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Offline Lord Undies

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I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« on: March 31, 2009, 09:34:46 PM »









...and they were gonna throw it out.
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Offline Schadenfreude

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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2009, 09:36:47 PM »
Wow! That looks fantastic Undies. What are the drawer fronts made out of?
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2009, 09:42:17 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on March 31, 2009, 09:36:47 PM
Wow! That looks fantastic Undies. What are the drawer fronts made out of?

They're wood.  I painted the inserts with the Indian Ink paint, let it dry, laid a piece of that stretch rubbery wafflely shelving liner over them, and sprayed on the gold.  They turned out pretty nice.  I even did the pulls. 

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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2009, 09:48:00 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on March 31, 2009, 09:42:17 PM
They're wood.  I painted the inserts with the Indian Ink paint, let it dry, laid a piece of that stretch rubbery wafflely shelving liner over them, and sprayed on the gold.  They turned out pretty nice.  I even did the pulls. 

 :-)

Cool, I thought at first they were tin, like they have on pie safes. I like that idea, did you think if of yourself or did one of your cute cable do it yourself home babes give you the idea?
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2009, 09:55:20 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on March 31, 2009, 09:48:00 PM
Cool, I thought at first they were tin, like they have on pie safes. I like that idea, did you think if of yourself or did one of your cute cable do it yourself home babes give you the idea?

I thought of that one all by my lonesome.  The striped sides, however, happened due to HGTV.  I sprayed the sides gold, let it dry, painted on the Indian Ink, and ran a notched squeegee down through the paint.

This thing took me over a week to finish.

Please excuse my gawdawful work room. 
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2009, 10:05:07 PM »
Nice job, Undies. A little creativity, a new coat of paint, and the old is new again.

I see furniture next to the dumpsters in my apartment complex all the time. Some of it does look salvageable. I just don't have the energy to bother with it.
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2009, 10:05:33 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on March 31, 2009, 09:55:20 PM
I thought of that one all by my lonesome.  The striped sides, however, happened due to HGTV.  I sprayed the sides gold, let it dry, painted on the Indian Ink, and ran a notched squeegee down through the paint.

This thing took me over a week to finish.

Please excuse my gawdawful work room. 

I tried the notched squeegee on a wall, actually my husband tried it. By the way he reacted, I thought he was going to file for divorce over it. I guess it didn't work so well on a large wall.  :lmao:
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2009, 10:10:16 PM »
Quote from: jendf on March 31, 2009, 10:05:07 PM
Nice job, Undies. A little creativity, a new coat of paint, and the old is new again.

I see furniture next to the dumpsters in my apartment complex all the time. Some of it does look salvageable. I just don't have the energy to bother with it.

Thank you.  It's sort of my hobby.  I enjoy doing it on my own time schedule, and only to please myself.  I don't think I would like to do it for a living - trying to please other people.
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2009, 10:13:05 PM »
Quote from: Schadenfreude on March 31, 2009, 10:05:33 PM
I tried the notched squeegee on a wall, actually my husband tried it. By the way he reacted, I thought he was going to file for divorce over it. I guess it didn't work so well on a large wall.  :lmao:

No, it's not a technique for walls.  Even the "Design On A Dime" crew learned that the hard way.  It works on smooth surfaces, and only if you are not trying to achive perfect stripes.  A zebrawood effect is about the best you can hope for.
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2009, 10:40:13 PM »
WTF is with the paint job on the walls?
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2009, 10:53:33 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 31, 2009, 10:40:13 PM
WTF is with the paint job on the walls?

You don't like it?   :o
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2009, 10:56:15 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on March 31, 2009, 10:53:33 PM
You don't like it?   :o
Even Stevie Wonder could be turned-off by that.
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2009, 11:08:18 PM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 31, 2009, 10:56:15 PM
Even Stevie Wonder could be turned-off by that.

That room is the room I have used for years as my "workshop".  The room hasn't been painted in at least 12 years.  The red paint was an attempt to clean a brush.

 :-)

I am in the process of gathering my design thoughts together to turn that room into a nice guest room.  The new furniture, crown molding, shutters, etc. are in the garage.  The drapes and accessories are in the closet.  The new flooring is up in the air.   

I was going to paint one or two walls Apple Red, but I've nixed that idea.  That's why I cleaned my brush.

I guess this chest revamp is my workshop swan song.
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2009, 11:41:18 PM »
Awesome job there!
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2009, 06:58:19 AM »
Undies, that is too cool! Great job!
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2009, 07:08:22 AM »
Nice chest.  :-)
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #16 on: April 01, 2009, 08:12:58 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on March 31, 2009, 11:08:18 PM
That room is the room I have used for years as my "workshop".  The room hasn't been painted in at least 12 years.  The red paint was an attempt to clean a brush.

 :-)

I am in the process of gathering my design thoughts together to turn that room into a nice guest room.  The new furniture, crown molding, shutters, etc. are in the garage.  The drapes and accessories are in the closet.  The new flooring is up in the air.    

Ur duin it rong!   :-)
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2009, 12:34:53 PM »
I once got a big dresser from a thrift shop dirt cheap.  I painted it all white, then painted black roads with yellow divider lines across all of the drawers.  I used matchbox cars with a bolt through them as pulls so it looked like a big highway full of cars.  On the bottom two drawers I made an airport runway and used matchbox planes as the pulls.  On the top I painted a race track so my son could race his cars up there too.

  He was super pissed that I had killed off several cars for the pulls and figured out how to get them off.  I then had to superglue them to the wood and then super glue the bolts on. :-)
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #18 on: April 01, 2009, 01:08:49 PM »
 :II: Nice save of a good but hideous wooden piece.  :II:
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2009, 03:07:07 PM »
I seem to remember seeing furniture like that at a ranch in Nevada.............
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2009, 04:58:05 PM »
Quote from: Celtic Rose on March 31, 2009, 11:41:18 PM
Awesome job there!

Thanks.  I'm happy with it.  It looks better than the photos.

Quote from: Flame on April 01, 2009, 06:58:19 AM
Undies, that is too cool! Great job!

Ah, you're too too kind.

Quote from: RobJohnson on April 01, 2009, 07:08:22 AM
Nice chest.  :-)

You shoulda seen her when I had her stripped.

Quote from: VelvetElvis on April 01, 2009, 08:12:58 AM
Ur duin it rong!   :-)

Less vacuuming.   :p

Quote from: Randy on April 01, 2009, 01:08:49 PM
:II: Nice save of a good but hideous wooden piece.  :II:

It really is a good piece of furniture.  I'm sure it wasn't cheap when new.  It's all wood, except for the plastic draw frames.

Quote from: Wineslob on April 01, 2009, 03:07:07 PM
I seem to remember seeing furniture like that at a ranch in Nevada.............

Eat me.   :tongue:
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2009, 05:00:56 PM »
 
Quote from: mamacags on April 01, 2009, 12:34:53 PM
I once got a big dresser from a thrift shop dirt cheap.  I painted it all white, then painted black roads with yellow divider lines across all of the drawers.  I used matchbox cars with a bolt through them as pulls so it looked like a big highway full of cars.  On the bottom two drawers I made an airport runway and used matchbox planes as the pulls.  On the top I painted a race track so my son could race his cars up there too.

  He was super pissed that I had killed off several cars for the pulls and figured out how to get them off.  I then had to superglue them to the wood and then super glue the bolts on. :-)

That's an imaginative piece.  I saw something like it on one of the shows.  I bet yours was better.

(You can never please kids - they have no style   :-) )
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #22 on: April 01, 2009, 10:42:47 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on March 31, 2009, 11:08:18 PM
I am in the process of gathering my design thoughts together to turn that room into a nice guest room. 

Times are tough and your taking on borders?
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2009, 09:29:25 AM »
Quote from: FGL on April 01, 2009, 10:42:47 PM
Times are tough and your taking on borders?

No borders.  I'm thinking ahead for when our grandson asks to move in.   :-)
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Re: I Gotta Get Something Off My Chest
« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2009, 10:34:43 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on April 01, 2009, 03:07:07 PM
I seem to remember seeing furniture like that at a ranch in Nevada.............

The chicken ranch?
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