Showing posts with label blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue. Show all posts
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Vintage Desk in Navy Blue
I found this darling little vintage desk a few months back.
However, the top could not be salvaged. I thought about scraping it (way too much work) and painting underneath, but I found out it was particle board. So rather than scrape and redo another laminate top,
I though why not just make a solid wood top??!
So thats what I did. I went to the lumber yard and found some solid cherry "shorts" for a song!
You can see where I started to scrape off the top. Fugettibout it!
Here are the 3 boards glued and jigged together getting sanded.
The edges were also routed to smooth them out.
red mahogany just to brighten it up a bit. Cherry is beautiful!
And here is the desk all put together!
Yes, I painted the "Union Jack" as well!
Oh, and the chair too!
Would this not be adorable in a boys room????
I love the new top better than the original!
If I never have to paint a "jack" again, it will be fine with me! LOL
This beaut is for sale!!
UPDATE>>>>>>I repainted it in BLACK
UPDATE>>>>>>I repainted it in BLACK
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ROBINS EGG BLUE vintage side table
I spent a nice quite afternoon on my deck
tinkering away at this little table.
The top was loose and had to be glued and nailed back in place.
Then stripped, sanded, and primed in white.
I did not remove all the original paint, I wanted high and low spots
to play with the distressing process.
The color I used was Robins Egg Blue, just a small tube of craft paint.
The inside of the drawer was primed then painted in a darker turquoise.
Then I had fun sanding all the imperfections, to make them perfect!
I really do like distressing paint. I choose to hand sand
rather then use an electric sanded. It offers more control.
Finally finished it off with a single bright white flower knob.
This side table is listed on the AVAILABLE page.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
The Blue House Bow more work
Hi Everyone,
Picking up were we left off yesterday...
Here is the underside of the bowl, cut, sanded and polished:
You can see the foot, the tenon, and the heat and sap wood areas of the blank.
Heres a slightly different shot:
At this point the bowl is ready to flip over and hollow out. Moment of truth-once the bowl is flipped over and I begin hollowing it out, the bowl cant be flipped back if there is a problem. Here we go...
In the above photo, Ive flipped it over and placed it between centers again. Until the bowl is substantially hollowed out, Ill turn it between centers. When its been hollowed, and its lighter in weight, Ill remove the dead center and the center post in the bowl.
Above is the bowl after about an hours worth of turning. The sides are about 1 inch thick and Ive left the center post in the bowl. This will help keep the bowl in its round shape and keep it from cracking. Now Im going to cover it in paste wax and place it in a large box of wood shavings and let it dry for several weeks. In about three weeks time, Ill take it out and see hows its going so keep you fingers crossed that the bowl is ok and it dries well.
See you in a couple of weeks.
VW
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Picking up were we left off yesterday...
Here is the underside of the bowl, cut, sanded and polished:
You can see the foot, the tenon, and the heat and sap wood areas of the blank.
Heres a slightly different shot:
At this point the bowl is ready to flip over and hollow out. Moment of truth-once the bowl is flipped over and I begin hollowing it out, the bowl cant be flipped back if there is a problem. Here we go...
In the above photo, Ive flipped it over and placed it between centers again. Until the bowl is substantially hollowed out, Ill turn it between centers. When its been hollowed, and its lighter in weight, Ill remove the dead center and the center post in the bowl.
Above is the bowl after about an hours worth of turning. The sides are about 1 inch thick and Ive left the center post in the bowl. This will help keep the bowl in its round shape and keep it from cracking. Now Im going to cover it in paste wax and place it in a large box of wood shavings and let it dry for several weeks. In about three weeks time, Ill take it out and see hows its going so keep you fingers crossed that the bowl is ok and it dries well.
See you in a couple of weeks.
VW
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