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Antique Buffet Makeover
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Sarah Trop
(IC: professional)
I love being creative and am always lured by the process of completely transforming an unwanted furniture piece into one that will be coveted! This buffet was structurally sound, heavy, sturdy and interesting but it needed so much love. This piece got a complete makeover, including the hardware.
It had damaged veneer and cleaning was needed!! So, I started with the repair and cleaning. Next, I wanted to give it an aged pewter finish. So, I hand painted it with Ace silver metallic paint. If you’re using that, I highly recommend painting outside because it’s oil based and pretty stinky. It adheres really well on anything though.
I tried using the orbital sander and hated it so I used my good old hands to sand the distressed area. As I was painting, I noticed that the bottom drawer had no detailing and would be a perfect spot for a print or design. I had bought these old map posters at Ballard Design in Florida a year ago and have been waiting for the right piece to use them on.
And, what do you think of those globe knobs I found ;) ?!
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Published October 6th, 2016 3:40 PM
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Sarah Trop on Oct 27, 2016Sure they could. Good luck. Thank you for the love!
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Fee Miriam Rosenfeltz on Nov 26, 2016How beautiful, lovely old world feel....wonderful transformation.
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