A Little Spring & A Lot Of Thank YOU!

I can not accurately convey how full to bursting my heart is at the moment.  Lord the comments, messages and texts pouring in ya’ll!!!!   I thank ya’ll from the bottom of my heart.  I feel like someone just wrapped a warm woobie around me as I sat shivering and alone in the dark.  I love ya’ll to pieces!  Please, please know that you have buoyed my spirits and my heart.

Now.

Let’s talk about this mess that I actually paid money for…..

Yes.  I paid money for it .

And yes it was because of those Hepplewhite pulls.

When I pulled up to this one I was actually a tad nervous.  The place was odd, lots of stuff all over, someone appeared to be living in a camper in the yard, that kind of thing.  Two very nice young people that appeared to need my money were just as kind and courteous as they could be, loading the piece to my jeep.  As soon as   I got home with it I mixed up a mop bucket full  of Mr. Clean, bleach and hot HOT water and scrubbed the living daylights out of this thing!  Twice.

 I let it dry few a few days before I started to work on it.

 This vintage Bassett dresser was in rough shame.   You can see from the before pic that I did have several spots of veneer to repair and two big scratches on the mahogany top.  I assumed wrongly that the scratches would sand out…….

This is Homested Blue from Fusion Mineral Paint

It’s quite the Spring color ya’ll!

I love the statement the color makes on this dresser.  It is one of those pieces that I would love to build a room around, if that makes any sense.

The pulls are Hepplewhite but they were caked in God  knows what from years of  use.  I removed them all and submerged them in a brass cleaner for about 20 minutes then rinsed them in with dish soap and hot water.  They shined up great!

See the scratch?

The top is still amazing to me.

The bee plate was my Mama’s.

 I thought it was fitting for Spring.  The green pottery vase was a thrifted find for $4.  I love green pottery like this.  I try to pick up pieces of it for my shop when I can find them.

Be Safe ya’ll.

Paige