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I Don’t Know If I Have Ever Told You This

by | Dec 6, 2016 | DIY

I don’t know if I have ever told you this, but we don’t have a basement. I know, not earth-shattering news, but when I show people our house they seem to be waiting to see the basement. And then when I tell them that we don’t have one, they always look surprised.

I was surprised too when we first looked at the house, but when you realize how close we actually are to the water, it makes sense.

Because of the lack of a basement, what we do have is in-floor heat, even in the garage! And it is wonderful, a little pricey to run, but wonderful.

The floor heat in the garage is set at 44 degrees, it’s far from tropical but just enough to take the bitter cold out. The best part is, along with a the circular space heater I bought from Costco, I can work out there in the winter.

Today it was a bitter 23 degrees outside with snow flurries and a strong wind, but inside it was time to get to work on this.

When I last shared the makeover of this dresser, I had put putty in the center crack and in the old drawer pull holes. Today, I sanded off the extra putty and stained the drawer front.

I was not happy how it turned out.

The holes look great, but the center did not stain to my liking. But no worries, I have already figured out a way to fix it. I’ll leave it for the final reveal.

The first round of sanding on the drawers was with a 60 grit sandpaper. 60 is very rough and makes for quick removal of old polyurethane and stain. The next round was with 220 grit which has very little grit and leaves the wood as smooth as a baby’s bottom. 🙂

The holes on these three drawers will not be filled with wood putty because the new pulls I bought will work nicely in the existing holes.

I choose to use the same Valspar paint on the dresser that I used on this bench I made a couple of months ago.

When I laid the dresser on it’s back to start painting, I noticed these holes on the bottom of each leg.

To say I was overjoyed would be an understatement!

When Wade and I were coming back from Chicago, we stopped at a humongous antique shop that was previously the town’s high school. After walking through all of the rooms, I found these casters tucked in a corner display in what was the gymnasium.

At the time, I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but I knew they needed to come home with me.

So today, when I saw the “teeth marks” on these legs, that could only mean that at one time, this dresser had been on casters. I dug up my casters and was amazed that they fit perfectly.

I am going to pretend that they are originally from this dresser and have now found each other again.

So where we are now, is the dresser needs a second coat of paint, the 3 other drawer fronts need stain, everything needs a coat of polyurethane and the new drawer pulls need to be attached.

The big reveal will be on Thursday.

~Wendy