Someone was throwing out this cool piece of furniture. Of course we carried it home, where Len got to work refurbishing.
The drawers didn't fit -- they were separating at their corners, and the wood had probably also expanded from humidity or something. Len tightened up the seams and sanded the sides until the drawers once again fit their slots. An interesting thing about the drawers is the type of pulls they have -- I've never seen drawer pulls like these, and they're tacked into place with cotter pins instead of screws.
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| A drawer front and inside, respectively. |
The piece had a naturally distressed appearance thanks to old woodworm holes, and it was already lightly whitewashed in country chic style, but it had a pinkish hue. So, Len redid the finish to our tastes by starting with a dark undercoat and then whitewashing over that.
Tada! I'm not sure if this qualifies as a side table or a half dresser or what, but it's my new favorite unique antique chic thing to collect our random clutter near the front door.
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