ON THE FARM rustic barn chest

Photo taken at Webster Fleamarketmore about that at the bottom.

This chest was in terrible shape

I chose to work with its rustic attributes not against them.

The original hardware was tossed in the trash, these

 beauties were stolen roadside off a pressboard 70s

 long dresser, might I add it was pouring rain at the time.

I highlighted the grain in the plywood by having

black under the red and sanding till it showed thru.

But the very first coat was a white primer, I wanted

 many layers to show thru adding to the appearance of age.

I couldnt think of a better way to line the drawers

 then with this fun farmhouse tablecloth.

While working on this rustic red chest of drawers I

 was reminded of all the neat farm items we saw while

strolling thru many of Floridas fleamarkets last month.?

Here are just some of the farm items that caught our eye.

I wish I could have taken this yoke transformed into

 a mirror home on the plane. George just looks at

 me sideways when I say that. Have you seen some

 of the things ppl carry on planes?

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A HUSBAND AN ANTIQUE AND A POST CARD aqua chest of drawers

Just a quick peek for you.

George bought a little antique dresser last week and very

excitedly arrived home with it in his van anxious to show me.

Looking at it in the back of the van, I have to admit

 I was perplexed because it looked nice as is.

 I had assumed it was for me to work on.

He knows my motto

"if its not broke dont fix it"

It had rich color in the wood, beautiful hardware

 but once I get closer I realized how short it was,

 at about 27". We have been looking for a special

 piece for ourselves to fit along a low window.

Now this started to make sense, however it also has

 to be very shallow which this was not at 20" deep.

NOT GONNA WORK FOR US

i love you george

 I have been toying with the idea of turquoise

 and now I have to come up with a plan to refurbish

 the thing.  Of course the first thing was

 to put some casters back on it to give it a bit more

 stature. Then George shows me some repairs that it

 needed. The insides of the cabinet and drawers

 definitely would benefit from attention. The top

 surface varnish was bubbled all over.

Okay this is sounding better, I like to be needed.

But I didnt have a clear vision and it was sitting in the middle of my work space and something

had to happen. The top couldnt be painted without being stripped.

If I have to strip it I want to stain it dark walnut. Thats a start! That will go with turquoise.

So I removed the top to take outside to do the dirty work.

When removing it I found something, half a post card stuck

 between the frame and the top.

Addresser was:

Mr David Brown

1256 Davie St.

Vancouver BC

It reads "arrived at _____ johston. He is a big boy,

 was asking for you. The picture on this card is the

 hotel I stayed at in NY"

signed: "Father"

 See the post mark?

 1919

Okay now back to the dresser

 Trial and Error ....

I finally ended with something I adore ... 

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