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Wood Furniture Rehab Street Find Transformed To Garden Storage

treasure, beneath 5 layers of paint!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/wood-furniture-rehab-street-find-transformed-to-garden-storage • Posted by kage j.

found this little blue dresser on the street, kept meaning to fix it up, all the while it got more beat up. there were no less than 4 layer of paint- very hard to strip. i used a combination of hand scraping, hand planing, chemical stripper (the 'eco friendly' type), and more sanding. since i was running out of the dark gray color, i decided to make it last by adding some white primer- and the gradient is born! i mixed the grays in an inexact way, but happy with how they turned out. since this is an outdoor piece, i painted the inside and out, to help minimize water/ moisture damage, and lifted it onto small plastic feet (up out of the water).

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

5 h 00

Difficulty

So-so
Medium b4nafter bluedresser

Description

found this little blue dresser on the street, kept meaning to fix it up, all the while it got more beat up. there were no less than 4 layer of paint- very hard to strip. i used a combination of hand scraping, hand planing, chemical stripper (the 'eco friendly' type), and more sanding. since i was running out of the dark gray color, i decided to make it last by adding some white primer- and the gradient is born! i mixed the grays in an inexact way, but happy with how they turned out. since this is an outdoor piece, i painted the inside and out, to help minimize water/ moisture damage, and lifted it onto small plastic feet (up out of the water).

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