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| Drexel Heritage Dresser Before |
You never know what treasures you'll find at an estate or garage sale.
When searching for used furniture, look at the "bones." If it's
structurally sound, the rest can be fixed and refinished, revealing a
classic, beautiful piece of furniture that is hard to come by. This was a
great example of how very important it is to choose the right hardware
for any project, as the hardware really makes a piece of refinished
furniture shine.
This proved to be a challenging, yet very rewarding job for a client who had purchased these dressers at an estate sale. They were of excellent quality, name-brand furniture, Drexel-Heritage, in great condition, however, my client wanted to get an updated look for these classic pieces, bringing them into the 21st Century.
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| Drexel Heritage Dresser After |
The challenge was twofold; stripping the old stain from two different types of wood and making the new stain blend, as well as replacing the original outdated hardware with new hardware she had selected, that
didn't fit the original holes. Not until we had finished stripping the dressers did we realize that the bronze colored hardware she had originally given us wouldn't work. The drawer pulls didn't line up with the surface of the drawers causing the ends of the handles to stick up.
