Since all of the foundation work last fall, the holidays, then the huge job of switching booths, plus a blizzard and never ending, pipe freezing weather, I hadn’t gone shopping in months.
That’s hard to believe, isn’t it? Most of us antique dealers are only in the biz to support our junking habits.
My town is a gold mine of garage sales in the summer and I stock up well then. But I missed the thrill of the hunt. With Rich out of town and Sugarwings at mama’s, I took a mini road trip and filled my car to the brim.
I adore this bargain priced chest of drawers as is, with a bit of clean up. I am torn, since I also love painting furniture. At Juju, these things do better natural, but my booth is mostly light. Although I do think contrast is nice and a dark piece can be a great background to show off lighter pieces.
I’m leaning toward a good clean up on the base, with a sanded down top and a clear coat I kinda like that idea. But you never know, it could still get a coat of paint if I can’t stop myself.
As much as I liked the dresser, I almost passed it up due to needing to replace the hardware. That could’ve cost me as much or probably more than the piece itself. Then I spied drawer pulls for 50 cents each.
Once I spent what felt like a huge chunk of my day out digging through this bottomless box of screws to find a dozen to fit, I almost gave up again.
I braved through the ordeal and started to load my new treasure up, and was pleasantly surprised when two workers took it off my hands and out to the car. It’s not often that stores will load furniture for you any more. It was my lucky day overall. A very old, very cool piece, 6 handles with a complete set of screws, and a car full off smalls. Plus two nice kids to carry the heavy thing.
A great day!
Ps- if you have depended on my links on the Karla’s Cottage FaceBook page to know when there was a new blog posting, gosh I am sorry. Yep, I’m still blogging, and yep, I’ve been linking on FB, both on my business and personal pages. But no posts on the business side are on there, since October!
Who knows why. And I hadn’t looked for the same reasons I hadn’t shopped. I have found a work around for future links, so you will find them there again. Thanks for your patience.