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Dumpster Dresser

January 14, 2015
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| Categories: Dresser, Furniture, How To, Veneer Issues

 

This poor sad dresser was on it’s way to the dump. When I say dump, I mean a giant facility where things go to die.
Follow this if you can: My husband’s nurse at his day job owns a transfer station (Meramec Valley Transfer Facility). Complicated. BUT- one of her missions is recycling and she pays someone to pull things out before they reach the dump that might be worth saving and every now and then we are lucky enough to get a call. We purchased this dresser from her and it was badly damaged but I was…

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Mellow Yellow Dresser

September 4, 2014
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I bought this dresser sign unseen.
I was pretty sad to find out it had been previously been painted. Not just painted though….painted with something I am sure would be illegal now considering my 40 grit sandpaper did nothing to it. We tend to “over prep” so to get this to something satisfactory took HOURS.
 
The legs came off and were repaired and reattached properly. Once that was done, we got set painting and I selected Sommerset Gold from General Finishes. I think this is the perfect yellow. We typically…

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