Tucker

"Tucker"

Coolest thing about my "job"?? Taking someone else's discarded junk and breathing new life into it. Second coolest thing about my "job"?? Finding old clues and relics -like pictures, papers, markings, etc. left in or on the pieces that give me some clues of its "past life". Such is the case with Tucker, named after the boy in this picture that I found jammed up under the drawer while I was cleaning and prepping it for paint. Hope he doesn't mind that this piece is named after him!

Tucker was not an easy finish. Here's some before pics.

First of all it had a layer of dust at least an inch deep and it stank, like old man "drawers". As a side note- being an RN makes me an expert at identifying "old man stanky drawers smell", and this piece definitely qualified. Here's the cleaning solutuion after I cleaned it. Now that's some dirty water. Gross.

 It needed primed then painted to get rid of the stank, and that's a pain. The primer sucks up the paint so instead of 2 or so coats of paint it took like 4 coats. Ain't nobody got time for all that! Seriously, I have NO patience. I also wanted to switch out the knobs. The first set I bought from Anthropologie were super cute - but not on this piece. Bummer. The second set I bought didn't fit. Double Bummer. Third set were just plain ugly. Did I mention that finding the perfect knobs has really been a bummer?? Fourth times a charm I guess...um, well in this case at least. The sunflower knobs go beautifully with the sunflower color. And look at the lovely paper lined drawers...drool. It's been painted and glazed beautifully, then dark waxed and buffed to a lovely sheen. Best of all - it's now stank free!

 

 

So after all that work, this little gem is finished. And I'm glad it is done. Really glad. It was a pain labor of love. 

How would you use this table? Maybe as an end table or nightstand? I think it would add a lovely pop of color to just about any room! Please visit my Etsy Store for pricing and details. 

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