Archive for: October 2006

October 28, 2006

How To Refinish A Dresser - Part 2 - Stripping Old Paint

Filed under: Furniture, Interior - 28 Oct 2006

See How To Refinish A Dresser - Part 1 - Assessing the Project

My first real action step in refinishing my wife’s 80 year old dresser was removing the numerous layers of paint that had been applied in the past.

At …

October 22, 2006

How To Refinish A Dresser - Part 1 - Assessing the Project

Filed under: Furniture, Interior - 22 Oct 2006


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Before - The 80 year old white painted dresser after some initial paint stripping.

One of the most …

October 17, 2006

How to Identify Different Types of Wood Furniture

Filed under: Furniture - 17 Oct 2006

When I was refinishing an 80 year-old dresser one of the first things I did as I started to remove the paint was try to identify what type of wood it was made out of. I really only had …

October 12, 2006

Hometips.com - Don Vandervort’s Home Improvement Site

Filed under: Blogs, Resources - 12 Oct 2006

Hometips.com
One of the greatest strengths of the Internet is the vast amount of home improvement resources now at “the average person’s” fingertips. I was really enjoying the blog over …