Dresser rehab - done!

Here's the before and after:

Dumpster dresser - phase 2

Most of my Thanksgiving break has been spent wrestling with this dresser re-do.  I'm using milk paint so I had to make sure the thing was fully stripped.  Milk paint doesn't stick to anything but bare wood.  As I was installing the new sides I made I couldn't help but notice the dresser always looked twisted.  Turns out one leg was 35.5", one was 35", one was 34.5", and the last was 34", no joke.  I'm guessing someone had this on the side of a hill or something??

Another issue was that the top was too small.  I think we're missing a piece or maybe this had a mirror at one time.  I ended up making a 'backstop' with the same curve as the front.

Next steps are putting poly in the drawer fronts, waxing the paint, and installing the drawer knobs.  I spent 2 hours alone stripping paint from those things.  You should need a license to buy paint.  If you ever paint hinges, knobs, key holes, or on top of 3 other layers, you lose your license.

Old, Ugly, dresser - phase 1

Can you think of anything more fun than spending a good part of a day stripping paint and replacing broken parts on a dirty, ugly, old dresser that should be in a dumpster?  Yeah, I can too... like that other day when I was at the dentist.

This guy is on the honey-do list so I figured I would get it out of the way.  It has at least 2 layers of paint, at least one coat of poly, the top is split in two, and the veneer sides are beyond repair.

Drawers after stripping

Fortunately there was no glue on this thing, just nails.  I was able to take it apart quite easily.

Not sure why I spent any time stripping this side.  There was no hope for the veneer.

Sellers Cabinet Finally Done!

About 5 or 6 months ago we picked up a beat down Sellers cabinet on the cheap. Well it was cheap for a reason. One drawer front was busted in half, a door was hanging by one hinge, it was about 13 different colors and was soaked in grease. This thing was well used and some things I just couldn't salvage. I replaced a few things because they were broke, and others because they were just soaked in grease.

Here's what it looked like before:

And after....  The white top on this is porcelain so it's not something I could just paint very easy.  Yes, that green strip is ugly.  I'll figure something out...

Another before picture:

The rest are pictures I took during the rehab.  I estimate that I have about 40 hours in this project.  Most of that time was spent stripping paint.

Here is the drawer front I had to replace.

And this drawer needed everything but the front.  I salvaged the front and built a new drawer.  

Primer

Part way stripped.

This took the most time.  The roll up cabinet has about 15 separate wood pieces.  I couldn't take this apart so I had to scrape in between all of them.  This alone was probably 3 hours of work.

Done.

Small fraction of the stripped paint.

Start of paint.

Start of assembly.

The new hinges I bought had a different offset.  See the gaps on the left side.  Had to fill holes, re-sand, re-paint....

Getting there...

My spray booth took a beating with this project.