First up was to repair the front right foot. It was broken and being held together by electrical tape when I got it! I used "Titebond hide glue" to first glue the pieces back on, fortunately they fit right back together and weren't missing any chunks. After gluing and clamping it tightly overnight, I used a tight fitting wooden dowel to put in the center to the foot where there used to be a caster wheel and filled it with wood epoxy.
After the repair work was finished, I carefully sanded down the wood veneer on top and stained it using General Finishes Java Gel stain with only one coat so that it wasn't too dark.
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| before during after What a difference! |
Then, I painted the base and mirror in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint "Graphite", distressed around all of the details, and made a glaze from Modern Masters metallic paint in "Champagne gold". I used the glaze on the raised details and hardware to bring out all of the details.
I finished her off with a few coats of clear satin polyacrylic to protect the new finish and she was all done- many painstaking hours later!
This beauty was on sale all of about a week before she sold....just as I'd almost decided I should keep her! It was a bittersweet parting, but I'm glad that all of my hard work paid off!
