This weekend I finished the project I began last weekend. I found this chest of drawers discarded on the side of the road ages ago. The poor chest thought it's days of love and beauty were over. But we saw big things for it's future, we entered it into the Extreme Backyard Makeover program. From thousands of hopefuls, this run-down beaten up old chest was chosen for an unbelievable transformation!
This chest was the lucky recipient of:
- Implants (putty in it's gaps)
- Lasic Zoom Whitening (or touching up the paintwork)
- Limb augmentation (fixing one of it's legs)
- Laser Peel Skin Resurfacing (a new coat of linseed oil)
- and Knob Replacement surgery! (otherwise known as a knob job)
TAA DAAAA!
(Friends exclaim! Sisters pretend to be thrilled but are now furiously jealous. Children cry as they look for the parent they once knew. Husbands in shock, but soon start fantasising...)
Okay, it's not so extreme, less is more so they say. Those mis-matched painted porcelain knobs are rockin' my world. Have I mentioned my obsession with blue painted porcelain before? I have an obession...
4 comments:
I love it! How did you get the end result so smooth and brand-new looking? What kind of stain did you use? Did it take you forever? Oh, so many questions! The porcelain knobs are a brilliant touch.
i adore the knobs! making a special place for them in my heart right now. and the dresser, what a find! you did a beautiful job with it. i want to find things like this on curbs in my neighborhood. . . hmmm.
I'm so glad you both approve. I really didn't do very much at all and it didn't ake very long. The cool paint work was already in place, all I did was gave it a scrub with a dish scourer, painted tiny bits that were chipped, puttied some gaps, and gave it a good rub down with linseed oil.
Mr You and I had what could almost be deemed a convention about what to coat it with at the end. The remains if various experiments remain as small patches of varying shine on the side back corner. I didn't want it to be too shiny, just rich and smooth looking. We decided on linseed oil, it works wonders. Thanks again.
The transformation of this is amazing. I love when things like this get saved from the eternal garbage abyss!
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