The Forgotten Wardrobe
When Cassie and I bought our first house in Erie PA the old owners left a bunch of items behind that they had no use for in their new home. So instead of hitting the dumpster they offered them to us. One of the pieces they left was an old small simple wardrobe. It had been painted white at some point in its life and the bottoms of the legs have seen better days. The rest of the piece is still in good shape under the paint. Its been an off and on project for the past 3 years. It is fully living up to its name of
What we started with two layers of white paint and a lot of dust
The first step was to get as much of the old paint off the piece as possible. I used a heat gun and was able to scrape most of the two layers of white paint off getting to the wood underneath. Sadly some of the old veneers had started to crack and delaminate so a full restoration was out of the question. We decided to go a little more weathered and rustic with it and finished it with a light coat of gray stain and will be putting on a very light white wash that still lets the wood grain show trough.
Most of the paint stripped off and ready for sanding. I used a Festool Rotex 150 and ETS 400 with Festool vacuum. I can't say enough about the dust collection and the finish that the Festool sanders provide, worth every penny.
Still working out the little details like pulls and a light white wash but its finally home and ready to use again.
Please feel free to share your own restoration or repurpose projects
~Drew~
