Never pass up a bargain

Deemaree · Sep 12, 2010 10:05 pm

^^^Mine has been painted with an "öld gold" paint at some point, which was rubbed back to show the original tin underneath..the gold paint is nearly all gone now.

KEK-love the chair and the cedar dresser is an amzing bargain-well done!

kek · Sep 15, 2010 7:54 pm

My dresser is coming up a TREAT.

One more coat of poly and some new handles (already got 'em) and she's finished.

Excited much?

And guess who's got herself an interior decorating consultant....?

Raleighfarm · Sep 16, 2010 1:57 pm

^ pics asap after you have finished Kek. Pleeaaase.

Stormy · Sep 16, 2010 2:05 pm

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Well done Kek!! It looks fabulous, and can't wait to see the dresser finished!

...and as for this:

TheOK

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Just stunning!!! ::kiss::

As for my projects, I haven't had a chance at all. I've been so busy lately, and it's still too cold for me in the garage, but with school holidays around the corner I should be able to do it. No running off at 3:30 to pick up the kids, no ballet, no sport.... :lol:

kek · Sep 17, 2010 4:37 pm

Dresser's done!

From this:

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To this:

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All the details plus more pics are here.

Cost? $26.50 for the dressing table (less whatever I get for the mirror, which is being listed this weekend), + $22 for new drawer pulls. The stains etc, I had left over from other projects. $48.50....not bad.

fairy blue · Sep 17, 2010 4:56 pm

Great effort, kek. It looks amazing!

TheOK · Sep 17, 2010 7:15 pm

kek

Dresser's done!

From this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_68rPIWu_OQg/T ... r_ebay.jpg

To this:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_68rPIWu_OQg/T ... 63_4_1.JPG

All the details plus more pics are here.

Cost? $26.50 for the dressing table (less whatever I get for the mirror, which is being listed this weekend), + $22 for new drawer pulls. The stains etc, I had left over from other projects. $48.50....not bad.

WOW.. excellent restoration kek ... that's got to better than anything you've bought from Ikea, yes? ...

kek · Sep 17, 2010 7:41 pm

TheOK

WOW.. excellent restoration kek ... that's got to better than anything you've bought from Ikea, yes? ...

Yup.

Although I still love my IKEA stuff, just in a different way...and my books are very happy in their new home. :wink:

garden lover · Sep 17, 2010 8:23 pm

In the name of Never Pass Up A Bargain, I purchased a fridge magnet for my hubby to see every time he goes to the fridge........

"I save my husband LOTS of money..........I NEVER miss a bargain" ::lol::

Well I think its funny, but for some reason he doesnt.... ::angry::

Raleighfarm · Sep 17, 2010 9:20 pm

Fantastic Kek. Looks awesome.

garden lover

In the name of Never Pass Up A Bargain, I purchased a fridge magnet for my hubby to see every time he goes to the fridge........

"I save my husband LOTS of money..........I NEVER miss a bargain" ::lol::

Well I think its funny, but for some reason he doesnt.... ::angry::

He should be thankful yo are so thrifty :lol:

kek · Sep 18, 2010 7:19 am

I'm still considering whether to give the dresser one more coat of polyurethane (chickened out on the beeswax plan :lol:

). I discovered that wipe-on poly is the BOMB, love that stuff! :z:

garden lover

In the name of Never Pass Up A Bargain, I purchased a fridge magnet for my hubby to see every time he goes to the fridge........

"I save my husband LOTS of money..........I NEVER miss a bargain" ::lol::

Well I think its funny, but for some reason he doesnt.... ::angry::

My husband keeps complaining about me "bringing more old crap into the house". :roll:

Mind you, when I'm finished transforming the "old crap", he looks like this -> :shock:

This weekend I want him to take the wheelbarrow and grab some discarded pallets I've seen down the street.... and he's complaining about that. Doesn't he know I'm a thrifty decorating genius? I have a plan...

::lol::

garden lover · Sep 18, 2010 7:24 am

Ha, ha......those words sound so familiar at my house :::

garden lover · Sep 18, 2010 7:27 am

Kek I love that dresser. I have one very similar but with a much larger mirror. I was wanting to sell but am considering keeping now and doing the above......just not sure where to put it though?

Whilest on the subject and a bit to the left of it though.......I love your floorboards in your pic of chair......what are they??

kek · Sep 18, 2010 9:03 am

garden lover

Kek I love that dresser. I have one very similar but with a much larger mirror. I was wanting to sell but am considering keeping now and doing the above......just not sure where to put it though?

Whilest on the subject and a bit to the left of it though.......I love your floorboards in your pic of chair......what are they??

Just go ahead and do it anyway - and if you can't find a spot for it, you can always sell it as a restored vintage piece. Photograph it with and without the mirror so people can see the potential...

The floorboards are fake. Laminated floating floor....it's an Armstrong product, can't recall the name exactly, but the colour was called cherry. It's actually equivalent in colour to Tassie Oak, which is what we were looking for. I think they name these things for the overseas markets. Confusing.

I wish we could have afforded real timber boards, but then we wouldn't have window coverings or a driveway. :lol:

Sometimes you've got to compromise. :roll:

Deemaree · Sep 18, 2010 10:58 am

Lovely Kek-just lovely!

I also love the way it has been allocated duties as a bar area! ::lol::

kek · Sep 18, 2010 1:45 pm

Deemaree

Lovely Kek-just lovely!

I also love the way it has been allocated duties as a bar area! ::lol::

How good was this K Mart wine rack? It's the exact depth of the drawer....

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We normally buy better quality wines than this, but I just wanted something to put in it for the photo.

.....Ah, who am I kidding? We usually drink cheap crap. :lol: