Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Mini Makeover


I spent the weekend at my MILs house - housesitting and keeping company with my husband's 97 year old grandmother while my MIL went away for the weekend to see her other son.  While she was gone, I got to work refinishing some furniture to fit into the new room plan we've been working on.  We found an adorable, perfectly sized chest on Craigslist for a great price and quickly dreamed up some designs for its new life.  It started off looking somewhat like this.


Although ours was much less gilt and much more off-white-that-had-yellowed-over-time.  Neve the mind since it had nice bones to work with.


So happy with the way it turned out!  Now to put a finish on it to keep it from chipping.  I don't want a high-gloss so I am not sure what time of urethane or mariner's finish to use.  Any suggestions?



10 comments:

  1. OMG!!!! It turned out sooo pretty! Wonder where it's going? Anyway, it will look pretty anywhere, love the blue!

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  2. That's a great piece- how in the world did you get so precise around all the molding?! That's patience honey!

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  3. love it!!! I want to do something similar to my daughter's old changing table...

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  4. A JEWEL! What about one of the waxes that Cassie, Pam, Julia and others use?

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  5. Gorgeous piece! I love all the molding. I'd probably go with a urethane. I haven't tried the waxes that Patty is suggesting.. that may work too!

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  6. It looks so great! I wish I could give advice on what to do -- but I don't know! But looking at it makes me smile!

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  7. I think it looks amazing! What a transformation!

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  8. It looks fabulous... and how sweet of you to help your MIL out!

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  9. You've done an amazing job my friend! Beautiful!

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  10. It looks fabulous! Would love to see a brief "how to" post ... I'm so inspired to refinish a table (and a few other pieces).

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