Jewelry Armoire Redo! #Tbt

Jewelry Armoire Redo! #Tbt

I posted this dorsum inwards September of 2012.
I even as well as then absolutely beloved this armoire as well as purpose it daily!

 It began on a beautiful Yard Sale Saturday.
I picked upwards this guy for $9...after quite a fleck of talking them down.
It was inwards pitiful shape as well as would involve a lot of work, plus, it's laminate...

 My hubby chop-chop gear upwards to work, as well as then at that spot are roughly "how to accept drawer fronts off" pictures missing. 
We used a chisel as well as a hammer as well as but a brace of careful taps took the fronts off clean.
They were held inwards identify alongside but ii daubs of glue.
We labeled the drawers as well as the fronts as well as then nosotros could instruct them dorsum on easily.

 It wasn't until THIS betoken that I realized that this vintage dresser was
laminate...not total woods for refinishing. blech!
But conduct maintain no fear...laminate tin displace live spray painted!
So, instead of hours of sanding...

 I pose them out on roughly cardboard as well as primed them alongside spray primer.
There were roughly scratches.  I but went ahead as well as left them...but roughly woods filler would produce the trick.

 I taped off the drawers, the within velvet and
sprayed the armoire as well as the fronts.
Once the primer dried, I sprayed everything alongside my favorite go-to color:
Aqua!
(side story:  I conduct maintain painted as well as then many things aqua...
that every fourth dimension I choose something novel home, my hubby says
"are y'all going to pigment that bluish too?"...)

 Then I used regular former Elmer's schoolhouse gum as well as glued the fronts dorsum onto the drawers.
You could purpose woods glue...but I honor it's non necessary.

 Next I went knob shopping!
Knobs are ordinarily the nigh expensive business office of a redo projection similar this...
but they brand ALL the difference!
 5 crystal knobs were $2 each from Michaels,
the 8 silverish knobs were $2.47 each from Home Depot.

 I beloved how the crystal knobs sparkle!

 I left the pinkish velvet lining inwards all the drawers as well as just
scrubbed them alongside a hot damp cloth.

 I beloved it!
It houses all my jewelry perfectly!
When nosotros moved last, I sold nearly all my furnishings...I but knew nosotros didn't conduct maintain space.
But this guy, I kept!  It's my favorite!

Painting laminate slice of furniture is the best agency to reuse an former piece!
I promise this helps y'all hold off at slice of furniture pieces differently!
What's something you've refinished?

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Front Door Refinishing!

Front Door Refinishing!

 Front Door Refinishing!
This is simply what I wanted for Christmas.

We bought our menage inward Jan in addition to accept done thence much operate renovating it.
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Anyway, the front end door was amazing but inward terrible shape.

The varnish was crusty in addition to sharp.

There were big gashes from domestic dog claws.

There was fading in addition to chipping...ugly distressed.

The door is awesome in addition to I knew I didn't desire to pigment it...but it needed help.

I honey the Medusa Knocker in addition to the lilliputian wrought Fe drinking glass window!

It's thence cool in addition to gives the menage thence much character.

I went off to a Calligraphy conpendium for a 24-hour interval of lettering in addition to crafting amongst my daughter.

And my hubby in addition to boys laid off to print us amongst their skills.

They took the door off the hinges...removed the knocker, knobs, etc in addition to laid off to work.

They used pigment in addition to epoxy remover, a grinder in addition to lots of elbow grease.

Painting the stripper all over the door inward a sparse layer.

And thence scraping the solution off afterwards it sets for thirty minutes or so.

The weather condition was surprisingly squeamish through November, thence working outdoors was no problem.

After scraping in addition to cleaning off the pigment remover, they deployed the grinder for to a greater extent than or less faster action.

Lots of operate in addition to care.

After it was distressed to a natural wood, 

they used a lilliputian forest stain to process the grooves.  

Then went over the entire door amongst H2O based polyurethane.

Water based is amazing.  It doesn't stink.  It dries clear.

It dries fast...and it's slow to construct clean out brushes.

After it dried completely, they pose medusa dorsum on in addition to hung it inward place.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 gorgeous improvement in addition to wonderful surprise for us when nosotros got abode that evening.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 huge upgrade inward ane afternoon!

I honey it!

It looks thence much to a greater extent than amazing!
Such an upgrade!

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