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Location: in the middle of backwoods iowa | Here is my finished dresser
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Location: South East Texas | Awesome!!! Black and turquoise....love those two together!!! You done a great job :)) |
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Location: South East Texas | Later today I will be posting my latest project here. So y'all can see that repairs aren't that scary. :)) |
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| I love your work!! but unfortunately I haven't been on here long enough to see it all!! Could you (Whenever you get some free time!) perhaps post your top few favorite projects? I would love to see more!! |
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Location: South East Texas | Kgirl - 2013-05-01 10:28 AM
I love your work!! but unfortunately I haven't been on here long enough to see it all!! Could you (Whenever you get some free time!) perhaps post your top few favorite projects? I would love to see more!!
We are trying to keep this a DIY thread....with step by step pictures. I sent you a pm as to where you can view past projects. :)) |
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Location: South East Texas | This little gal (bless her heart) is upside down because her two front legs are broken off. When I found her at an estate sale she was sitting in a corner, with old milk bottles propping her up in the front. She's kinda coming apart at the seams....she has a hole in her drawers....but her face (mirror) spoke volumes to me. Even in her disheveled state she's beautiful. Just needs a little love to once again shine. There's a series of pictures following...I've removed the bottoms of all the drawers to be replaced with new. I've glued all the joints that needed put back together. LIttle glue and clamps do miracles for pieces that have come apart. AT the moment my work shop looks like she exploded in there. lol
There's a picture of the hardware before I removed it...and after I sandblasted it. She's Oak.....so I've dubbed her....."Annie Oakley"
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| I can see why you had to take her home with you she is awesome. Can't wait to see her new outfit. |
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Location: tx | So you've not finished her yet! LOL Can't wait to her all done up... |
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Location: South East Texas | Haha I'm working as fast as I can while having my 14 mo old grandson along with me. Man I don't remember my kids wearin me out like he does :)) wouldn't trade it for nothin tho. Love love him.
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I was just wondering if you thought this dresser was the same one as I recently done. If so go back a couple pages. ??? :))
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Location: MN | I asked this question before but I believe that the thread was deleted because I couldn't find the thread later. But how do you seal the wood of an old dresser that smells really bad? It will make clothes smell sour and it take multiple washing to get the smell out. I think it is the wood that smells.
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | What a fine old relic Annie Oakey is! I've never seen any hardware like that- can't wait to see her transformation. |
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Location: South East Texas | Dawnb,
I answered your question on that post but all my previous posts have gotten deleted. I can't find them either. I have a couple end tables that are hex shape and have doors that close the bottom storage section up...and they stink horribly. I googled but didn't find much of anything as far as a solution to get rid of the smell. I think it's caused from a type of glue that was used when they were made. ??? |
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Location: So. MN, to close to IA | Thanks, right now the dresser got move out to shed for now. |
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Location: South East Texas | "Annie Oakley" stripped nekid ;)
No chemical stripper used....only sanding.
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Location: Texas, and loving it | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-24 8:58 AM ArenaRat....I've only used it on a couple pieces. So...from experience would you say it would stand up to use for years? I just don't know that much about it. I have read and read.....but just can't make myself wanna think it will really stand the test of time.
Coming from a car restoration as well as furniture restoration back ground...everything must be sanded for paint to adhere. Please don't think I'm bashing chalk paint. Im not...I just don't have that much experience with it....willing to learn something new lol
I do love how alot of the furniture looks that is done with chalk paint.
Jersey, sorry been off the computer for a couple of days. So far I have been really pleased with the chalk paint. We wax the furniture to finish it. I have seen some that has had some hard use and it is holding up really well. I was skeptical at first about not having to sand but it sticks and stays on. This is such a great thread. Love it. |
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Location: South East Texas | Arena Rat - 2013-05-02 11:55 PM
thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-04-24 8:58 AM ArenaRat....I've only used it on a couple pieces. So...from experience would you say it would stand up to use for years? I just don't know that much about it. I have read and read.....but just can't make myself wanna think it will really stand the test of time.
Coming from a car restoration as well as furniture restoration back ground...everything must be sanded for paint to adhere. Please don't think I'm bashing chalk paint. Im not...I just don't have that much experience with it....willing to learn something new lol
I do love how alot of the furniture looks that is done with chalk paint.
Jersey, sorry been off the computer for a couple of days. So far I have been really pleased with the chalk paint. We wax the furniture to finish it. I have seen some that has had some hard use and it is holding up really well. I was skeptical at first about not having to sand but it sticks and stays on. This is such a great thread. Love it.
How does the chalk paint with wax finish do if you set a glass that sweats on it? Still reading on Annie Sloan paint and so far on table tops etc that my be used for drinks she recommends putting a poly over it.
I bought a can of wax recently and really want to give this a try. Just gotta find the right piece to do it with. Because in this day and age any piece of furniture is subject to having a glass set on it. So I will contemplate this....and find a piece to play with :)) |
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Location: Missouri | I don't have any before pictures, but here is a couple of the pieces we did for my SO's daughter's room. We did the long dresser and headboard too. It was the old cream color with the gold edge style though. We sanded it all down by hand and then they SO sprayed it with a latex paint and then we added pink accents.
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Location: South East Texas | Dixie,
Very cute!!! I have a friend who has that same furniture. She's wanting to paint it but she can't make up her mind what color. Love the brown and pink for a little girl :)) and I am on the hunt for a tall chest like that!!! |
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Location: Missouri | thejerseylilly2000 - 2013-05-03 10:23 AM Dixie, Very cute!!! I have a friend who has that same furniture. She's wanting to paint it but she can't make up her mind what color. Love the brown and pink for a little girl :)) and I am on the hunt for a tall chest like that!!!
Thank you! It isn't perfect, but it was the first piece we tried and the his daughter LOVED it.
Well the tall lingerie ones sell quite often at an auction up here (I have seen 3-4 in the past year), but I am in MO :) |
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Location: South East Texas | Ok finally back at it....after a full weekend of barrel racing...and me being sick....finally got meds from Doc and feel up to par again. YAY!!! I"m never sick.....but on the rare occasion that I do get sick...it's gonna be full blown...can't do a daggum thing sick!!! LOL
Ok...to "Annie Oakley" I've taken pictures of the dismantling of the mirror assembly. Just a few screws here and there and it all came apart. Much easier to sand apart than together. I have sanded everything I possibly can with my electric sander....and in the last picture what you see that's not sanded will be sanded by hand.
Oh...and an old needle and embrodery thread that was somehow between the cardboard and the mirror in the back when I took it apart. Haha. these kinda things makes me wish they could talk to tell their story.
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