Friday, December 7, 2012

Beautiful Little Serpentine Front Chest

Hello! Hope you have been enjoying this unseasonably warm weather we have been having in Kansas! It has been crazy! I was wearing short sleeves sanding on my deck one day. I was about to put shorts on, but was frightened by my white legs :) No one needed to be subjected to that!

I wanted to share a little serpentine chest that came from Craigs List at the same time as the wash stand from my last post. I did not get a true before picture of the piece as I was soooo excited to get started on it! It had a top that was split and extremely warped so the first order of business was to make a new one. I got to use my biscuit joiner, jig saw, and router for this :) LOVE my power tools! I joined the wood pieces, traced the outline of the old top, cut it with the jig saw, and then used a router to put a nice edge on it. Once it was on the piece I painted it in a dark walnut color.


I know what you are thinking. Cute right? From a distance it looks pretty good. Up close there is damage on the lower drawer front that just really bugged me. I know how beautiful the bird's eye maple veneer is and really struggled with covering it up. Let me show you my dilemma.


I really couldn't live with it. I know some people could but i decided to paint out the drawer fronts and top and leave the body of the dresser just as it was. I think it was an excellent decision! I chose ASCP in Coco. It is a great color that is somewhere between taupe/grey/and beige. I paired it with some beautiful yellow porcelain knobs.







 
I love it! It is at Market Antiques in Ottawa if anyone needs to have this little jewel for Christmas :)
See you soon ~ Christy

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