I will definitely try this, I love the color combinations:) that’s how my bedroom set will soon looks:)
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I will definitely try this, I love the color combinations:) that’s how my bedroom set will soon looks:)
… Subbed, I clicked on the video as re-doing one similar myself and also just bought an old secretary desk on Craigslist from 1920 on the button dated on the rear plus it is very obvious, and she is solid as a rock however was done in "chica style" I suppose it is CALLED(?) but do not know much about it, do you(?) …as in with the blue-ish paint and few limited sorta painted details, rustic looking you know what I mean, I need to look into the chica style and where it came from even though I have yet to ever find A PIECE i WANTED TO PUT paint ONTO, i just know it is LEAD paint however not chipping now do I do anything but sit at it so should be SAFE as even the pieces that chip off once in a blue moon I do NOT eat nor plan to, HAHA…. On your piece HERE—However – I did like the 'DecorationaL' HUNKS of wood you had removed which was prob a hunk of solid OAK but more importantly … it also probably was mostly an easy way to have helped … identify the OLDER year &/or model this … is – as well as = THEE-True-Maker or sub maker/contracting/manufacturer… (prob a good QUALITY, well known – maker to bother with the added pieces of OAK to give this particular piece you had HERE a sorta unique Flare—even if just for FUTURE identity as they did not have the internet back then, HAH) … as most schematics of many, many dressers … (and “pieces” alike, especially wooden or those that can be made with “cheap” super premature REGULAR ole Pine … (there are fantastic pines, one of my FAVE WOODS) … are available for concept online and always being re-made mostly in a cheap sorta of way that does not LAST regardless what you do to it in the future … this is a-shame … as in that 'THEY' can just mimic anything however, NOT even close to the SAME quality, identifying these pieces will be more crucial as time goes on) … as again, now with schematics all over – online & MADE AND SOLD EVEN ON AN INDUSTRIAL LEVEL FOR THE PAST 25++ years, thus it becomes harder to distinguish the older pieces (BRILLIANT-'STUFF') …from the newer OVER-ALL junk unless you know how to really look at the wood grains … (age of TREE used) … as the older stuff more often than not was actually made out of VERY-OLD Trees that TOOK decades to a century or more to grow and grow strong / well … this is the HUGE difference… One of the MOST basic styles I do like even when it comes in mostly pine or a mix just because of the style is the 6 drawer dresser that looks American western sorta rustic log cabin "ish" … with the thick slates of WOOD on TOP and the engrained sort of routed OUT handles for each medium-large drawer that came back out in much cheaper fashion in the 90's for a bit with or marketed towards older children's bedrooms, usually with bunch beds, why I will never know, HAH – but the quality, again was JUNK! People throwing out so much of this really good stuff because they do not know how to redo it themselves is such a shame, and they will regret it as we move towards saving the climate and oceans faster and faster it will be so much harder to acquire … (I am all for saving the oceans and to stop using plastic bags, by the way just stating FACTS here) … a truly ASTOUNDING piece of furniture unless you are a millionaire / billionaire, NOT only because of the mass producers, but MOSTLY the materials used and then just plain = the materials AVAILABLE will be what they are making furniture even into the late 80's in some cases worth a ton but especially the 70s and prior to when America was still, well – AMERICA Thee GREAT and not so many if T ALL KNOCKOFF'S AROUND, ESPECIALLY OF THIS NATURE(!) … (I have one from April 7th, 1975 as mine was DATED via factory, thank goodness plus the wood even though overall pine is that GOOD pine, not the cheap, quickly grown with chemicals and hormones — pine that popped up = in the 90s and forward, especially later 90's however some 90's furniture is still brilliant if you KNOW what you are looking for and find a “piece” from smaller makers that been around for decades … (mostly in America's Big City's, especially on the EAST COAST) … by then even if they were on the verge of collapse by '99, -with 2001 doing them/US in real good … it will NEVER be possible for even science to make wood from trees grow faster “WITHOUT” ALSO SPARING GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAATTT–Strength…… (of the wood/materials used) … and also a lot of its natural BEAUTY in so, so many ways…. and the ONE thing for sure "NOT FOR SALE" as anyone with a brain in their heads still left here within-America knows is "Time, can not be PURCHASED!) Again, it takes time, sometimes centuries for GREAT wood to grow and ALWAYS will, again, Time can NOT be purchased so EVERYONE should re-do or pass down at least one solid type of wooden antique to antiquity furniture in the family, absolutely – I know I pick pieces out of the trash here in PhiLLy very often and the poorest of area's sometimes tosses out the GREATEST of stuff, the real GEMS as in once POLISHED UP! I have seen in the trash a VERY old and VERY heavy obviously VERY hand made down to maybe even the screws or nails rather as screws did not exist yet “piece” that was some sorta intricate “DESK” with an actual pullout with homemade solid metal hidden pullies and all, so unique and cool, the wood was that solid sugar and walnut on top maybe even some ironwood but was hard to identify, it had to be from 1903 or prior, I think WAYY PRIOR… but no way to say for sure just that is was DEF one of a kind and built for someone with “money” that was lost in time and this house now turned into apartments tossed it out as I went to take it in the rain i realized WHY… It was in a house infested with ROACHES which it lao seems to be infested with, I still sorta regret NOT taking that piece, although maybe it would have been a bad idea as the last thing I want too bring back to my home or in my Electrical WORK van is an infestation of GERMAN Cockroaches but man, that piece was so unique and gorgeous / special however the amount of baby German roaches scared even ME as to get it back to my home, I risked my VAN however maybe if there was a time machine I could have grabbed a few cans of high-end killer spay and just sprayed it down like a madman and then waited in the rain a bit – wrapped it then shoved it in the van to head home to0 yard and go from there—however, to late, but it is nice to DREAM, HAH…. #FACTS
What if my piece already has paint? Sand it first? Strip it? Only degrease? Ahhhh overthinker over here.
Okay I think I can do this!
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I will definitely try this, I love the color combinations:) that’s how my bedroom set will soon looks:)
… Subbed, I clicked on the video as re-doing one similar myself and also just bought an old secretary desk on Craigslist from 1920 on the button dated on the rear plus it is very obvious, and she is solid as a rock however was done in "chica style" I suppose it is CALLED(?) but do not know much about it, do you(?) …as in with the blue-ish paint and few limited sorta painted details, rustic looking you know what I mean, I need to look into the chica style and where it came from even though I have yet to ever find A PIECE i WANTED TO PUT paint ONTO, i just know it is LEAD paint however not chipping now do I do anything but sit at it so should be SAFE as even the pieces that chip off once in a blue moon I do NOT eat nor plan to, HAHA…. On your piece HERE—However – I did like the 'DecorationaL' HUNKS of wood you had removed which was prob a hunk of solid OAK but more importantly … it also probably was mostly an easy way to have helped … identify the OLDER year &/or model this … is – as well as = THEE-True-Maker or sub maker/contracting/manufacturer… (prob a good QUALITY, well known – maker to bother with the added pieces of OAK to give this particular piece you had HERE a sorta unique Flare—even if just for FUTURE identity as they did not have the internet back then, HAH) … as most schematics of many, many dressers … (and “pieces” alike, especially wooden or those that can be made with “cheap” super premature REGULAR ole Pine … (there are fantastic pines, one of my FAVE WOODS) … are available for concept online and always being re-made mostly in a cheap sorta of way that does not LAST regardless what you do to it in the future … this is a-shame … as in that 'THEY' can just mimic anything however, NOT even close to the SAME quality, identifying these pieces will be more crucial as time goes on) … as again, now with schematics all over – online & MADE AND SOLD EVEN ON AN INDUSTRIAL LEVEL FOR THE PAST 25++ years, thus it becomes harder to distinguish the older pieces (BRILLIANT-'STUFF') …from the newer OVER-ALL junk unless you know how to really look at the wood grains … (age of TREE used) … as the older stuff more often than not was actually made out of VERY-OLD Trees that TOOK decades to a century or more to grow and grow strong / well … this is the HUGE difference… One of the MOST basic styles I do like even when it comes in mostly pine or a mix just because of the style is the 6 drawer dresser that looks American western sorta rustic log cabin "ish" … with the thick slates of WOOD on TOP and the engrained sort of routed OUT handles for each medium-large drawer that came back out in much cheaper fashion in the 90's for a bit with or marketed towards older children's bedrooms, usually with bunch beds, why I will never know, HAH – but the quality, again was JUNK! People throwing out so much of this really good stuff because they do not know how to redo it themselves is such a shame, and they will regret it as we move towards saving the climate and oceans faster and faster it will be so much harder to acquire … (I am all for saving the oceans and to stop using plastic bags, by the way just stating FACTS here) … a truly ASTOUNDING piece of furniture unless you are a millionaire / billionaire, NOT only because of the mass producers, but MOSTLY the materials used and then just plain = the materials AVAILABLE will be what they are making furniture even into the late 80's in some cases worth a ton but especially the 70s and prior to when America was still, well – AMERICA Thee GREAT and not so many if T ALL KNOCKOFF'S AROUND, ESPECIALLY OF THIS NATURE(!) … (I have one from April 7th, 1975 as mine was DATED via factory, thank goodness plus the wood even though overall pine is that GOOD pine, not the cheap, quickly grown with chemicals and hormones — pine that popped up = in the 90s and forward, especially later 90's however some 90's furniture is still brilliant if you KNOW what you are looking for and find a “piece” from smaller makers that been around for decades … (mostly in America's Big City's, especially on the EAST COAST) … by then even if they were on the verge of collapse by '99, -with 2001 doing them/US in real good … it will NEVER be possible for even science to make wood from trees grow faster “WITHOUT” ALSO SPARING GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAATTT–Strength…… (of the wood/materials used) … and also a lot of its natural BEAUTY in so, so many ways…. and the ONE thing for sure "NOT FOR SALE" as anyone with a brain in their heads still left here within-America knows is "Time, can not be PURCHASED!) Again, it takes time, sometimes centuries for GREAT wood to grow and ALWAYS will, again, Time can NOT be purchased so EVERYONE should re-do or pass down at least one solid type of wooden antique to antiquity furniture in the family, absolutely – I know I pick pieces out of the trash here in PhiLLy very often and the poorest of area's sometimes tosses out the GREATEST of stuff, the real GEMS as in once POLISHED UP! I have seen in the trash a VERY old and VERY heavy obviously VERY hand made down to maybe even the screws or nails rather as screws did not exist yet “piece” that was some sorta intricate “DESK” with an actual pullout with homemade solid metal hidden pullies and all, so unique and cool, the wood was that solid sugar and walnut on top maybe even some ironwood but was hard to identify, it had to be from 1903 or prior, I think WAYY PRIOR… but no way to say for sure just that is was DEF one of a kind and built for someone with “money” that was lost in time and this house now turned into apartments tossed it out as I went to take it in the rain i realized WHY… It was in a house infested with ROACHES which it lao seems to be infested with, I still sorta regret NOT taking that piece, although maybe it would have been a bad idea as the last thing I want too bring back to my home or in my Electrical WORK van is an infestation of GERMAN Cockroaches but man, that piece was so unique and gorgeous / special however the amount of baby German roaches scared even ME as to get it back to my home, I risked my VAN however maybe if there was a time machine I could have grabbed a few cans of high-end killer spay and just sprayed it down like a madman and then waited in the rain a bit – wrapped it then shoved it in the van to head home to0 yard and go from there—however, to late, but it is nice to DREAM, HAH…. #FACTS
What if my piece already has paint? Sand it first? Strip it? Only degrease? Ahhhh overthinker over here.
Okay I think I can do this!