Not every rescued piece of furniture needs to be painted to bring it back to life. Sometimes, it just takes a whole lot of elbow grease to restore the natural beauty of the wood. Like these pieces of fab furniture, starting with this dresser by Jennie featured over at design*sponge. She started with this…
And transformed it into this..
Well, OK, it’s partly painted – but don’t the mahogany drawers look amazing framed by the grey paint?
Here’s another design*sponge find by Matt (partly painted too). He took this old dresser…
And created this amazing piece – aren’t the herringbone drawers and leather pulls genius?!
Some lucky people find awesome vintage card catalogues, like this one that Susan at Maple and Magnolia found on Kijiji:
She sanded it all down…
And now she has this beauty:
And here’s an interesting spin on a vintage card catalogue – summerswann at Craftster transformed this $7 find:
…into a coffee table!
I don’t know about you, but I’m on the hunt for a vintage card catalogue now!
If you have a piece of furniture that you’ve built, repaired, refinished, repurposed, reinvented, or otherwise done something fabulous to, send me some pictures and the story behind it, and I’ll feature it in a future Fab Furniture Friday post.
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Happy weekend!
Love them all! I have always wanted one of those dressers with all the small drawers, even when I was a little girl. This makes me want to step up my hunt.
ReplyDeletecool pieces! i'm inspired now for a new project....
ReplyDeleteHOLY MOLY...that herringbone dresser is so amazing! i can't believe that is a DIY! Some people are so stinkin' talented! Have a great weekend, Kelly!
ReplyDeleteGreat transformations! I like both painted and stained wood, and love seeing furniture given a fresh new life. I added your blog to my fav Canadian blogs list in my sidebar.
ReplyDeleteOh these people are so talented !!
ReplyDeleteOh wow!! These furniture makeovers are amazing!! I love to see such great transformations - so inspiring.
ReplyDeletePerfect inspiration (& reminder) for me to get back to my sideboard that's waiting in the garage. Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love all of these pieces. Great *Make-Overs*
ReplyDeleteWhy don't I ever see a vintage card catalogue on kijiji? Not fair! I want one! wahwahwah :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously though - looks amazing!
The dresser with the herringbone is amazing! Love that.
ReplyDeleteI love what they have done with these great wood finds! I have a beautiful solid oak (I hate oak) armoir that we have decided to keep instead of sell. BUT, it absolutely must be redone somehow. I first thought I might paint it but we have so much painted built ins in the room that may not pop well enough. After seeing the dresser that they painted the 'body' but restained a mahogony on the drawer fronts, I'm thinking I might consider something along those lines for my oak armoir. Decisions ...
ReplyDeleteI really like the after of the white nightstand
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