The Swan

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Ya’ll the junk furniture shortage is real here in western North Carolina.  And FB Marketplace has lost it’s mind.  Folks are listing dressers here for a hundred bucks and they don’t have all their drawers!  That is nuts!!!!  I took some time on Saturday morning to hit all of my regular Honey Holes with no success at all.   It wasn’t until I walked in to our Habitat Restore that I settled down a bit.  Only a bit because I don’t do good in HR.  They have plenty of inventory , but it is not very often that I can afford to purchase something to resell from there.    I actually drove outa there with a solid oak American Drew piece that needed some love………and lots of scrubbing.

PS:  I forgot to take a before photo.

Lord the top on this buffet turned out so well ya’ll!!!!  It was scratched all to hell with several gouges but it sanded down perfectly. I used Minwax Provincial wood stain on this one and sealed it with 3 coats of polyurethane .   The body is painted in Fusion’s Casement.  I did pay more for this buffet that I usually do for a couple reasons:  #1. Because I was borderline desperate and #2.  It was a really good price for a buffet plus it came with great hardware so I didn’t have to budget for that either!

I lined the drawers in a gray and white swan peel and stick wallpaper that I got from Amazon. Now I have had this paper on my wishlist forever waiting on a better price.   So when it did drop in price I finally pulled the trigger.

It really is a lovely paper :))).  So elegant!

I will include the affiliated link to the paper as well as everything else I have used on this project at the end of the post.

This  buffet started out as a dated, dirty duckling.

Elbow grease, good paint, a fun wallpaper and we’ve got ourselves a winner 🙂

Paige

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