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| Knitting Cabinet Before |
This was an unexpected estate sale find. I had seen a knitting
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| Knitting Cabinet After |
cabinet such as this at an antique store in Kalamazoo when we went to the Art Fair the first weekend in June. It had sold for $180.00 as it was about 100 years old. This one had come from someone who had lived in St. Clair and was moving all the furniture out. I couldn't resist since it looked like it just needed a little bit of love. The only broken piece was the left handle on the top drawer, an easy fix. The cabinet was in excellent condition otherwise with its fluted and turned legs. Other than a bit of debris in the deep ends, it was fairly clean too. After I fixed the broken knob, I gave the entire cabinet a thorough sanding, and re-stained it with dark walnut, which brought out its natural walnut finish.
I then applied two coats of semi-gloss polyurethane, sanding between each coat. The naturally dark wood came back to life after staining, and all the scratches were diminished. I was very happy with the final results!
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| Top Drawer Before |
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| Top Drawer After |
Unexpectedly, Tom, the same man who had purchased my antique window bench, had taken a fancy to the knitting cabinet as he was trying to furnish his recently bought home in Rochester. Tom had bought the cabinet on a Friday afternoon, the day after I had finished the table and even before I could list it, also before I could take the "after" photos. It all happened so fast I didn't realize I had not taken the photos until after he had left! "Oh well," I thought. He had sent me photos of the knitting cabinet from his phone, but the quality was poor so I couldn't use them for my blog.
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| Duncan Phyfe Table |
Fate has odd twists and turns! A few days later, Tom had called me asking if I'd be interested in refinishing an end table for him. Of course I was, so he delivered it the day Jim and I came home from Lexington. When I had finished his table, later the same week, I told him I would deliver it so I could bring my camera and take the "after" photos of my knitting cabinet. He was pleased to not have to make the trip back and I was happy to get photos of the cabinet to add to my portfolio and to this blog. A win/win situation to be sure! This was another really great project with surprising results!
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