I love how calmly you address little mishaps... the dent in the leg, the scraper falling off the table at the beginning... It helps remind me that these types of things don't have to be a cause for any drama or frustration. This channel is ridiculously good for my mental health 🙂 I've learned more than furniture refinishing here!
I really appreciate that he shows all the trial and error and how to do it patiently! There are a lot of great learning moments, and you're right- many of them are not about woodworking.
So weird I was just thinking to myself yesterday “I haven’t seen a Dashner video in a while I wonder how he’s doing” and just like that a new video awesome!
Could we see a tour of your house, or a couple rooms? You've made over so many lovely pieces that you've put in your house and I'd love to see them all together!
Check out my Patreon page. I uploaded a video like that over there a while ago. If you're not familiar with Patreon, its a way for people to support creators and gain access to exclusive stuff that's not otherwise available.
You are a good furniture archeologist, as well as restorer. All that pink paint didn't fool you. You knew exactly what you were looking at. My favorite quote, "They were very thorough." (In reference to painting the underside.) 😂 Oh the patience that you have! 👍
I had never heard of Heywood Wakefield. I like all the curves in the design, from the legs to the sides of each table. You did an outstanding job refinishing it! Also, I really love how you work outside in a snowy Minneapolis parking lot, like it's no big deal. If you can work outside in winter, using limited tools, and end with a gorgeous piece, then I can work inside in my tiny basement using my limited tools. No excuses! Thank you for the inspiration!
Many years ago, I went to a vintage store and there was a set of Heywood Wakefield bedroom furniture. It even had a vanity with original bench. All for the price of 900 dollars. I craved it and went back to look at it another time. But try as I did, I couldn't put 900 together. I have never seen another set as nice and certainly not for that price. Sigh...
So interesting and suspenseful to watch the mystery unfold with the hidden maker's mark and the hidden dangers, the blood and guts, involved in furniture restoration. 😊And the very happy ending.
You are the first UA-cam creator that I subscribed to and you are my favorite because of your calm manner and your knowledge. Thanks for the great content.
Congratulations, first, upon doing such a beautiful restoration of this lamp table and, second, upon finding a piece of Heywood Wakefield furniture. Getting a piece for $25 that retails used and in good condition for around $350+ would make anyone smile! Thanks for sharing so well your technique at restoration! I'll check out your patreon page. 😃
Bless your heart for getting out in the cold weather to make a video but I sure am glad you did! As always another great video and another beautiful restored piece!
Oh thank goodness someone is taking paint off these beautiful timber items! Every woman and her dog seems to be ‘up-cycling’ antiques by painting them and that disappoints me greatly. Thank you so much for unupcycling! Your work is appreciated. Natural, unpainted timber furniture is beautiful. Putting paint on quality antique furniture is (in my opinion) like painting a diamond ring hoping to ‘upcycle’ it. ❤️🪵
Yikes. Neon green and then a baby bubblegum Barbie doll pink? I’ll bet that a little girl loved it. This is a great companion piece to the desk. The natural wood is interesting.
I've been watching a lot of your videos recently as I prepare to start dabbling in furniture restoration, and I really appreciate your informative and practical approach. I've learned a lot from you. Thank you!
First frame of the video I started smiling: my mom had all HW furniture and had this model of side table. So I knew you'd find the mark under all that awful paint. I always hated the heavy murky finish on HW furniture (champagne had a slight pinky tone and wheat was worse, with a clunky yellow tone) because I like the natural look of birch. It took a long time for me to get past those finishes and appreciate the simple lines of (some of) HW's pieces. This turned out lovely.
Are you sure it's always been murky? I've seen mid-century floor finishes that definitely turned murky to the point of entirely obscuring the wood grain, except where covered by massive furniture. One room in particular probably had a row of cabinets against one wall ever since the floor was last refinished. Underneath those cabinets the finish was clear with an oddly greenish hue on the oak (think pressure treated pine). Everywhere else it had turned a solid medium brown with hardly any wood grain visible.
In Denmark blogy is called flaming birch and is highly appreciated. There is a hole furniture line from around 1780 devote to using flaming birch. I love this style very much.
The only paint I have had that much trouble with is WW2 surplus marine paint. Used on ships and meant to stay where applied. It was on an eighteenth century child’s high chair. Heavily spindled. I know your pain, but your stick-to-it-ness always prevails. Thanks for what you do for the restoration and woodworking community.
Now that simple table will not just be tossed in the trash as it would have when it was pink. Real wood, no matter the type, has intrinsic value to most people and this looks very good now.
I think it turned out nice. Shellac also comes in amber, which adds a little camouflage over ash. Also Heywood Wakefield still sells their stains of Champaign and wheat.
I just refinished a $5 coffee table using these same methods... heat gun, scraper, etc. Someone had painted it lime green and the top was split, but a week later it's proudly in my living room, with a beautiful satin clear finish over golden oak stain. Keep up the good work, brother! Cheers!
Another vvery enjoable video. Your home must look spectacular with all the mid century furniture that you hve restored. You certainly have a good eye to spot the potential of pieces under years of abuse and paint. Tried to sign up for Oatreon. No region for Norwich/ East Anglia. The late dear old Queen lived up the road.
I just love the table. It's charming and perfect in its simplicity and shape, and the natural colour is just right. I'd be so happy to see it in my home. Great job! 👍 😊
I look forward to your videos when they come out. I like to dabble in furniture refinishing and look forward to pointers I get from your channel. My parents bought Heywood Wakefield (Champaign) furniture shortly after they got married in 1950. I'm pretty sure they purchased the furniture in Chicago. My 30yr old nephew has inherited it all, including the desk like the one you refinished awhile ago, and the coffee table and end tables all need refiinishing- they are pretty bad from years of use in my sister's basement when she was raising her family. I'm not sure if you realized this. but my nephew was told that Heywood Wakefield original colors from the 50s are still available to buy from their business in Los Angeles California. He doesn't have the time or the patience to refinish those tables, as his work schedule is so crazy but I sure hope he can find someone reputable in his area in Georgia. If he was back home in the midwest, I would definitely recommend he contact you. You do such nice work! Thank you for sharing your videos.
It was another cold day in Minnesota... great day for thrifting, again! It was painful to watch the stripping process. I think the table had 3 layers of paint: pink yellow and green! 😬 I often wonder why you don't disassemble a piece as the first step. It would had been so much easier to do the initial stripping process. But, who am I to question the Master? ☺ The dent was also painful to watch. The soldering iron trick makes wonders. I am not a fan of the "leopard print", I would have rather seen a light coat of varnish. Either way, in the end the table looks great. Nicely done! 👏👏👏
as you were working though I was imagining the story of this table: It maybe started in the living room, with this couple, recently married - one of them smoked while wathcing some tv and, distracted, hit the table twice lol - then the first son came, and made a beeeautiful drawing on the table, so they decided to paint it green and put it in the kid bedroom. Then second child came in, but he liked yellowish tones (second paint). Until the little came in, and requested pink! A whole family story, in a small table. Thats why I love restoration.
I wish that the entire table had the same leg as the 'leopard print' one. Very clean finish. I personally like the clear finish better. I know there are fans of the champagne and wheat colors but it's a bit yellow for my personal tastes. Lovely little table!
Nicely done. I found a very similar lamp table like this without the bottom shelf and without any HeyWake stamps but the shapes are very similar as is the construction (solid birch(?) and screwed-in legs). I love it all the same especially for the $30 I paid
I think that the burnt areas on the top would have been far out wider, if was the heat gun which caused them. So I'm pretty sure it was not your fault. These are more like "spots" than areas, so I think, as you said as well, they are cused by cigarette burns. I like the changing between darker and brighter fractions on birch wood as well a lot - this is why I'd left them as they are as well. Nice job done then - congrats! Greetings from Germany from the silver fox, David 😉🦊
Love the new original look. This may be part confessional. I had a perfect condition Heywood Wakefield dresser in my shop for over a year...Painted it light grayish/blue and it sold within a week. Still feel bad about it. For whatever reason, the blonde color is a hard sell in my area.
In woodworking, the patterns on the legs is called "figure" as in the "figure of the wood" or "figured wood". That specific kind of figure comes as a response to compression while the tree is growing. It is often sought after by woodworkers as a way to add accent and uniqueness to a piece.
I've been watching your videos as a guide to refinish this table I've been working on for the past week or so when I came across this video. My table is extremely similar! 2 layers of crusted on paint with two levels. Mine has veneer so my approach will be a little different but I'm so glad you posted this!!
Hello Eve. You might have seen John's Furniture Repair - she has a lot of successful veneer stripping videos. In one of them she lists the stripper she uses but I'm sorry I can't remember the name. Good luck.
I bought a HW chest of drawers for $20. It's in very rough shape; it has flaking finish, spilled/imbedded red candle wax, and the legs are missing. I toyed with the idea of purchasing a HW finish restoration kit, which I found online but, like you, I was never a fan of that semi-transparent finish, so I'm considering just purchasing new legs and staining it or painting it. I figure, it's mine so, really, I can do anything I want with it❣️
I have that same Haywood Wakefield desk, solid maple screwed together throughout, Love it. I just cringe when I see painted MCM Furniture ! I do Furniture restoration and upcycling as well. Well one.
Wow. Such a good work ethic on the painting.( I mean the original painter. How often do we see such excellent prep and solid paint, and then 4 layers of color?) Yay? Nice outcome
Saw the red finger and thought to myself, Dashner doesn't use paint. Get those bandages at the ready! Way to be determined to get those paint layers off. Well worth it!
Excellent. I just finished cleaning up a fairly standard folding bookcase that I got for free - the WORST paint I've ever encountered! I think it was paint intended for the legs of oil rigs - possibly even worse than your green paint. Ended up using two tubs of gel stripper and a heat gun. Not really worth the effort/expense, but it was no going to defeat me! And my son's bedroom floor now has fewer trip hazards.
Nice find. Those sell for between $500 and $800 in good condition and are not available very often due to them not being taken care of. I love his stuff. Especially the buffet and dressers.
You did a great job with it! Love it! I love the table shape. Not fond of pink 😂 I stripped a pie shape table before that had 5-6 layers of paint as hard as yours. Took me a week to get it done. Striped, sand and heat gun. Takes a while.
Oh, so many steps. I have a Wakefield chair, had it many years and I'm always thinking to do something with the dead beat finish, but I'm currently feeling if I just put some cool fabric on the seat, that might be enough. I've read that there is a kit available to refinish these pieces.
Please do more of these where you save all the badly chalk-painted pinterest-inspired garbage. Shabby chic has been a blight on humanity. Whoever painted this should face criminal charges
The avocado, yellow and pink look like 60s, 70s, and 80s to me. These things are cyclical. Rejection of artisan Craftsman style furniture, followed by atomic/Danish Modern, followed by color then natural and dark then bright and industrial and country and American farmhouse, and shabby chic or Tuscan country... and now we all want unique artisan pieces again... and everything in between.
Well Steven, I watch allot of these furniture videos. I really enjoy yours as you are so realistic and honest. This piece is a fabulous example of your experience and skill. However, I have just recently discovered you. And in just a few videos, you have accidentally damaged a part of your piece by somehow dropping it on 4 different occasions. Is there something we need to know?
The colors and toughness of that paint is shouting lead based enamel paint to me. I hope you were using a fume mask. I love your stuff. Please stay safe.
That's amazing how well that paint comes off with heat! Is that latex? Is that why it does that? Super cool! Really glad you took off all that paint and exposed the wood again. Not a big fan of the leopard spots but I do like natural wood grain over plain, flat, boring paint lol
I'm wondering if you recently got a new camera/audio set up? Something seems different, in a good way! I wondered if you switched from voice over after the fact to live step by step commentary, or else maybe you did more of it this time? Really enjoyed this one. The way you got the paint off was so wild, never seen that before! (not that my lack of experience means much lol) Watching you find the maker's mark and stuff underneath was satisfying. Great stuff!
Had some “blond” furniture in the house growing up in the fifties. Didn’t like it then and like even less now. It looks unfinished like someone didn’t think enough of the piece to actually finish it. How about some golden oak sometimes? You can still see the wood grain but stain gives wood depth and is much more pleasing to the eye.
I love how calmly you address little mishaps... the dent in the leg, the scraper falling off the table at the beginning... It helps remind me that these types of things don't have to be a cause for any drama or frustration. This channel is ridiculously good for my mental health 🙂 I've learned more than furniture refinishing here!
You are so right... It's soooo refreshing to see someone so calm about things! Wonderful, wish people were more like him!
Hear, hear!
I really appreciate that he shows all the trial and error and how to do it patiently! There are a lot of great learning moments, and you're right- many of them are not about woodworking.
The paint bubbling up under the heat gun is like magic
So weird I was just thinking to myself yesterday “I haven’t seen a Dashner video in a while I wonder how he’s doing” and just like that a new video awesome!
Same!
There is a God...
Nice redemption of a classic
Could we see a tour of your house, or a couple rooms? You've made over so many lovely pieces that you've put in your house and I'd love to see them all together!
Check out my Patreon page. I uploaded a video like that over there a while ago. If you're not familiar with Patreon, its a way for people to support creators and gain access to exclusive stuff that's not otherwise available.
You are a good furniture archeologist, as well as restorer. All that pink paint didn't fool you. You knew exactly what you were looking at. My favorite quote, "They were very thorough." (In reference to painting the underside.) 😂 Oh the patience that you have! 👍
I had never heard of Heywood Wakefield. I like all the curves in the design, from the legs to the sides of each table. You did an outstanding job refinishing it!
Also, I really love how you work outside in a snowy Minneapolis parking lot, like it's no big deal. If you can work outside in winter, using limited tools, and end with a gorgeous piece, then I can work inside in my tiny basement using my limited tools. No excuses! Thank you for the inspiration!
Many years ago, I went to a vintage store and there was a set of Heywood Wakefield bedroom furniture. It even had a vanity with original bench. All for the price of 900 dollars. I craved it and went back to look at it another time. But try as I did, I couldn't put 900 together. I have never seen another set as nice and certainly not for that price. Sigh...
That green paint had atomic qualities! Cute table!
So interesting and suspenseful to watch the mystery unfold with the hidden maker's mark and the hidden dangers, the blood and guts, involved in furniture restoration. 😊And the very happy ending.
You are the first UA-cam creator that I subscribed to and you are my favorite because of your calm manner and your knowledge. Thanks for the great content.
Immediately subscribed when you said you left a few spots of paint as a nod to the table’s past lives.
Congratulations, first, upon doing such a beautiful restoration of this lamp table and, second, upon finding a piece of Heywood Wakefield furniture. Getting a piece for $25 that retails used and in good condition for around $350+ would make anyone smile! Thanks for sharing so well your technique at restoration! I'll check out your patreon page. 😃
You have a lot more patience than me! Great results!
Thanks for talking us through the whole process - it helps to understand how the paint and the wood respond.
After all that hard work scraping and sanding it look's great, have a nice day, Brian UK !!!.
Bless your heart for getting out in the cold weather to make a video but I sure am glad you did! As always another great video and another beautiful restored piece!
Remember he’s a Minnesotan and 30° F is a cold good and comfortable. It’s Nov 30th and they just got a good dump of snow, even better for them.
Oh thank goodness someone is taking paint off these beautiful timber items! Every woman and her dog seems to be ‘up-cycling’ antiques by painting them and that disappoints me greatly. Thank you so much for unupcycling! Your work is appreciated. Natural, unpainted timber furniture is beautiful. Putting paint on quality antique furniture is (in my opinion) like painting a diamond ring hoping to ‘upcycle’ it. ❤️🪵
Yikes. Neon green and then a baby bubblegum Barbie doll pink? I’ll bet that a little girl loved it.
This is a great companion piece to the desk. The natural wood is interesting.
The heat gun bubbling the paint was fun to watch :)
I'm liking the new narration style! I learn so much from your videos. Pretty piece!
I've been watching a lot of your videos recently as I prepare to start dabbling in furniture restoration, and I really appreciate your informative and practical approach. I've learned a lot from you. Thank you!
First frame of the video I started smiling: my mom had all HW furniture and had this model of side table. So I knew you'd find the mark under all that awful paint. I always hated the heavy murky finish on HW furniture (champagne had a slight pinky tone and wheat was worse, with a clunky yellow tone) because I like the natural look of birch. It took a long time for me to get past those finishes and appreciate the simple lines of (some of) HW's pieces. This turned out lovely.
Are you sure it's always been murky? I've seen mid-century floor finishes that definitely turned murky to the point of entirely obscuring the wood grain, except where covered by massive furniture. One room in particular probably had a row of cabinets against one wall ever since the floor was last refinished. Underneath those cabinets the finish was clear with an oddly greenish hue on the oak (think pressure treated pine). Everywhere else it had turned a solid medium brown with hardly any wood grain visible.
So, at least three paint layers on this one: pink, yellow, and green? Yikes! It looks so much better just in its base state. Amazing job! 💜
In Denmark blogy is called flaming birch and is highly appreciated. There is a hole furniture line from around 1780 devote to using flaming birch. I love this style very much.
Sort of a curly maple look
I love how you just kept on working when you noticed your had cut yourself. Awesome. And as always your work is amazing.
Such an improvement! Now it's a gracious piece.
The only paint I have had that much trouble with is WW2 surplus marine paint. Used on ships and meant to stay where applied. It was on an eighteenth century child’s high chair. Heavily spindled. I know your pain, but your stick-to-it-ness always prevails. Thanks for what you do for the restoration and woodworking community.
Paint removal on a spindled chair?!.. You have my sympathies.
Now that simple table will not just be tossed in the trash as it would have when it was pink. Real wood, no matter the type, has intrinsic value to most people and this looks very good now.
You cut yourself soldering, that’s talent! Something I would do. 😂😂😂😂😂
I think it turned out nice. Shellac also comes in amber, which adds a little camouflage over ash. Also Heywood Wakefield still sells their stains of Champaign and wheat.
That heat gun and scraper combo made me happy! Such great work and insight, man! Thanks for the refreshing content.
I just refinished a $5 coffee table using these same methods... heat gun, scraper, etc. Someone had painted it lime green and the top was split, but a week later it's proudly in my living room, with a beautiful satin clear finish over golden oak stain. Keep up the good work, brother! Cheers!
Oh no! Pepto Bismol pink.
Right.. whoever picked it must have been on drugs lol
Great eye for Haywood furniture!!!! Great Job!!
Another vvery enjoable video. Your home must look spectacular with all the mid century furniture that you hve restored. You certainly have a good eye to spot the potential of pieces under years of abuse and paint.
Tried to sign up for Oatreon. No region for Norwich/ East Anglia. The late dear old Queen lived up the road.
That was an ordeal of paint removal! Good work!
I just love the table. It's charming and perfect in its simplicity and shape, and the natural colour is just right. I'd be so happy to see it in my home. Great job! 👍 😊
I look forward to your videos when they come out. I like to dabble in furniture refinishing and look forward to pointers I get from your channel. My parents bought Heywood Wakefield (Champaign) furniture shortly after they got married in 1950. I'm pretty sure they purchased the furniture in Chicago. My 30yr old nephew has inherited it all, including the desk like the one you refinished awhile ago, and the coffee table and end tables all need refiinishing- they are pretty bad from years of use in my sister's basement when she was raising her family. I'm not sure if you realized this. but my nephew was told that Heywood Wakefield original colors from the 50s are still available to buy from their business in Los Angeles California. He doesn't have the time or the patience to refinish those tables, as his work schedule is so crazy but I sure hope he can find someone reputable in his area in Georgia. If he was back home in the midwest, I would definitely recommend he contact you. You do such nice work! Thank you for sharing your videos.
It was another cold day in Minnesota... great day for thrifting, again!
It was painful to watch the stripping process. I think the table had 3 layers of paint: pink yellow and green! 😬
I often wonder why you don't disassemble a piece as the first step. It would had been so much easier to do the initial stripping process. But, who am I to question the Master? ☺
The dent was also painful to watch. The soldering iron trick makes wonders.
I am not a fan of the "leopard print", I would have rather seen a light coat of varnish. Either way, in the end the table looks great. Nicely done! 👏👏👏
as you were working though I was imagining the story of this table: It maybe started in the living room, with this couple, recently married - one of them smoked while wathcing some tv and, distracted, hit the table twice lol - then the first son came, and made a beeeautiful drawing on the table, so they decided to paint it green and put it in the kid bedroom. Then second child came in, but he liked yellowish tones (second paint). Until the little came in, and requested pink! A whole family story, in a small table. Thats why I love restoration.
I wish that the entire table had the same leg as the 'leopard print' one. Very clean finish. I personally like the clear finish better. I know there are fans of the champagne and wheat colors but it's a bit yellow for my personal tastes. Lovely little table!
Thanks!
Your patient perseverance always amazes me. Beautiful job. You have more snow than we do in central Canada 🇨🇦!
Nicely done. I found a very similar lamp table like this without the bottom shelf and without any HeyWake stamps but the shapes are very similar as is the construction (solid birch(?) and screwed-in legs). I love it all the same especially for the $30 I paid
Man you really had to work hard for this one. But it was so worth it. It's just beautiful.
I was thinking the same thing. Very work intensive and the patience required, so great.
Is that a mail box on the corner? Wow, an old-fashioned mailbox on the corner!
you can always put finish on top of a few coats of lacquer; that way it doesn't sink into the grain and you can easily remove or change it
Happy Holidays! Thanks for posting! The little table looks fab!
Love your videos! You are a restoration magician!!
Quite Scandinavian look -I like the work you do on it.
Came out really beautiful! Good work and nice find. I'm glad you left the finish, natural. Better than the original.
what a lovely piece, looks great now
Damn!! D. D. R. They should have paid you to take it off their hands.
I think that the burnt areas on the top would have been far out wider, if was the heat gun which caused them. So I'm pretty sure it was not your fault. These are more like "spots" than areas, so I think, as you said as well, they are cused by cigarette burns. I like the changing between darker and brighter fractions on birch wood as well a lot - this is why I'd left them as they are as well. Nice job done then - congrats!
Greetings from Germany from the silver fox, David 😉🦊
Love the new original look. This may be part confessional. I had a perfect condition Heywood Wakefield dresser in my shop for over a year...Painted it light grayish/blue and it sold within a week. Still feel bad about it. For whatever reason, the blonde color is a hard sell in my area.
What a lot of labor,,,,,,trash to treasure,,,,,,wonderful results,,,
Great video, I've missed you. Keep up the great work.
In woodworking, the patterns on the legs is called "figure" as in the "figure of the wood" or "figured wood". That specific kind of figure comes as a response to compression while the tree is growing. It is often sought after by woodworkers as a way to add accent and uniqueness to a piece.
Loved your work ! Simple is better . Greetings from your fan from Brazil.
I've been watching your videos as a guide to refinish this table I've been working on for the past week or so when I came across this video.
My table is extremely similar! 2 layers of crusted on paint with two levels.
Mine has veneer so my approach will be a little different but I'm so glad you posted this!!
Hello Eve. You might have seen John's Furniture Repair - she has a lot of successful veneer stripping videos. In one of them she lists the stripper she uses but I'm sorry I can't remember the name. Good luck.
Nicely done as usual! It’s a beautiful table😊👏👏👏
I bought a HW chest of drawers for $20. It's in very rough shape; it has flaking finish, spilled/imbedded red candle wax, and the legs are missing. I toyed with the idea of purchasing a HW finish restoration kit, which I found online but, like you, I was never a fan of that semi-transparent finish, so I'm considering just purchasing new legs and staining it or painting it. I figure, it's mine so, really, I can do anything I want with it❣️
Lots of elbow grease on this one. Beautiful restoration as usual. You are a master 😊!
I have that same Haywood Wakefield desk, solid maple screwed together throughout, Love it. I just cringe when I see painted MCM Furniture ! I do Furniture restoration and upcycling as well. Well one.
Just a lil' reminder that you should always do a lead test on painted old furniture before doing anything else :)
Masterfully done!
Another very watchable vid - thank you
Tough paint, quite impressive
Missed your videos was so excited when I got this notification. Great job on the table😊
Wow. Such a good work ethic on the painting.( I mean the original painter. How often do we see such excellent prep and solid paint, and then 4 layers of color?) Yay? Nice outcome
"Yay?" 😄😄😄
Saw the red finger and thought to myself, Dashner doesn't use paint. Get those bandages at the ready!
Way to be determined to get those paint layers off. Well worth it!
What a nice surprise! I hope you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. As always, great video!
Beautiful job
Beautiful work!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Excellent.
I just finished cleaning up a fairly standard folding bookcase that I got for free - the WORST paint I've ever encountered! I think it was paint intended for the legs of oil rigs - possibly even worse than your green paint. Ended up using two tubs of gel stripper and a heat gun. Not really worth the effort/expense, but it was no going to defeat me! And my son's bedroom floor now has fewer trip hazards.
Nice find. Those sell for between $500 and $800 in good condition and are not available very often due to them not being taken care of. I love his stuff. Especially the buffet and dressers.
Heat gun is my favorite way to strip wood of paint.
You did a great job with it! Love it! I love the table shape. Not fond of pink 😂
I stripped a pie shape table before that had 5-6 layers of paint as hard as yours. Took me a week to get it done. Striped, sand and heat gun. Takes a while.
Oh, so many steps. I have a Wakefield chair, had it many years and I'm always thinking to do something with the dead beat finish, but I'm currently feeling if I just put some cool fabric on the seat, that might be enough. I've read that there is a kit available to refinish these pieces.
Great video! Such a wonderful result!
$795 for that table online. Great find and great job looks fantastic!
Love watching your videos
Nice work again 👏👏👍
Please do more of these where you save all the badly chalk-painted pinterest-inspired garbage. Shabby chic has been a blight on humanity. Whoever painted this should face criminal charges
The avocado, yellow and pink look like 60s, 70s, and 80s to me. These things are cyclical. Rejection of artisan Craftsman style furniture, followed by atomic/Danish Modern, followed by color then natural and dark then bright and industrial and country and American farmhouse, and shabby chic or Tuscan country... and now we all want unique artisan pieces again... and everything in between.
“badly chalk-painted pinterest-inspired garbage” 😂 true that! I often see them on Facebook Marketplace lol
Do you worry about and check for lead paint on old furniture?
Yeah I came here to say this. I was curious if the green paint was lead based and was maybe being sealed by the pink paint.
Always learning something. Thanks!
Well Steven, I watch allot of these furniture videos. I really enjoy yours as you are so realistic and honest. This piece is a fabulous example of your experience and skill. However, I have just recently discovered you. And in just a few videos, you have accidentally damaged a part of your piece by somehow dropping it on 4 different occasions. Is there something we need to know?
The colors and toughness of that paint is shouting lead based enamel paint to me. I hope you were using a fume mask. I love your stuff. Please stay safe.
I hope you can afford a laser ablater in the future.. my lord! So much work!
What a find!
Excellent as always
The premiere turned out very good.
That's amazing how well that paint comes off with heat! Is that latex? Is that why it does that? Super cool! Really glad you took off all that paint and exposed the wood again. Not a big fan of the leopard spots but I do like natural wood grain over plain, flat, boring paint lol
This little table was SCREAMING " Please finish me in champagne color!"
Great find and great work!
I have a table just like this one. It is a Haywood Wakefield
I'm wondering if you recently got a new camera/audio set up? Something seems different, in a good way! I wondered if you switched from voice over after the fact to live step by step commentary, or else maybe you did more of it this time?
Really enjoyed this one. The way you got the paint off was so wild, never seen that before! (not that my lack of experience means much lol) Watching you find the maker's mark and stuff underneath was satisfying. Great stuff!
I like seeing a piece that doesn't use veneer, they always seem more resilient
Had some “blond” furniture in the house growing up in the fifties. Didn’t like it then and like even less now. It looks unfinished like someone didn’t think enough of the piece to actually finish it. How about some golden oak sometimes? You can still see the wood grain but stain gives wood depth and is much more pleasing to the eye.
Looks great!!
@6:33 My parents were both smokers...those sure look like cigarette burn marks to me. The table came out great.