Mad about makeovers ~
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Makeover MADness..................
New to the linking thing ~ Somewhat new to following Sanctuary Arts at Home ~ Saw the post for makeovers and thought I'd participate ~ Cause I need some help and the people at the local hardware/houseware store aren't exactly helping me ~ Well, it's that or I'm not explaining it clearly ~ Around March of this year I was surfing through the free section on Craigslist, like I like to do ~ And I came across a very cool item ~ It was a buffet ~ An OLD buffet ~ It was beat up ~ It had some water stains ~ Which i can apparently get out with Mayo ~ Odd, but what do I know ~ I rushed right over to pick it up ~ put it in the hubby's trucks ~ The hubby that I BEGGED to drive me over there to get it ~ I brought it home ~ Excited ~ Brought out my little Black & Decker Handy Sander and started sanding ~ I sanded so much and for so long, that my hair was yellow by the time I stopped ~ The top of said buffet is quite mangled ~ I don't know how to fix ~ I'm hoping someone can leave me little hints or suggestions ~ When I get it repaired I then have to decide if I'm going to stain the top and paint the rest ~ Or stain it all ~ Help !!!!! ~ Suggestions greatly appreciated ~
Mad about makeovers ~
Mad about makeovers ~
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Hi Cara! You got it for free???? We better start checking that section! Anyway, for what we can in the pictures, the top veneer is chipped and missing in parts...this is what you can do: you need to buy a wood putty filler and with the help of a little spatula you spread the filler (like if you were buttering bread)in thin coats until the top is even and matching in height to the veneer on your piece...Let it dry...Once is really dried, sand it carefully with a fine sand paper just to make it smooth...Once you are happy with how it looks, you paint it. If you read the label of the filler, it usually says it can be stained, we wouldn't. Our experience tells us that it never matches the rest of the veneer. That piece will be a killer painted black or white (Prime first, so the wood doesn't bleed)...how about a white top and a darker stain on the bottom? One more thing, if you decide to stain the bottom, get a darker stain, that way you will cover all the imperfections and scratches.
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Marcela & Clara
Oh, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you ~ The peeps at that store were telling me to put water on it to loosen and then peel it off ~ Wood filler here I come ~ My thought was to paint the bottom half black and to stain the top a deep cherry ~ Because my $400 dining room table that I got off Craigslist for $30 is going to be refinished that way ~ Thank you so much for the advice ~ I will check in regularly with you, if you don't mind, because I'm sure I will have questions ~
Cara
You could either do wood filler, or take off the rest of the veneer... I say go with it and do a distressed finish on the top... you could also just fill with wood filler to smooth the transitions and decoupage wall paper on the top... even a cool anaglypita all paper would hide everything... that's a great find! Jen
Thanks Jen ~ Exactly HOW do I go about removing the top layer ~ Because what's underneath is WAY cool ~ And if I can get the top layer off, I might just leave it bare and stain ~
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