Another Side Of Our Business- Another Project.
- AmandaWamsley
- Jul 23, 2019
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 23, 2019
Hello everyone! Today, I have another aspect of our business to share with you in the hopes of helping everyone get to know us better! As many of you know, our shop is a hodge podge of things that represents our family and our interests. We have everything from art to thrift items. Crafting is a huge part of our lives and we love making things. What's even better than that? Finding a great deal when thrift shopping then turning around to use our crafty skills to breathe new life into it! Which leads to another side of our business that most people don't know we do! Furniture rehabilitation! This is not a part of the online business since shipping would be impossible but it is a large part of our local business and I thought I would share it with you!
Our most recent furniture project was an AMAZING dresser that I am absolutely in love with! This was a pretty big project which made it even better! The dresser is a Thompsonville 8 drawer dresser. The frame is made of real wood. The top is under-lament board and the backing is cardboard. Somebody had started attempting to redo the dresser, but really made it worse than better. As you can see in the pictures, the top board took water damage and is now warped. Thus, it is pulling up off the frame of the dresser around the edges. The rest of the frame is good and shows no sign of water damage. The drawers were solid and the tracks were undamaged. However, there was little to no hardware....Which means we had to pry the drawers open in the first place! The dresser was purchased off of Facebook Marketplace for a whopping $20....lol.
This project was one of those, where do we start moments! After cleaning everything off (including the spider infestation....shudder) we decided to get the drawers out of the way first. Those were simply. New paint on the front, drill a few holes for hardware, and let it all dry. Then add the new hardware. That was the easy part.....
Next, it was time to tackle the top board. There were two ways this could be done. Option A, take off the whole top board, intensive sanding, and replace it. Option B, use finishing nails to secure the board down and fill the holes for a smoother finish. Personally, I love the quilted look on my furniture and the board wasn't rotting or splitting. So we chose Option B! It was intensive hammering and I'm still not sure my fingers survived! We filled each nail with caulking and let all that dry. Then we painted the whole frame a nice light grey!
The rest was easy from here! A light coat of the lavender on the top and the two side panels. Let everything dry and add the drawers. The dresser has to cure for 1 week to make sure the paint doesn't peel off. Voila, it's practically a new dresser!
I adore how this dresser ended up coming out! What are some of your "new life projects?" This dresser is worth over $100 if I were to resell it (I am so keeping this one lol). Overall, the amount spent was $50 for the dresser and supplies! We do all kinds of furniture and interesting pieces! Overall, we love the thrill of bringing new life to these vintage, abused, pieces for an amazing value!
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