This is one of the few pieces that has moved with me to every apartment I've lived in. Actually, now that I think about it this is THE only piece of furniture that has moved to every apartment/house I've lived in (except the first two). Wow - I must like this piece ;-)
Our love story began when I was in college and wanted to "build" some furniture. This was back in the day when Lowe's sold build-your-own furniture (do they still do that?). I picked up two pieces and put them together and stained them. This piece came with wooden knobs and at some point in my NY moves one broke. I replaced all the knobs with the metal ones in the picture. I knew I wanted to do something different with the piece. It was stained cherry and I couldn't decide between going darker or painting it. So for THREE YEARS I lived with this piece and the fact that the stain didn't go cover the whole piece (look closely under the knobs, you'll see it....)
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Finally I decided to join the grey craze. I'm pretty good at picking colors that turn out really, really dark - so when I picked this color I had it lightened 25% (on last week's project you'll notice I darkened it....should have stuck with my gut?)
Because I went so much lighter it took 2 coats after sanding it... a long time when a piece is taking up your entire living room (I cleared a path to get to the bathroom and the front door....) Here's the piece now:
I promise it's grey - my walls are blue and it throws the color a bit.
I'm impressed that this piece is still standing after 8 (10?) moves...and all the drawers slide just fine. Must have been an excellent furniture builder that made this piece! ;-)
Our love story began when I was in college and wanted to "build" some furniture. This was back in the day when Lowe's sold build-your-own furniture (do they still do that?). I picked up two pieces and put them together and stained them. This piece came with wooden knobs and at some point in my NY moves one broke. I replaced all the knobs with the metal ones in the picture. I knew I wanted to do something different with the piece. It was stained cherry and I couldn't decide between going darker or painting it. So for THREE YEARS I lived with this piece and the fact that the stain didn't go cover the whole piece (look closely under the knobs, you'll see it....)
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Because I went so much lighter it took 2 coats after sanding it... a long time when a piece is taking up your entire living room (I cleared a path to get to the bathroom and the front door....) Here's the piece now:
I promise it's grey - my walls are blue and it throws the color a bit.
I'm impressed that this piece is still standing after 8 (10?) moves...and all the drawers slide just fine. Must have been an excellent furniture builder that made this piece! ;-)
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