Let's say that you saw a pretty beat-up, but pretty cheap dresser at a Goodwill. It had great character and you think that with a little work, it could be awesome. Time to choose. Do you buy it?
Well, if you don't buy it, you probably spent last weekend hiking/biking/rock climbing/backpacking/playing tennis etc.
But let's say, just for fun, that you did buy it.
Your husband, let's call him Bryan, works really hard and strips it, sands it and gets it all ready to be stained. Then, it sits in your dining room all summer because you're too busy to work on it and keep putting it off. Finally, you decide on a stain and your husband starts the staining process. But, the stain really isn't soaking in the way it should and he's not sure the color looks right. But you come home and say, "Wow, babe, it looks great!" So, he starts to apply the finishing oil..... and notices that the stain is coming up! Arrrghhh!
So, you spend last weekend, stripping, sanding, sanding and sanding some more, to get the dresser back to stainable shape so you can re-stain and re-oil. And, you finally get it done. Apparently, you choose the wrong adventure.
(Here is the lesson we have learned. Never, ever have some random guy mix a tinted stain for you at Lowe's. Chances are he'll mix an oil-based paint into a water-based stain and cause you to spend your weekend annoying your neighbors with the power sander.)
The dresser actually turned out better than we could have imagined. Since the paint sort-of set in, but the stain didn't, when we applied the second stain, the paint gave it this really distressed look which is awesome. Also, I did some research on our lovely little dresser and found out that it really was a vintage piece from the 50's. The company that made it went out of business in 1961.
Here are some shots from last weekend and the dresser in its final spot in the bedroom.
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