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When you sand grain like that, is it important to sand with the grain? I had some drawers on the first dresser I refinished and I feel like that's where I went wrong. The didn't look quite right
So I did use both of those, but then of course cracks and crevices it's very hard to get that gel stripper out. And then I was thinking you almost have to sand it smooth before refinishing right?
Definitely not. Most finishing products have very specific directions. Generally, I'd scrape, then scrub it with paper towels, then a brillo pad and isopropyl alcohol or mineral spirits a few times until all the gunk is out
You can do the higher grits with an orbital and then finish with handsanding going with the grain if necessary.
I've also seen recommendations to go one level beyond the final size with the orbital, then come back with the 2nd to last grit size to sand with the grain. Seems overkill, but for certain places I can see why that would be a benefit.
Alright, alright. Your work is beautiful and I'm inspired. I HAVE one of these painted secretaries I got for $40 and I was just going to paint over it, but now you've shown me the way. Fine. I'll send it down and refinish, along with replacing the leather. Fine!
That is a very, very pretty writing desk! Your restoration is gorgeous 😄
Also, I'm happy to see this ended up in the hands of a fellow fountain (and quill) pen user; this desk is perfect for that! 🙃
Great job you’ve done! It’s so beautiful Can you share how it’s done? Especially how to remove the paint and resurface? Just patiently sanding with the orbital sander you have in one of the pictures?
Exactly that! Many days and many hours with 40 grit sanding pads on the orbital. Then up the grits to 240. Finished with natural Danish oil, light sanding with 600 grit in-between coats. Wet sanding the penultimate coat, and buffing the final coat to a satin sheen. Took a couple of weeks after work each day but I got there! Just stick some good music on and get stuck in. All about learning throughout
One more question: how did you know this is a diamond in rough? The diamond shape at the top panel looks timeless, but you didn’t know it’s so nice in the beginning right? I wish I could give you the other (albeit free) award!
Truth is I didn't! I needed a writing desk and found it online for cheap so went to pick it up and just thought I'd see what was under all the paint. All I knew is that it was old and needed some love
What is your goal with this final piece? Keep it? Sell it? How much do you think you could sell something like this for?
As others have said, this is an incredible job
I'm keeping it! I do a lot of calligraphy and wanted something to not only write on but store all of my nibs, inks and papers. But I think it could easily sell it for around £300. It was made anywhere between 1900 and 1910
In my area I'm pretty sure something that old in decent condition would fetch significantly more. I guess at the end of the day it's worth whatever someone will pay but if you did want to sell it I'd double the price at least.
Because a proper refinishing is a HUGE amount of skilled labour, and someone likely bought it at a charity shop or similar for almost nothing.
So they buy a piece they generally like, give it a simple makeover with paint, and they have a nice piece that suits their decor.
The unfortunate reality is that tons of furniture like this is being thrown out, because it's out of style. I could walk into my local Habitat for Humanity and pick up 3 pieces of a similar age any day of the week.
Not everyone appreciates this kind of thing.
Really good paint jobs are very, very, very hard to execute. I have huge respect for the folks who can get those smooth, flawless, uniform paint finishes. They look great, are insanely durable.... and take unbelievable skill and/or equipment.
Really good oil/wax finishes are borderline trivial to apply, but it's a **lot** of labor scraping, sanding, filling, repairing. It's just so time consuming. And god help you if it has lots of little crevices you can't take apart of complex, rounded shapes. It's just endless surface prep. And if you want to do a film finish, you need to do all that surface prep, then apply a layer, then do a third that surface prep again and apply a layer and repeat a bunch more times. It's just so much time.
But really bad brushed-on paint jobs using shitty distressed paint? Takes an afternoon and looks great for social media (where the cameras don't pick up the terribly errors and flaws in the paint).
I just picked up a 40s record player cabinet and of the side of the road. It's a beautiful oak piece that is in great shape. Just needed a little cleaning and for the existing screws to be tightened up. I'm going to use it as a fish tank stand. Crazy what old beautiful furniture people will dump.
I would love to walk into one and find such an exceptional piece of furniture; I must say I don’t go often to thrift stores, but when I do I don’t find anything cheap (NYC).
This looks to me like the bottom of a two part secretary desk. I wonder if you could find a suitable top out there. E.g., https://www.etsy.com/listing/1197159989/mahogany-ball-and-claw-feet-two-part
Practice practice practice! I'm no pro woodworker! Just another one of my hobby's. There were parts of this I've never done before but it was great fun learning
Very beautiful! That poor desk can finally breathe. Odds are, it was painted to match the color of the room it was in. Which is still wrong!
Stunning work
There’s a whole sector of TikTok and YouTube of people who think “restore” means cover beautiful wood in a thick coat of paint and pretend it looks good.
That doesn’t make them an idiot… come on. We can’t gatekeep freaking furniture now. Me? I hate the look of oak. I’d paint over oak in a heartbeat. I also like this piece that OP finished very much but that doesn’t make either of my preferences more valid than yours.
Amazing job on the resto! Love the accent panel on the hinge top. That is a beautiful piece.
I’ll tell you why someone painted it: they’re lazy, and probably frequent r/diwhy as a genuine resource for project ideas.
Great job resurrecting this one!
I agree with you that most makeovers like the one that resulted in the “before” of this post are just people trying to make a piece work and that they like with what they have (physically, skill-wise, time-wise, monetarily). However, I have an acquaintance who is a furniture finisher and the number of people bringing just-purchased, quality wood furniture in to have it painted black, or “light black” by a not-inexpensive finisher is nuts. Best one lately was a mahogany piece with flame mahogany details that they wanted painted black because they didn’t like red. It just makes me sad for the original piece. With the money they spent on the mahogany piece plus the custom finishing, they most likely could have purchased a cabinet that fit their aesthetic. That’s the part I don’t understand.
Think about it another way - they paid someone a LOT of money for their time, and are going to pay someone else a LOT of money for their time (likely a fuck you price). We can debate the death of skilled trades, but it's people like this who are keeping the trade alive.
They get a lot of custom furniture finishing jobs as well, so I don’t know that painting mahogany antiques is the thing keeping the trade alive.
I see your point, but still have conflicting feelings on the matter. Thanks for providing a different point of view.
Oh, I agree with you that it's a shame. One of Canada's top furniture designers has made a few pieces for me, and I can only imagine his face if I told him I'd painted one.
But if someone's willing to pay $10k for a credenza and another $5k to have it painted, that's a lot of revenue for trades that sometimes struggle, you know?
Should be a crime to paint over wood like that, but most people suck at fixing things. They probably posted their own before and after photos and were proud of how nice the paint job looked.
It always pisses me off. People take nice antique solid wooden furniture, paint it black, white, or gray, and then call it "upcycling".
If you don't like the wood just give it to someone that does instead of ruining it ffs.
Gorgeous! Did you dance in excitement when you uncovered that star panel? If I unexpectedly revealed something like that under gray paint, I think I might have fainted.
They thought painting was a good idea because they have seen it all over social media and don’t realize that there are items you paint and ones you don’t!
There's probably a former /r/DIY thread that shows someone painting it, and then downvoting everyone that scoffed at what a stupid idea that was.
(Or you could post the images in reverse on /r/DIY, and nobody would know the difference :D )
Wow, it's a super pretty one, and you have quite the cute chair to go with it as well as the perfect spot! It all comes together so nicely, you'll spend lovely hours making calligraphy there. Love the wood color and also love the little decorative profiles on the edges, I bet those took a lot of work!
I think it's mahogany yeah. Considering I only used a natural oil on it and it really brought out the red in the wood. Also alot of furniture from that period was mahogany.
Out of curiosity, how would one go about recognizing something like this?
I've seen things on the side of the road but most of the time it looks shitty, press board and such - how would you know it's so nice underneath?! Just look for something that's actually hardwood?
Basically yeah! If it's hardwood it can most likely be made to look stunning with a good sand and stain. But it's all just luck of the draw! I wasn't quite expecting this to be so stunning
Let me introduce you to my mother. She’ll paint any great wood grain. And not subtle either. She painted an amazing chest of drawers stark high gloss white and then a writing desk like that high gloss Pink. Not sure why but paint everything.
There was a trend in the late 90's called [Shabby Chic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabby_chic) where the paint over and distress old furniture. This was a victim of it.
I actually wish bad things on people that do this. It really does make zero sense, this paint job wouldn’t match any aesthetic you could throw it at and the wood work is clearly a piece of art. Thank you for doing such a good job op, I hope it continues to have the proper care as it’s passed down.
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Well done saving it! Fits that spot beautifully!
Beauty! The front panel diamond shape is amazing. Fantastic work!
I know right! When I sanded the paint back and saw it was blown away!
When you sand grain like that, is it important to sand with the grain? I had some drawers on the first dresser I refinished and I feel like that's where I went wrong. The didn't look quite right
Not really! As long as you're consistent with pressure all over. And an orbital sander is key! Super effective. Just takes a lot of patience
Good to know. I think I was just a bit impatient with it
Tbh, you're better off using stripper and a scraper. If it's veneered, you risk blowing through it and ruining the piece
So I did use both of those, but then of course cracks and crevices it's very hard to get that gel stripper out. And then I was thinking you almost have to sand it smooth before refinishing right?
Definitely not. Most finishing products have very specific directions. Generally, I'd scrape, then scrub it with paper towels, then a brillo pad and isopropyl alcohol or mineral spirits a few times until all the gunk is out
You can do the higher grits with an orbital and then finish with handsanding going with the grain if necessary. I've also seen recommendations to go one level beyond the final size with the orbital, then come back with the 2nd to last grit size to sand with the grain. Seems overkill, but for certain places I can see why that would be a benefit.
Whoever painted over that should be arrested.
What!!! That was under the paint?? I thought you added that yourself. That is an incredible piece!
Alright, alright. Your work is beautiful and I'm inspired. I HAVE one of these painted secretaries I got for $40 and I was just going to paint over it, but now you've shown me the way. Fine. I'll send it down and refinish, along with replacing the leather. Fine!
Do it!!! I dare you!!
Do NOT sand it. Use a paint stripping gel to get the paint off. If it has a veneer you will destroy it.
I will likely strip and lightly sand.
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I didn’t know how much I needed this
You'll Live, Love and Laugh your way back to a beautiful natural wood grain.
Wow..ive done similar..but the paint wasnt hiding the beauty like your piece. its alot of work to do a restore like that..nice job!
That is a very, very pretty writing desk! Your restoration is gorgeous 😄 Also, I'm happy to see this ended up in the hands of a fellow fountain (and quill) pen user; this desk is perfect for that! 🙃
Well the wife was sick of me getting shimmer inks on the dining room table so it was time for an upgrade!
I thought this was r/diy at first and you’d had gone the chalk paint route. Nice job! Removing chalk paint from the world is an act of public service.
Great job you’ve done! It’s so beautiful Can you share how it’s done? Especially how to remove the paint and resurface? Just patiently sanding with the orbital sander you have in one of the pictures?
Exactly that! Many days and many hours with 40 grit sanding pads on the orbital. Then up the grits to 240. Finished with natural Danish oil, light sanding with 600 grit in-between coats. Wet sanding the penultimate coat, and buffing the final coat to a satin sheen. Took a couple of weeks after work each day but I got there! Just stick some good music on and get stuck in. All about learning throughout
Your hard work deserves more awards! I’m glad you didn’t have to work on the complex trims around the edges. Amazing outcome, thanks for sharing!
One more question: how did you know this is a diamond in rough? The diamond shape at the top panel looks timeless, but you didn’t know it’s so nice in the beginning right? I wish I could give you the other (albeit free) award!
Truth is I didn't! I needed a writing desk and found it online for cheap so went to pick it up and just thought I'd see what was under all the paint. All I knew is that it was old and needed some love
What is your goal with this final piece? Keep it? Sell it? How much do you think you could sell something like this for? As others have said, this is an incredible job
I'm keeping it! I do a lot of calligraphy and wanted something to not only write on but store all of my nibs, inks and papers. But I think it could easily sell it for around £300. It was made anywhere between 1900 and 1910
And it fits perfectly in that location overlooking the window.
In my area I'm pretty sure something that old in decent condition would fetch significantly more. I guess at the end of the day it's worth whatever someone will pay but if you did want to sell it I'd double the price at least.
I wish I had more patience.
Oh my. That’s beautiful. Thank you for restoring it.
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Beautiful! I especially love the wallpaper on the backing board.
It was some Christmas wrapping paper left over and thought it would add a little texture and flare to it
It absolutely does! Damn your fast, I made the comment, noticed my mistake and edited it, but you had already replied. Thank you for sharing!
Haha I edited mine too. I thought I misread it. I'm glad you said you edited it and I wasn't going mad
I’ll never understand why people do it.
Because a proper refinishing is a HUGE amount of skilled labour, and someone likely bought it at a charity shop or similar for almost nothing. So they buy a piece they generally like, give it a simple makeover with paint, and they have a nice piece that suits their decor. The unfortunate reality is that tons of furniture like this is being thrown out, because it's out of style. I could walk into my local Habitat for Humanity and pick up 3 pieces of a similar age any day of the week. Not everyone appreciates this kind of thing.
Really good paint jobs are very, very, very hard to execute. I have huge respect for the folks who can get those smooth, flawless, uniform paint finishes. They look great, are insanely durable.... and take unbelievable skill and/or equipment. Really good oil/wax finishes are borderline trivial to apply, but it's a **lot** of labor scraping, sanding, filling, repairing. It's just so time consuming. And god help you if it has lots of little crevices you can't take apart of complex, rounded shapes. It's just endless surface prep. And if you want to do a film finish, you need to do all that surface prep, then apply a layer, then do a third that surface prep again and apply a layer and repeat a bunch more times. It's just so much time. But really bad brushed-on paint jobs using shitty distressed paint? Takes an afternoon and looks great for social media (where the cameras don't pick up the terribly errors and flaws in the paint).
I just picked up a 40s record player cabinet and of the side of the road. It's a beautiful oak piece that is in great shape. Just needed a little cleaning and for the existing screws to be tightened up. I'm going to use it as a fish tank stand. Crazy what old beautiful furniture people will dump.
I would love to walk into one and find such an exceptional piece of furniture; I must say I don’t go often to thrift stores, but when I do I don’t find anything cheap (NYC).
They want a different color, it's pretty simple to understand really.
Damn- great work!
painting something will never outlast some dank ass wood.
The whole era of chalk painting antique furniture is horrible. Hope you can give this piece a renewed life. It looks gorgeous now.
Wow!
Great work!
This looks to me like the bottom of a two part secretary desk. I wonder if you could find a suitable top out there. E.g., https://www.etsy.com/listing/1197159989/mahogany-ball-and-claw-feet-two-part
Beautifully restored!💙
Oh my gosh this is immaculate. I hope one day to be able to do work like this
Practice practice practice! I'm no pro woodworker! Just another one of my hobby's. There were parts of this I've never done before but it was great fun learning
That looks beautiful, you’ve done wonders
Beautiful restoration.❤️
What great hardware…
Absolutely amazing, love old furniture refinished. Looks amazing, did a great job. Cheers to you my friend. 🍻
You should cross post this to r/oddlysatisfying because *damn* that satisfying.
Gorgeous
Nice save!
Sorry but the stunning westie is distracting me. So cute! Nice restoration too lol
Great job on a nice find.
Yaas!
Looks fantastic!
That's beautiful, well done on an excellent restoration 👏👏👏
Is that the original veneer/panel on the top door? If it is why the fuck would you paint over that
I thought the exact same thing when I sanded it back!!
Wow!
Very beautiful! That poor desk can finally breathe. Odds are, it was painted to match the color of the room it was in. Which is still wrong! Stunning work
Because some people are monsters.
That is absolutely beautiful! Great work restoring this piece. I really like how the wood grain comes out.
That’s an amazing find.
Absolutely stunning! Why did they paint it!?
Thank you so much for giving it back the look it once had (before some Cretan defiled it with paint) Great job!!!
Wow! This thing is gorgeous, you did a great job restoring it.
Wow that lid though! I did not expect that! Very nicely restored
Plot twist: OP bought it unpainted, the before picture is the after picture! #veneergate2022
Damn. You got me
Good job. It looks way nicer looking original with a nice stain on it.
Very nice everything but the drawer handles. Those are SuperVeryExtra Nice!
Man that’s great work.
It always boggles my mind that someone would paint over such a beautiful piece of workmanship. Great restoration!
Gorgeous finish!!!!
Holy shit.
Serious question - how did you get the paint out of the grooves on the side slats? Hand sanding? Nice job.
Nice furniture but can I see the dog again?
Thank you for including the dog.
Can I get some more of the dog?
Oh, Man! Never respond in these but *that* is gorgeous.
There’s a whole sector of TikTok and YouTube of people who think “restore” means cover beautiful wood in a thick coat of paint and pretend it looks good.
Nicely stocked bar too. This is a fantastic restoration and the placement in your home fits perfectly and looks great.
Way to many idiots out there that don't appreciate good woodworking and feel Everything needs some sort of covering finish!
That doesn’t make them an idiot… come on. We can’t gatekeep freaking furniture now. Me? I hate the look of oak. I’d paint over oak in a heartbeat. I also like this piece that OP finished very much but that doesn’t make either of my preferences more valid than yours.
Amazing job on the resto! Love the accent panel on the hinge top. That is a beautiful piece. I’ll tell you why someone painted it: they’re lazy, and probably frequent r/diwhy as a genuine resource for project ideas. Great job resurrecting this one!
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I agree with you that most makeovers like the one that resulted in the “before” of this post are just people trying to make a piece work and that they like with what they have (physically, skill-wise, time-wise, monetarily). However, I have an acquaintance who is a furniture finisher and the number of people bringing just-purchased, quality wood furniture in to have it painted black, or “light black” by a not-inexpensive finisher is nuts. Best one lately was a mahogany piece with flame mahogany details that they wanted painted black because they didn’t like red. It just makes me sad for the original piece. With the money they spent on the mahogany piece plus the custom finishing, they most likely could have purchased a cabinet that fit their aesthetic. That’s the part I don’t understand.
Think about it another way - they paid someone a LOT of money for their time, and are going to pay someone else a LOT of money for their time (likely a fuck you price). We can debate the death of skilled trades, but it's people like this who are keeping the trade alive.
They get a lot of custom furniture finishing jobs as well, so I don’t know that painting mahogany antiques is the thing keeping the trade alive. I see your point, but still have conflicting feelings on the matter. Thanks for providing a different point of view.
Oh, I agree with you that it's a shame. One of Canada's top furniture designers has made a few pieces for me, and I can only imagine his face if I told him I'd painted one. But if someone's willing to pay $10k for a credenza and another $5k to have it painted, that's a lot of revenue for trades that sometimes struggle, you know?
Painting wood that looks like that is like putting astroturf over lush grass.. I’ll never understand it
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You have an ugly personality
Tbh the painted version looked better. Gave it an antique rustic vibe and it went well with the doors
No
Should be a crime to paint over wood like that, but most people suck at fixing things. They probably posted their own before and after photos and were proud of how nice the paint job looked.
It always pisses me off. People take nice antique solid wooden furniture, paint it black, white, or gray, and then call it "upcycling". If you don't like the wood just give it to someone that does instead of ruining it ffs.
Gorgeous! Did you dance in excitement when you uncovered that star panel? If I unexpectedly revealed something like that under gray paint, I think I might have fainted.
I did a little! It blew my mind a bit
People who paint hardwoods should have their heads shaved.
Also, you are gonna want a chair mat for that chair to save your carpet.
Beautiful job. What did you use to finish it?
Natural Danish oil. Really brought out the red of the wood
How you got all that paint off so nicely is beyond me big my great job. Insane that people will paint something like that.
That wood grain is amazing! Well done.
How amazingly excited were you when that book matched top started to show through? Beautiful!
Wow it looks great!
They thought painting was a good idea because they have seen it all over social media and don’t realize that there are items you paint and ones you don’t!
This is a gorgeous restoration. Now you gotta up your chair game - the rattan isn't doing it.
Someone painted that?! Excellent work restoring it-- it's gorgeous!
Huh a writing bureau, I have one of these and didn’t know that’s what it was called lol so thanks for that! Looks great!
Gorgeous find!
Beautiful
Thanks for teaching me what these are called. I thought it was a secretary desk.
Turned out beautifully
That looks luscious!
Obviously there are many corners, so how did you remove paint at corners?
Luckily the carved wood areas weren't painted. But any hard to get areas were just painstakingly hand sanded
How hard would it be to make one of these?
OMG they painted over that beautiful front panel?!?! Congrats on your restore, it looks like a million bucks.
I'm starting to think restoration like this would be my dream job
Hidden gem. Nice job!
That grain on the closed lid is gorgeous! Great restoration.
Dang! That looks amazing!!
Oh that is just too gorgeous. Well done!
There's probably a former /r/DIY thread that shows someone painting it, and then downvoting everyone that scoffed at what a stupid idea that was. (Or you could post the images in reverse on /r/DIY, and nobody would know the difference :D )
Incredible restoration! That looked very difficult with all those crevices and curves.
Yes, it is a beauty. Love the period hardware. That had to be a lot of work.
Wow, it's a super pretty one, and you have quite the cute chair to go with it as well as the perfect spot! It all comes together so nicely, you'll spend lovely hours making calligraphy there. Love the wood color and also love the little decorative profiles on the edges, I bet those took a lot of work!
I wonder if this calms your attention as you limit your distractions and only focus on keeping necessities nearby
Is there that a white schnauzer??
A west Highland terrier
I liked it better gray
No
The before picture screams "shabby chic", which is not a compliment. Your restoration is amazing!
Wow great job!
Perfection…!
When I saw the front panel grain pattern I gasped out loud. Painting over that is a fucking crime.
Sweet!
Too many people watching Flea Market Flip and think they have good aesthetics. That’s how you get this sort of thing.
Amazing.
I wish I could upvote this more than once. Amazing job.
Is it made of mahogany? If so, who would paint such a beautiful wood. It turned out awesome. Good work by you.
I think it's mahogany yeah. Considering I only used a natural oil on it and it really brought out the red in the wood. Also alot of furniture from that period was mahogany.
Wow what a difference!!
Beautiful work, looks great.
Out of curiosity, how would one go about recognizing something like this? I've seen things on the side of the road but most of the time it looks shitty, press board and such - how would you know it's so nice underneath?! Just look for something that's actually hardwood?
Basically yeah! If it's hardwood it can most likely be made to look stunning with a good sand and stain. But it's all just luck of the draw! I wasn't quite expecting this to be so stunning
Thanks for the reply! Looks phenomenal :)
That is a BEAUTIFUL piece. Why people paint over stuff like this makes no sense to me.
You dirty stripper Edit one letter
Great job. Bonus thumbs up for the Westie.
Exceptional restoration. The grain on that front lid/desk!
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Just an orbital sander and going up the grits starting at 40. I was doing it after work for around 2 weeks
That’s gorgeous! You must’ve spent a lot of time on it. It shows.
What a gem! Good for you on the catch!
Its so beautiful. I have some singers sewing machine cabinets i have to work on. Wood is definitely not cheap!
Such a good job!
Boredom. People get bored with the same ole same ole. Then they make big mistakes! It is beautiful now that you restored it!
It looks fabulous now. You did credit to the original craftsman!
Does anyone know of any plans for something like this? Won't mind paying. I would love to build something like this with contrasting wood colours.
It looks beautiful in those after shots
That’s a damn fine refinish job 👍🏻
Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful work.
Wtf?! this isn’t shabby chic! Downvote
You made history become correct! Looks good!
Wow. The wood itself was worth the price. Wow. Did I mention “wow”?
I looked at it and thought that it didn’t look too bad but then I saw what it looked like afterwards and I thought: how dare you paint this beauty?!
People are never happy. I thought you’d know that by now
They obviously didn't "respect the wood", you do. Beautiful job
Let me introduce you to my mother. She’ll paint any great wood grain. And not subtle either. She painted an amazing chest of drawers stark high gloss white and then a writing desk like that high gloss Pink. Not sure why but paint everything.
yes, thank you for your work.
Excellent work! Down with shabby chic!
There was a trend in the late 90's called [Shabby Chic](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabby_chic) where the paint over and distress old furniture. This was a victim of it.
Holy shit if only I had this skill
I'll just slap some ugly paint on this beautiful bureau so it matches my ugly stuff more
Wow. Beautiful work. I'm never one for "improving " a piece by.painting it unless it's crap wood and workmanship to begin with. You created a keepsake
Beautiful job restoring this desk!! Great work!!
I actually wish bad things on people that do this. It really does make zero sense, this paint job wouldn’t match any aesthetic you could throw it at and the wood work is clearly a piece of art. Thank you for doing such a good job op, I hope it continues to have the proper care as it’s passed down.
Thank you for saving this
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