Another Sewing Machine Cabinet Makeover....it's a Goodie!!
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what ever happened to the sewing machine
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I came across this sewing machine table with the original Singer machine & bench about 10 years ago. The finish on the top was to old to save. I refinished the top & left the rest alone until the pandemic came along & I began painting furniture. Initially I gave mine a soft white shabby chic look but tired of it quickly. I decided to let McKenzie Childs be my inspiration. I painted the courtly check around the body of the cabinet & bench seat frame. The 4 top corners are striped. The decorative rings on the legs are gold leaf and the bottom section painted black. The section that's exposed when you open the cabinet is also painted black and he top itself has the McKenzie Child's Harlequin pattern. The edges of the top and the table top are also covered in Gold Leaf. The front drawer is painted a deep red with cutouts from McKenzie Childs wrapping paper decoupaged on it. The bench legs are black with 3" of gold leaf at the bottom. At the end I gave it a coat of clear wax then a 2nd coat of antique wax to tone down the red & gold. It took months to finish it and a lot of changes as I went along but I love how it turned out. This is the most complicated project I ever tried & I think the perfect piece of furniture for his kind of undertaking. Not a lot of surface to paint & great lines. Happily my machine worked like a charm. The woman who had owned it had sadly passed away & I bought it from her son for $40. She used the machine until the last few months of her life and it was obvious was her baby. It even came with spare parts she had collected for when parts needed to be replaced. The machine is a 1933 Singer school bell featherweight.
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was there a spring on the left hand side of the table underneath
How are you keeping it from tilting over when you open it without the weight of the sewing machine?