{"id":154,"date":"2019-05-06T20:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T00:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplybandc.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2019-05-18T19:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T23:55:40","slug":"a-dressed-up-dresser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplybandc.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/06\/a-dressed-up-dresser\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dressed-Up Dresser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes when I finish a furniture redo project the changes amaze me. This dresser for Trey and Grace was one of those times. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

They’d been shopping for a dresser to update for their new home and when I found this one I knew it was a deal. Solid wood, in good shape, heavy as all get-out, only $125, and the ugliest orange you’ve ever seen. When I texted them a picture their response was, “Well, we trust you.”\u202f The translation was, “Woman, that thing is ugly and you’d better fix it!” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I loaded it up right then and hauled it to the house for a makeover. A couple of drawer runners needed repairs<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, but that was no big deal for handyman Chip. The hard part of this one was getting the redo done right for my “client”. I was asked to match the stain on the dresser to the stain on two side tables I completed for Trey three years ago – and I don’t remember what I did! And at that, I was matching off a picture he texted me since we live in different cities! <\/p>\n\n\n

We started with stain<\/h2>\n\n\n

After lengthy discussion. we’d decided that the body of the dresser would be satin finish black paint<\/span><\/a> and only the top and a few drawers would be stained, but still, I had to get the stain right! I bought several different stains remembering only that before, I had mixed to get a custom color. Oh my. <\/p>\n\n\n\n