I have this same Eastlake piece. I found it on the curb. It had four coats of enamel on it. My husband said it was junk but I saw beauty. It took me about a year of blood sweat and tears to finish it. I hade to use dentist picks to clean all the trim. It is a work of art now, how proud I am of the results.
@@tracymillerdesigns, No! Huge difference, I wish you could have seen mine. I tried stripping it, I really did, but I’m 70 and limited. I tried the heat gun, I tried the stripper, I even tried sanding. Yes I get impatient plus I’m in Iowa and basically without a heated place to work I could honestly only work on it when it was warm enough outside. Yours, honestly turned out BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE how yours turned out, it looks like raw wood that looks like it was White waxed. You did an AMAZING job!
Wow…no wonder his friend didn’t want this piece. The work was tremendous. But such an old piece found itself in the right hands. Can’t find these anymore. Thank you for giving it its beauty back. Wonderful work.
Beautiful restoration. Wouldn't have thought it possible. One little nit-pick about the captions: "A crevasse, [ kruh-vas ] with emphsis on the second syllable, that rhymes with mass, is a very big, deep crack, especially a chasm in a glacier or the earth's surface. A crevice [ krev-is ] with the emphasis on the first syllable, and a second syllable that rhymes with miss, is a small crack in something that forms an opening into the thing's surface." Sorry, mom was an English teacher …
I’ve never seen a piece of furniture with so many layers of paint. I admire your patience and dedication. This piece turned out beautiful! Excellent job!!
Yuk! There's Enough Paint for several Pieces! Extra Points for All the Scraping and Scrubbing! SO Gross! And yet Oddly Satisfying when being Removed! You did a Great Job!
All that hard work paid off big time! It's amazing what beautiful workmanship was underneath all the crud. Looks soooo gorgeous now🥰! Absolutely beautiful ❤️😊
I was horrified when after soooo much trouble to remove the many layers of paint that you then added paint ! I have to say I very much admire your patience and the end result is beautiful , so well done you 😁
Yeah, putting a paint wash on was a risk, but it needed to be done to sell this piece. My thought is also that the new finish is so minimal, that someone in the future could relatively simply do a full restore. Thanks!!!
Omg!! The outcome is beautiful but after 4 million hours of paint stripping I'd be wondering if I should quit woodwoorking and take up knitting instead!! But you hung in there!! For that alone you deserve a standing ovation!!
It seems rare to find solid wooden furniture these days so, after watching your great effort to remove all those ugly layers of paint from this nook-and-crannied item, I must admit I was shocked to see you obscure its oak-like grain under yet another coat of paint! I own a tall, shabby chic, Eastlake dresser which, like this cabinet, is also made of American chestnut--a virtually extinct wood. In spite of my bureau's age and condition, I love that it still imparts its unique, pale musky wood scent into my clothing.
Thanks for sharing. I did debate putting a paint wash on it. However, I've discovered that I can't sell traditional looking washstands. Neither can other local sellers: I was at an estate sale yesterday where I found a gorgeous like-new 100-year old washstand. It was a couple of hours until the sale was over and this thing couldn't find a buyer at $87. (Originally priced at $175.)
The finished look is a big improvement, but clogging that wood grain with paint after all that work stripping? An oil or wax finish would have allowed the natural grain to express itself.
The bare wood was very splotchy and would have needed toners and special stains to make it look good. Also, oil or wax would have made it very yellow/gold.
The bare wood was very splotchy and would have needed toners and special stains to make it look good. Also, oil or wax would have made it very yellow/gold.
Oh no, you painted it or pickled it, whatever. I have a dresser the same vintage and it’s beautiful in its natural wood color. You flippers paint everything.
@@tracymillerdesigns you understand how trendy that is though right? It will be out of style in five years, maybe. I am 71 and I’ve collected 18th and 19th century antiques my entire life. I can tell you that if you do that with a valuable 18th or 19th century piece, you’ll destroy its value. There is another flipper on UA-cam in phoenix I think, who painted a beautiful immaculate early 19th century empire cherry dresser and my head exploded. I told her she just cut its value by 2/3. She got mad at me and said she just did that because the lady who owned it wanted it painted. Then she called me a hater. I don’t hate anyone but I hate to see valuable antiques destroyed just for trends. That’s why antiques are classics. They never go out of style. I hope you won’t take this as me being mean. I worked in the antiques business and collected for years. So just be careful about what you want to paint. That piece is a little Eastlake chest, btw.
@@user-ov6bv9cn1oI do understand that it is a trend. My thought is that it would be simple for someone in the future to remove the very light paint wash and top coat from this piece and do a full restoration. As for immaculate antiques, I don't bring them home. I look for the discarded, overlooked, headed for the landfill pieces.
@@tracymillerdesigns with antiques you shouldn’t strip them and NEVER use an electric sander on them. Hand sand and steel wool pads only. They are worth more in their original finish or paint. I have two painted blanket chests and they are beautiful. One is Qing dynasty Chinese and has figures of men and women painted in gold. If anyone ever stripped either of these pieces I’d have a heart attack.
I hope you got my previous reply, I don’t see it here. If you didn’t receive it, I will rewrite it. But maybe you could give me some advise. How so I remove contact sticky from faux breadboard? Plus I’m sure they used other glue around the edges once it started curling up.
No, what you did looks GREAT! Seriously. I wish you could have seen my lil commode. I’m 70 so limited but age and skill. Plus I’m not as patient as I wish. I tried the heat gun, I tried the stripper, the expensive toxic stuff and scrapping and sanding. Let’s just say it was a Hot Mess. Yours looks Beautiful! You can see the grain. Mine, like I said, it was a Hot Mess, that’s why it’s at the refinishers. Plus in Iowa so only could work on it when the weather was warm enough. I’m sorry if my comment came across the way it may have been perceived, it sure wasn’t meant that way. Thank you for you video, I really did enjoy it, makes me look like a slacker, lol. Please have an amazing day.
That greenish color is a dead giveaway for lead. That citrus stripper is pointless. Why strip in the sun? Dries out the stripper... Most laborious, and time wasting strip job ever!
The green was one of the layers of paint. I have to use Citrusstrip when I work inside, even though it's not the best. I strip outside when the weather is nice and I can use the stronger stripper. It WAS laborious, but well worth it!
I have this same Eastlake piece. I found it on the curb. It had four coats of enamel on it. My husband said it was junk but I saw beauty. It took me about a year of blood sweat and tears to finish it. I hade to use dentist picks to clean all the trim. It is a work of art now, how proud I am of the results.
Oh, my goodness! You know what I went through! What would we do without the dental picks?! Thanks for sharing!!!
@@tracymillerdesigns, No! Huge difference, I wish you could have seen mine. I tried stripping it, I really did, but I’m 70 and limited. I tried the heat gun, I tried the stripper, I even tried sanding. Yes I get impatient plus I’m in Iowa and basically without a heated place to work I could honestly only work on it when it was warm enough outside. Yours, honestly turned out BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE how yours turned out, it looks like raw wood that looks like it was White waxed. You did an AMAZING job!
@@katen1228 Ah. Sounds like you had a lot to deal with, and believe me, i know! Thanks so much!
Wow…no wonder his friend didn’t want this piece. The work was tremendous. But such an old piece found itself in the right hands. Can’t find these anymore. Thank you for giving it its beauty back. Wonderful work.
Thank you! For some reason I keep finding these old washstands. I love them.
How many layers of colors were there 😮
@@sdv1967Brown, black, pale yellow, pale blue, and pale yellow!
I would have loved it in its stripped look. I love that original wood. But what you did gave it a great look.
I debated at many points whether to try to put a clear stain on it. But the raw wood was just too splotchy for that to work. Thank you so much!
Wow!!! That was a LOT of work! But the end result came out really nice!
Thank you so much!
Such a heavy duty to strip all these layers of paint! But the end result is a GORGEOUS PIECE OF FURNITURE! Thanks so much for sharing
Thank you for watching and for you compliments!
Beautiful restoration. Wouldn't have thought it possible.
One little nit-pick about the captions: "A crevasse, [ kruh-vas ] with emphsis on the second syllable, that rhymes with mass, is a very big, deep crack, especially a chasm in a glacier or the earth's surface. A crevice [ krev-is ] with the emphasis on the first syllable, and a second syllable that rhymes with miss, is a small crack in something that forms an opening into the thing's surface."
Sorry, mom was an English teacher …
Crevice! Of course! Thanks for the spelling correction! (Although they did seem like crevasses. :) Thanks so much!
Thank you for a video without a running commentary!
You're welcome! It's just me quietly working in my basement and backyard.
Love the old dovetail work on the drawers.
Me, too!
So crazy that they had wood, then painted it to cover the wood, and then faux finished it to look like wood.
It's not a faux finish. The paint wash lets the wood grain show through.
I think they meant the original layers of paint.
I’ve never seen a piece of furniture with so many layers of paint. I admire your patience and dedication.
This piece turned out beautiful! Excellent job!!
Thanks! I kinda knew what I was getting into. But not really!
What beautiful details on the drawers never saw dovetail done like that before You done it proud ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for saying so!
Looks beautiful. I love paint washes, especially on a piece like this. 😍
Thank you! I love paint washes, too. I hope the trend continues!
Very nicely done! Love the transformation.
Thanks!!!
Yuk! There's Enough Paint for several Pieces! Extra Points for All the Scraping and Scrubbing! SO Gross! And yet Oddly Satisfying when being Removed! You did a Great Job!
That WAS a lot of paint! But I guess over 120 years, that can happen. Thanks so much!
Thank you for saving this lovely piece and sharing the journey. It has a new life now ❤
Thank YOU for saying so!!!
Sooooooo beautiful & you did an amazing job
Thanks so much for saying so!!!
I’m always so amazed by the transformations. I would never be able to visualize how gorgeous these poor pieces will be.
I'm always amazed, too! I hope for the best, but you never really know!
All that hard work paid off big time! It's amazing what beautiful workmanship was underneath all the crud. Looks soooo gorgeous now🥰! Absolutely beautiful ❤️😊
Thank you so much!!!
I was horrified when after soooo much trouble to remove the many layers of paint that you then added paint ! I have to say I very much admire your patience and the end result is beautiful , so well done you 😁
Yeah, putting a paint wash on was a risk, but it needed to be done to sell this piece. My thought is also that the new finish is so minimal, that someone in the future could relatively simply do a full restore. Thanks!!!
Love the look of this piece, can’t wait to see what you do with it!
Now it goes to a new home!
You did a beautiful job! I’ve watched the video three times already! I love this stuff!!!😊
Thanks! Three times???!!! 😄
Nice job!
It turned out so beautiful
Thank you!!!
Hello x I am so glad I found your channel and I have subscribed .. wonderful work a true artist❤🎉
I appreciate you! Thanks!!!
Omg!! The outcome is beautiful but after 4 million hours of paint stripping I'd be wondering if I should quit woodwoorking and take up knitting instead!! But you hung in there!! For that alone you deserve a standing ovation!!
😂 I won't be doing that again anytime soon. But you know, in the moment I just do it - it's meditative. Thanks!!!
That is so nice! What a nice job!
Thank you soooo much!
The hard work was worth it Beautiful.well done you
Thank you! I'm really pleased with it.
Beautifully done 😊
Nicely done...looks great.
Thanks!!!
BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you for saying so!
I Also have a similar Eastlake piece that I plan to refinish. This turned out amazing. ❤
Thank you! I hope yours turns out well!
This is so very nice wow! That’s all I can say wow!
Thanks so much!
Wow! Amazing job ❤🫶🏼👏🏽
Thanks so much for saying that!!!
I did a double take, I also have the same one. I found it on the curb too. I just painted it at first but plan on restoring it now after seeing this!😊
Good luck with yours! The work it took was well worth it!
A great finish to a well-made piece.
Thank you for saying so!
Wow, just wow❤
Thanks!!!
BEAUTIFUL
Thanks so much!
Awesome job ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
It seems rare to find solid wooden furniture these days so, after watching your great effort to remove all those ugly layers of paint from this nook-and-crannied item, I must admit I was shocked to see you obscure its oak-like grain under yet another coat of paint! I own a tall, shabby chic, Eastlake dresser which, like this cabinet, is also made of American chestnut--a virtually extinct wood. In spite of my bureau's age and condition, I love that it still imparts its unique, pale musky wood scent into my clothing.
Thanks for sharing. I did debate putting a paint wash on it. However, I've discovered that I can't sell traditional looking washstands. Neither can other local sellers: I was at an estate sale yesterday where I found a gorgeous like-new 100-year old washstand. It was a couple of hours until the sale was over and this thing couldn't find a buyer at $87. (Originally priced at $175.)
Amazing job!
Thanks so much!!!
Wow that was a lot of work but worth it. Such a sweet little piece
Thank you!!!
Absolutely beautiful 🙂
Thanks so much!
Beautiful
Thanks so much!
Beautiful!
Thanks so much!
The finished look is a big improvement, but clogging that wood grain with paint after all that work stripping? An oil or wax finish would have allowed the natural grain to express itself.
The bare wood was very splotchy and would have needed toners and special stains to make it look good. Also, oil or wax would have made it very yellow/gold.
Wow. Beautiful
Thanks so much!
Charming!
Thank you! I have a soft spot for washstands.
Lovely!
Thank you so much!
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большое спасибо 😀
Glad you like it. Think it would have been so much nicer with a light stain and natural wood.
I appreciate your comments! That would have been pretty. Unfortunately natural wood stained washstands don't sell well in my area.
I get it. I know you did what you had to do.
You were almost done! Why did you put paint back on it!
Agree! Using an oil and or wax finish would have been much better and classier.
The bare wood was very splotchy and would have needed toners and special stains to make it look good. Also, oil or wax would have made it very yellow/gold.
What's wrong with yellow or gold?
@@hollyingraham3980It doesn't sell in my area.
The worst part always seems to be the stripping. Tell me I'm wrong.
The stripping is the worst part!
What a shame covering up that beautiful wood.
The wood shows through beautifully through the paint wash, which helps to soften all the imperfections and splotchiness.
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Oh no, you painted it or pickled it, whatever. I have a dresser the same vintage and it’s beautiful in its natural wood color. You flippers paint everything.
Yeah, we do paint most things! I can't sell traditional old furniture in my area. It has to be changed up somehow for my buyers to like it.
@@tracymillerdesigns you understand how trendy that is though right? It will be out of style in five years, maybe. I am 71 and I’ve collected 18th and 19th century antiques my entire life. I can tell you that if you do that with a valuable 18th or 19th century piece, you’ll destroy its value. There is another flipper on UA-cam in phoenix I think, who painted a beautiful immaculate early 19th century empire cherry dresser and my head exploded. I told her she just cut its value by 2/3. She got mad at me and said she just did that because the lady who owned it wanted it painted. Then she called me a hater. I don’t hate anyone but I hate to see valuable antiques destroyed just for trends. That’s why antiques are classics. They never go out of style. I hope you won’t take this as me being mean. I worked in the antiques business and collected for years. So just be careful about what you want to paint. That piece is a little Eastlake chest, btw.
@@user-ov6bv9cn1oI do understand that it is a trend. My thought is that it would be simple for someone in the future to remove the very light paint wash and top coat from this piece and do a full restoration. As for immaculate antiques, I don't bring them home. I look for the discarded, overlooked, headed for the landfill pieces.
@@tracymillerdesigns with antiques you shouldn’t strip them and NEVER use an electric sander on them. Hand sand and steel wool pads only. They are worth more in their original finish or paint. I have two painted blanket chests and they are beautiful. One is Qing dynasty Chinese and has figures of men and women painted in gold. If anyone ever stripped either of these pieces I’d have a heart attack.
@@user-ov6bv9cn1o How lovely for you that you have two such beautiful treasures. I know you must get lots of joy just looking at them. ☺
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED BETTER STAINED
It might have, but it would not have sold in my area.
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My lil commode is at the refinished because the dumb ass who owned it before me had stripped the finish off THEN painted on raw wood.
You mean like I did? ☺
I hope you got my previous reply, I don’t see it here. If you didn’t receive it, I will rewrite it. But maybe you could give me some advise. How so I remove contact sticky from faux breadboard? Plus I’m sure they used other glue around the edges once it started curling up.
@@katen1228 I did get your previous reply. See above. As for sticky stuff, I've used Goo Gone before and had it work quite well.
No, what you did looks GREAT! Seriously. I wish you could have seen my lil commode. I’m 70 so limited but age and skill. Plus I’m not as patient as I wish. I tried the heat gun, I tried the stripper, the expensive toxic stuff and scrapping and sanding. Let’s just say it was a Hot Mess. Yours looks Beautiful! You can see the grain. Mine, like I said, it was a Hot Mess, that’s why it’s at the refinishers. Plus in Iowa so only could work on it when the weather was warm enough. I’m sorry if my comment came across the way it may have been perceived, it sure wasn’t meant that way. Thank you for you video, I really did enjoy it, makes me look like a slacker, lol. Please have an amazing day.
@@katen1228Thanks again! And I hope your piece turns out well after all of that!
Yup. I hate the paint wash too. 👎
Yeah, not for everyone, it's true.
Lost me at the paint
I hear you.
That greenish color is a dead giveaway for lead. That citrus stripper is pointless. Why strip in the sun? Dries out the stripper...
Most laborious, and time wasting strip job ever!
The green was one of the layers of paint. I have to use Citrusstrip when I work inside, even though it's not the best. I strip outside when the weather is nice and I can use the stronger stripper. It WAS laborious, but well worth it!