would find her and Monty (The Dog) sitting in bed watching morning cartoons....very quietly not to wake up the grandparents.... She is very considerate like that.... |
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| And it's sure to be a guarantee that she will want to spend a few weeks with us again this summer... Now I'm thinking about what I can do to a 1970's non-working Grandfathers Clock??? |
Comments
And, if you watch Flea Market Flip all the time, you would know that you have to make that Grandfather clock into some kind of bar - because that's what they do every week on the show - I only hope they hand out a list of AA meeting times and places every time they sell one because there has to be a ton of alcoholics in the making just from that show.
You did a beautiful job and I LOVE the color. Miss B is a lucky girl.
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