Category: Furniture

Though small, this little chair provided some of its own challenges to refinish.About a month ago my wife picked up a little toddler-sized oak rocking chair at a yard sale for $3.00 and brought it home for our son who is about to turn one year old.

The chair looked as though it had been left out in a rain once or twice or at the very least kept on a sun porch and exposed to the elements …

Wow! Staining the dresser for the first time. What a difference!
Finally!

After months of on and off paint stripping, sanding and repairs I was finally ready to start making this 80-year-old dress look like something. Even bare it looked about a hundred times better than it did painted and the maple had such a wonderful natural shine to it that I strongly considered just adding a clear coat and leaving it the way it was. But it wouldn’t …