Saturday, August 22, 2009

The Ugly Duckling . . .





A couple of months ago my husband stopped by a nearby garage sale late in the day and saw this unit. He knew I loved lots of drawers and even though it was painted an awful color with paint that had "texture" (aka sand) in it, he bought it thinking he would just sand down the texture and repaint. He paid $30 for it and when he got it home we took the drawers out and to our surprise it was solid walnut. My husband is a woodworker so he knows his wood. We decided to just strip the paint off and try and bring the walnut back to life. The upper unit drawers were turning out pretty cool.


But the biggest surprise came when Jerry discovered that the fronts of the drawers of the bottom unit, when the paint was stripped off, was just made of pine. He started looking very closely and realized he could just take off this extra piece and hopefully the wood underneath was still intact.


We were stunned with what was underneath. My $30 ugly duckling was about to become a beautiful swan.


5 comments:

deannawelch19@gmail.com said...

OMG!!!! i totally want this!! i L.O.V.E. lots of drawers!!! we are so the same. and this is stunning, just beautiful! p.s. thank you for you kindness.

Karin Bartimole said...

What a fantastic find!!! it is simply gorgeous - three cheers to Jerry :)

Unknown said...

oh what a find and what a fantastic repourpose. The new piece tooks so proud and happy to be part of your home.

Wish I could find such a wonderufl piece.

Beverly Sager said...

I know I'm supposed to covet, but sometimes I just can't help it! What a wonderful find!

Beverly Sager said...

LOL! that was supposed to be: NOT supposed to covet!