My daughter and I were driving when these lovely legs sticking up by the trash caught my eye. I mean these were some nice gams! I couldn't look away.
We quickly pulled over and saw this beautiful buffet just laying on the ground. Now...no drawers, no doors and a chippy veneer, but solid as a rock, so .... we wrestled her into my daughter's little Murrano, the door wouldn't even close but we drove home with the prize hanging out the back end!
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| gorgeous just the way she was! |
We first tackled the veneer,
I am thankful my husband has more upper arm strength than I will ever have because as a two man team we worked about an hour scraping off the warped veneer. I held the heat gun as he scraped and pulled. He worked up quite a sweat!
I decided since this piece was for me, to leave the top as is, I lightly sanded but did not fill in worm holes or imperfections, I just used Minwax stain over the top and a couple coats of polycrylic on the top and painted with some white laytex on the bottom. We did use 1/4 " board to even out the drawer areas, cut to size and stapled in. After some distressing it was the perfect piece, Really, in the trash?
The next day we thought, let's drive by that trash again, just to see if they threw out the drawers and no, they didn't but they did add these. Can you say head first into the dump, both my husband and I were like kids in a candy store!
The piece in my living room.
Excuse the dog butt, but see that coffee table?
Tossed because of broken glass, which I for one am not a fan of anyway, 1/4" slat boards turned it into another fabulous curbside save!
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3 comments:
You find some of the best things on the curb!
that coffee table looks wonderful with the wood slat top ...and it goes really nicely with your entertainment center/buffet!
I'm curious about the drawers now...
You should just march right up to the door and ask them for them! hahaha! that'd be funny!
Love that coffee table. The way you changed the pattern was clever!
First, great haul. Love the buffet and the chairs. You did a great job. I wish I could find chairs like that. I have been looking, but nothing yet. Thanks so much for sharing with Adorned From Above's Link Party. Look for the new party up tonight.
Have a great week.
Debi @ Adorned From Above