Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Wife's dresser

My wife's dresser.





So my wife and I have had this dresser ever since we moved in with other. I forget how we got it, anyway we stopped using it a few years ago and it was moved to garage. I used it to store some tools, but mostly junk. One day my wife asked me if I could paint it for her to put back in our bedroom. She wanted a grey dresser. We had some left over paint from my daughters room so I gave it a shot. 
First thing I did was sand the whole dresser down. I started with 60 grit sandpaper and worked my way up to 220 trying to make everything as smooth as possible. My wife wanted to use different knobs so I filled all  the original holes with wood filler and sanded flush.
next I set out to paint. I painted the drawers and the top with Gentle Rain Gray.
At this point I ran out of paint. While cleaning up garage I found two cans of Aqua Blue spray paint and we decided to go with a two tone look on it. So I painted the blue with multiple light coats on the front and sides. I also painted the handles to match.



After all the paint was dry I sanded everything smooth with 220 grit sandpaper and applied a weather grey stain and polyurethane to the grey sections. After that I sanded everything with 320 grit and covered with a furniture wax.  Installed all the hardware and this is the result.

This is the finished product.  And I scored some major brownie points.








Saturday, July 5, 2014

My journey into furniture restoration and craftsmanship.

Here I am, joining the world of blogging and story telling. My name is Chris, I'm a career firefighter and landscaper. Recently I found a passion for restoring furniture. It all started with this dresser above. We had it in our garage collecting junk. One day my wife mentioned painting it and using it again. So soon the dresser turned into this
 
Stay tuned for future blogs and furniture pieces.