Friday, July 20, 2012

Friday Find - Shelf



I was happy when I found these old drawers for a quarter a piece.  I wasn't sure how I was going to use them but I brought them home anyway.  (PS, the radio cart is another find and comes in so handy, we just haven't gotten around to repainting it yet.)  I did envision them being lively colors, so a good cleaning, sanding and repainting was in order.



I decided I would sit those little boxes on this old oak shelf I picked up earlier in the day for $5.  All I did to this was clean it, a lot - it was  nearly black - just filthy.  After it dried from it's thorough cleaning, which included light sanding, I put a coat of Restore on it then some beeswax.



By evening everything was dry and I put it on my sewing room's book shelf to hold threads, and scissors, etc.

5 comments:

  1. I love how you "fixed" these. Great job.

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  2. I'd love to find some little drawers like that!!

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  3. Oh, it looks GREAT! You are so creative!

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  4. Awesome Awesome Awesome! I LOVE it!

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  5. Brilliant and innovative, well done you.

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