Not bad considering it was in pretty good shape. Really, I just wanted the bottom part of it to use as a buffet table. Buffet tables, even on Craigslist, can be pretty expensive IMO (=in my opinion). I also wanted to try to antique/distress it, so I definitely didn't want to spend a lot since I've never antiqued before. One problem though: we didn't have a truck or anything else big enough to bring it home in. But with the help of our sweet brother-in-law, we lugged it home in a borrowed truck. Then the fun began...
We washed it down, and since at this time I wasn't totally sure I didn't want the hutch part, we sanded, primed, and painted the entire piece an off white color (Valspar paint from Lowe's). Then, we glazed it using Valspar Antiquing Glaze in Asphaltum. Basically, the glaze is pretty easy to use. We painted it on in sections with a foam brush, then we wiped off the excess.
It was looking much better at this point, but see all the decorative mumbo jumbo on the drawers and the top of the hutch in the above picture? Well -- that's just not my style. I wanted clean, classic lines. I also wanted it to have an even more distressed appearance. Soooooo --- I sort of hinted to Mr. H that I wasn't feeling the whole decorative design of it. Being the sweet hubby he is, he immediately took the drawers out to the garage and removed the decorative pieces on the drawers. They were pretty easy to pry off since they were simply stapled to the drawer front. The next day, he sanded down the drawers, painted, and antiqued them. Oh, I should also mention that we hated that original bulky hardware, so we puttied the holes with wood putty and painted over those as well. Since we couldn't remove the decoration on the top of the hutch, and since I wasn't in love with it anyway, we axed the hutch and took it to the thrift store.
Now that I was seeing the clean lines of the whole piece, I wanted to add a bit more distressing. So, to give it an even more distressed feel, we sanded down the all the edges of the buffet, doors, and drawers. Last but not least, we drilled new holes for hardware and put on oil rubbed bronze knobs. Isn't this much better?
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| Sorry for the bad lighting and shadows. Mr. H took this pic at night. |
Yes... it appears someone bought it from the thrift store and now he/she is selling it for $85 -- $10 more than what we paid for the whole thing. Well, you know what they say, "One person's trash is another person's treasure."
And on a side note, it's snowing!! Snow is a rare occasion in the deep south, but yay for some snow..... and going into work late... :)
The Shabby Nest
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