Working on Braeden’s room has not been without interruption OR obstacles.
I snatched up his dresser a while ago. My nephew told me from the very beginning that he “really-really“ wanted a bench in his room, so— trying to “use what we have,” (remember this project?)
- I cut the top row of drawers off–as well as some off the bottom “legs” to make it a better height for a bench.
- After sanding the plastic-y, fake veneer for a “tooth,” I re-faced the front and right side with ¼” oak veneered plywood, and added a heavy base molding to ground the piece.
- Then I puttied, sanded, painted and waxed–and, hit the PAUSE button.
A few days later, it got partially installed—then, PAUSE button.
Sunday, I cut the seat/decking, routered an edge detail, cut the barn board, cleaned it, “urethaned” all of it—PAUSE button. Again. Seriously–??
So Monday I shifted gears and started working on the lockers. Tuesday morning I discovered problem after problem with every-thing done so far. Arrrgh. More on THAT later.
But, last night—at last—the rest of the wood was installed, and the dresser-bench is “finished.” –Well, some hooks still need to be hung–sigh.
You can see in the following shots–how I ripped (on the table saw) and applied (glue and ¾” nail gun brads) ¼” oak plywood to the face frame.
Now the bench will have a painted WOOD finish—not painted “plastic.” The very nice (and expensive) base molding was someone’s leftovers/donation to the ReStore–I think I paid $1 or less for the short length. **I buy a lot of 5 and 6ft lengths for small projects!
–click on the pictures to see the steps closer up–
Here it is installed! I think he likes it!
Here’s a close up of that very cool barn board! I ♥ the textures and the old cut nails! We cut out the base boards so the bench fits tight to the wall–I guess it’s staying with the house now as a built-in.
And these will become the hooks! He doesn’t know about this–notice how I added 1 girl—hee hee—wonder how long it will take him to catch on!
Anyway, I’ll spray them with Rust-o-leum’s bronze hand-hammered paint, and will use double-threaded screws to screw them into the barn board. These are all old METAL trophy tops, so hopefully he can’t break them. Fingers crossed. You know boys.
Catherine
Here is the finished “bench!”
I’m sharing this part of the project with these FAB blogs!
You are freakin amazing. Does creativity just flow out of your brain? If so can stand behind you a few times. The bench from the dresser came out so great! That barn board wood is so pretty, where in the heck do you find it? I’d love to have some! Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!
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You are always so incredibly generous with praise—
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! Catherine
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Wow! You wouldn’t know it was the same piece. You GO!
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I whole heartedly agree wtih 1929charmer – can I just somehow tap into your creative mind??? You’re awesome, Catherine. Thanks for linking up. You always make my party BETTER with your links!!
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Wow–you guys are SO sweet! How do I say thank you enough–?!?
It’s even more fun to create these things when you have people to share with who GET IT!
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looks fabulous- much more big boy and rustic! perfect makeover!
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Very cool! I want to do that with my next dresser 🙂
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visiting from project queen, that’s really cool! I love the look, and it’s perfect in that spot!
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That turned out so cool. Thanks for sharing at Restyled
Sundays.
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