Friday 3 August 2012

Chests of Drawers - before and after...

...I'm afraid you'll have to blame my bad photography for this one - here's the 'before' photo of this lovely old chest of drawers that one of my friends was going to throw out after she remodelled her bathroom. I swapped it for a massage so we were both happy! 


...now, in the next photo it doesn't look much different but, trust me on this, it does in the flesh!
Quite a lot of ASCP in Old White, some wax, a lot of elbow grease and all the pretty handles off and on again (some twice because I got them the wrong way round - Doh!)

 ...I lost the 'before' photo of this one but you I'm sure you can imagine it covered in dark brown varnish and rather boring so... I duplicated the method above and really love it now. I particularly like the 'fluted' details down the sides which you couldn't really see before...

...both these items were such solid, well made pieces that I couldn't bear to see them wasted. Hopefully someone else will use them for many years to come now!

3 comments:

  1. Hi,
    I'm visiting from the Graphics Fairy. Your chest of drawers is beautiful beyond words. You did an amazing job with your transformation and the little applique is so pretty.
    rita

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  2. Thanks Cindy, you're so kind to comment - I always love to hear from friends all over the world - Kerry

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