Bedroom Set Restoration
I was recently contacted by a local client to give a facelift to a bedroom set; a dresser and two nightstands. It was a pretty well made set of furniture, but it was definitely showing some signs of wear. The framing was all real wood, and all of the panels were particle board with wood veneer. Since there were some gouges and scratches that went all the way through the veneer, restoring the existing finish wasn't really an option. She wanted to go with something lighter anyway, so we picked out two tones of grey that I think turned out great. Here are some before pics: I started with the two nightstands, sanded through the original finish, and popped out the top panels. I planned to paint the drawer faces and the top panels the light shade, and the rest of the nightstand would be the dark shade. I ended up keeping the original hardware, since it seemed to go really nicely with the two-tone paint job. Here are the nightstands finished up. And now for the