Antique Server In Ash

I keep lucking up on these little antique servers ya’ll and I just love them!  I drove all the way down to Spindale, NC to get it.  The Facebook Marketplace listing said and I quote, ‘Old Table’.  This is what I came home with:

Ya’ll know I was loosing my mind to get this thing.  It was not cheap at all.  It was a fair price however and it was coming with really nice, albeit corroded hardware.  Factoring that in it was right in line with what I would have spent on pulls, without all of the  Googling  and running around so I was happy.   This is another piece that took a while to pick the color.  Also?  Take a look at that top.  All that flaming intimidated the hell outa me.  I really sanded this one carefully and slowly as I am sure that top is a veneer.  I used 120 grit sandpaper on this top.  I was not taking any chances with anything any coarser.

Nosiest things in the world 🙂

The curves are just lovely on this one!  I chose Fusion Mineral Paint in Ash for this piece.  Ash lives up to it’s name, a deep charcoal gray, no hint of blue either.

Big Daddy voted to keep the pulls tarnished but I overruled.  I soaked the pulls in a brass cleaner for about 15 minutes then rinsed them, dried them and buffed them with a soft cloth.

 I actually am getting really used to a bit of sparkle on the dark pieces.

Thoughts?  Please weigh in in the comments.

The top is Minwax Dark Walnut with their water based  poly over it.

These Hepplewhite pulls are probably the prettiest ones I’ve ever see.  Lots of sweet details on them.  Before I put them in brass cleaner the details were mostly obscured.  That would have been a shame.

Thanks for stopping in to see me!

Paige