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Banged up Dresser Re-do
by
Toni Hunton
(IC: homeowner)
Okay,so it looked good on the buy sell page,not so good in person.
This one has been a nightmare,start to finish.
First,I had to PRY the handles out of the wood,and rip them out in pieces.
They had been painted over and over and over,with silver spray paint,I could kill whoever did it.
This one has been a nightmare,start to finish.
First,I had to PRY the handles out of the wood,and rip them out in pieces.
They had been painted over and over and over,with silver spray paint,I could kill whoever did it.
Here's what those offending drawers looked like before and after.
Here's just a glimpse of how much chaos the local Bora beetle had done.
See what I mean about the damage? Lots of filling in on this one.
Once sanded,I gave her the standard white base,4 coats this one took,had to hide all that filler.
After I decided to make a double cubby out of it,I found some old 1/4 inch plywood we had hidden in the shed,measured from front to back and side to side from the front and the back to be sure they were even,and did this on both areas the shelves would go.
Laid the plywood in place and then tapped in some brad nails.
The reason I painted them,was because I tried to adhere some nice wallpaper on them,and once I did,I hated it,so stripped it off,sanded it down to get the excess glue off,and went with the paint.
Once the paint was dry all over,I got out some midnight blue,and did the outside,front strips where the shelves were and under the top.
Before the stain.
After the stain is added.
I had a window screen left over from the yellow bookcase I did and there was just enough to cover the back of the cabinet since the original back was split down the middle and I had to throw it away.
I laid it down and held it in place using some push pins in the corners so it wouldn't move,I then snapped all the bamboo slats with my fingers at the place where it would end at the bottom,and cut off the excess fabric.
After I had it exactly where it needed to be,I went back to Dave's shop and got some thin pieces of wood he wasn't going to use.....I hope.....and after measuring the length of the cabinet,cut them so that I could use them to hold the screen in place and secured them with more brad nails.
In all,even though it took a week,and it was a mess inside,I think it came out well.
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Published April 10th, 2016 11:23 PM
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Shawn Hoffman on Apr 11, 2020
Very, very nice! I have two in my garage and can hardly wait to get started on them!
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