It...
... is finished!
Well, okay, nearly finished.
The bottom drawer is sticking a bit and needs some strategic sanding.
But doesn't it look great?
I love the creamy antique white, and the way the knobs and pulls sparkle.
Turned into quite a family project.
And by family I mean, mostly Kerry.
I did most of the stripping (multiple nasty coats of gray-blue, pink, purple, etc.),
the boys - Wyatt mostly - helped with the sanding,
(part of his growing acquaintance with manual labor),
but when it came to the painting...
I balked.
Kerry did it :D
He's much more finicky than I am so I knew,
number one -
it would look better,
and number two -
he would be happier in the long run.
Maybe not-so-happy to be on the receiving end
of that punt in the short run,
(though mostly gracious about it),
but happier with the end result.
13 comments:
I'm Julie's mom and this dresser belonged to MY GRANDMA - so that makes it fourth generation to Julie and Kerry and FIFTH generation to all her boys! That quite a life for this NOW BEAUTIFUL dresser. Way to go KERRY - beautiful paint job!
Lovely, just lovely!
Well done, all of you =)
Are those the original knobs and pulls? Or did you splurge? They are beautiful!
Beautiful! I especially love the knobs - are they antique?
The dresser must be 100+ years old, and wasn't probably an expensive piece of furniture when it was new. We all thought the knobs/pulls were original. Certainly, they're OLD!
But when I stripped the paint I realized they're not actually original, as there was a "shadow" in the wood from the older ones. I'm guessing they were brass, like the keyholes.
I like the glass ones MUCH better :D
That really came out nice! Your family is so talented. Has it always been a dresser? It looks like a buffet at my Dad's house. Love the crystal pulls.
Lovely!
Inspired now. Our library dining table and benches are currently stripped and ready for staining. Gonna get started this weekend!
I am SUPER impressed. That is beautiful.
It looks a lot like a buffet my mom has too, but instead of all drawers, the bottom of her buffet has cupboard doors and shelves inside.
Now that it looks so good, there's a dresser I want to paint the same color... heh heh heh!
It's hard to tell in the photo, but it's a really luminescent, creamy antique white - not pure white. It almost glows. :D
Happy, happy, happy!
Oh Julie - I love it! Good work G family!
Great job. I love it!
It is BEAUTIFUL!! You've inspired me to actually do something with my Oma's buffet now. I just have to decide on a colour.... hmmmm....
Blessings!
Deborah
Absolutely gorgeous!
Wow- that turned out so beautifully! I really need to find something antique and get to work- must go to a rummage sale now! :-)
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