tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76329191737109292382024-03-19T03:16:19.275-07:00Destinations Vintage... Upcycled & Repurposed StuffsrValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-71073296540400143952018-03-11T15:04:00.000-07:002018-03-11T15:04:50.180-07:00Upcycled Suitcase Vanity Make-Up Table<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a variation on the suitcase desk. Love the vintage explorer style! Most of these items are made for my shop but this one is for my wife.srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-9154310149577658222015-12-21T03:15:00.000-08:002015-12-21T03:16:17.740-08:00Hanging Chalkboard Sign<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These are corbels I bought at a flea market. At first I thought I would make a mantle-shelf with them, then I noticed that they didn't match, so I really could not use them in the same piece. Then I came up with the idea of a hanging chalkboard sign. </div>
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First I cut a two "frames" from a sheet of 5/8" plywood,</div>
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I painted them with a black chalkboard paint.</div>
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Once dry I glued and nailed the frames on either side of the chalkboard making it like a sandwich.</div>
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Clamp it down and let it dry.</div>
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Next I needed an arm at the top of the corbel. I had a decorative piece that I salvaged from an old buffet hanging around. I'll use it on one of the corbels and use some 1x4s to make a similar one. </div>
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After cutting and sanding the edge I ran it through the table saw to mimic the groove in the other piece.<br />
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I'm adding a small piece of wood between the arm and the corbel to make it a little easier to join the two pieces together.</div>
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I cut a piece of cove trim to dress it up a bit and attached it to the bottom of the arm.<br />
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The smaller wider piece is screwed to the bottom of the arm...<br />
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...and attached it to the corbel.</div>
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Once the construction was done I mixed up some home made chalk paint in a basic brown.</div>
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Then I dry-brushed on some lighter colored paint on all the high spots to mimic some distressing.</div>
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I made a black glaze, painted it on and gently wiped it off, trying to push it into all the little crevices. </div>
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This is a drawer that I got from a bureau on the side of the road. I also had a few strips of plywood left over from another project. I'll use them to frame the tent I'm going to make.</div>
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It will be a simple box on the bottom with a tent on top. This is a sketch of the shape of the tent. I'll use my angle tool copy the angle and transfer it to my miter saw.</div>
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The fame will be two layers of plywood that overlap.</div>
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I wanted to make the tent removable and collapsible so I didn't want to just nail the cross pieces to the frame. </div>
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Cross pieces in the bracket.</div>
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The assembled tent frame.</div>
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I had to trim off the edges of the drawer.</div>
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I used a few pieces of 1 x 4 to strengthen the bottom of the drawer.</div>
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I cut out an entrance for my dog.</div>
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Then I painted it with some chalk paint I had and used some black glaze to give it a faux wood grain look.</div>
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I set the frame atop the bed, laid out a piece of canvas over it, cut it a few inches bigger than the frame and marked it.</div>
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A seam was sewn along the bottom edge, and the canvas sides were cut a few inches bigger than the frame.</div>
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First I stapled the the side on.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Guardian-EgypTT-Text, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">E.W. Vaill, Patentee and Manufacturer</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Guardian-EgypTT-Text, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">Patented April ??, 187?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Guardian-EgypTT-Text, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Guardian-EgypTT-Text, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25px;">A quick search revealed the chair was manufactured locally in Worcester, Massachusetts likely between 1870 and 1895. </span></div>
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This is what I started with. It looks like old suitcase, but it was actually a small wardrobe trunk. On one side there was a swing down tray, and the other side, hanger brackets. </div>
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The first step was to remove the all the guts from the inside. One end of the trunk was hinged and, when stood on end, this panel would swing out of your way so you could access your clothes. Since the desk would not need this, the brackets were removed and the panel screwed closed.</div>
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The drawer is a shallow plywood box constructed with box joints and a dado joint around the inside to hold the bottom of the drawer. <br />
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The height of the drawer is figured from the top of the structural frame (on which the drawer will sit) to the under side of the desktop.<br />
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This is a close-up of the drawer runner on the underside of the drawer. The runner will attach to the bottom of the drawer and the rail will span the frame.<br />
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Here's the drawer riding on the frame.</div>
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Next up came the legs. I designed a simple "X" style leg to keep with the campaign style look I was going for. I drew it out full size on some rolled craft paper so I can transfer all the angles to my miter saw and can check the pieces after they're made.<br />
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The assembled legs.</div>
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All the wood pieces on this project are made from salvaged oak flooring. Here the desk top pieces are glued together and clamped.<br />
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Once the glue is dry the desktop is flipped over, trimmed down to size, and fitted in place.</div>
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Thin oak pieces are glued together to form the top and bottom pieces of the sorter. Then dados were cut to hold the divider pieces, the end pieces were left thick, and a thin plywood panel was nailed onto the back.</div>
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I made some small drawers out of thin plywood for end cubbies on the sorter. Oak veneer was glued on the front to dress it up, and leather pulls made from a Salvation Army belt.</div>
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Trim, sand, check the fit; trim, sand, check the fit; sand, check the fit...you get the idea. Once everything seems to fit well comes the part I hate most; cutting the front panel off to make the drawer face. If I screw up badly I've ruined the suitcase. (I did screw up...but not badly)</div>
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I lined up the drawer face on the front of my drawer, drilled a few small holes, and used some small nuts and bolts to attach it.</div>
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The hard board fill of the handle was exposed when I got the trunk so I had to cut a piece of leather-look vinyl and hand stitch it around the handle.</div>
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Detail of the leather pulls on the sorter drawer.</div>
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Other than a good cleaning the outside of the case was left as is. All the peeling labels are original and character and provenance to the piece. The desk closes up when when company's coming.</div>
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Now I can sit down and get some paper work done--just as long as I don't wake Jessie.</div>
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I got this suitcase at a yard sale, the inside was in great shape and I thought it would sell well in my Etsy shop. It was only after I got it home that I realized the bottom panel, that functions as a hinge was torn. Fixing it would have been too tough, So I thought, <i>maybe a clock.</i> <br />
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Since I'd be painting the bottom panel, I tested drawing and painting on numbers. It didn't go so well. So I tested mod podging one of my Etsy shop labels on the back and was happy with the results.<br />
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I measured the suitcase and made a clock face to fit. (I used Microsoft Publisher, but everyone has their favorite.) And carefully cut it out.<br />
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I tested the fit and marked the center and places where the pieces met. I had to tape them down as they tended to shift around.<br />
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I "painted" both sides of each piece with water to stretch it before it went on the suitcase. <i>Wet paper stretches like crazy</i>, by wetting it first I'll get fewer wrinkles.<br />
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I painted the mod podge on to the suitcase and carefully put each piece of the clock face in place,<br />
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I already have a lot of paint on hand, so I used a red that was as close a match as possible and painted the bottom panel. (It'll dry a little darker.)<br />
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I got a scrap piece of plywood and traced the curve of the suitcase on it. I'll cut it and mount it inside the suitcase to so it can be hung on the wall.<br />
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THE FAIL. The red paint didn't match well. So I made some labels to fit the the bottom.<br />
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While the mod podge was drying I began getting familiar with the new clock movement. It's super easy to install.<br />
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At the time of this posting the clock is for sale at my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DestinationsVintage?ref=ss_profile" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-90730290052786727812014-11-02T04:55:00.000-08:002014-11-02T04:55:47.691-08:00Upcycled Trunk Lid Coffee Table<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A trunk lid is kinda flimsy on its own, so I lined it with plywood to beef it up. It will hold a heavy stack of books without sagging.</div>
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The shelf serves two purposes. It adds a little more storage to the table and stiffens the legs so the table won't be so wobbly. Again I needed to add a spacer piece to one side to account for the thickness of the leg.<br />
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Good question blog reader. I drew out a full scale plan for them on a large piece of paper so I can lay everything out and play with it until I get it the way I want it. Then I can transfer the angles to my miter saw and the position of the holes directly onto the wood.<br />
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All the hardware was spray painted with a metallic finish, the rest of the lid painted black, and the legs and shelves stained, and sealed with a few coats of poly.<br />
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The first thing I did was cut through the hinges to remove the lid. Then I drilled through the rivets to that held all the little bits of hardware that I needed to remove like these brackets and the lid stays.</div>
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I'll start in the middle and work my way out to make sure I have my graphic centered in the trunk.<br />
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Once everything is dry I'll trim away the edges, and then put some graphics on the side panels.</div>
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Next I spray painted all the metal parts. I didn't worry about taping off anything as I'll be repainting the body of the trunk any way.</div>
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While that was drying I took the back off the crate and cut it down on the table saw making really sure that there were no nails in the path of the blade. Then I put it back together. Now the depth was just right.<br />
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I cut down a thin plywood panel to line the inside of the crate so that no one would have to touch the rough sawn wood on the inside.</div>
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I flipped the trunk over to work on the drawer runners and rails. The dark wood will be the runners and will attach to the drawer. the lighter wood will be the rails and will attach to the trunk. The other pieces are just spacers.<br />
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I cut down a pine board to make shelves for the inside, sanded, stained and gave them a clear coat of poly. They'll be screwed through the sides of the trunk to hold them in place.</div>
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The outside of the trunk was painted black and given a few coats of clear poly. Everything was reassembled once dry.</div>
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I've repapered the inside of more than an few trunks, but I've finally found the secret of getting the paper to lay flat and not get all wrinkley.</div>
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I found some cool, old-timey graphics and enlarged them to fit the size of my trunk. Then I printed them on 8 1/2 x 11 size craft paper sheets. Each sheet was test fitted and trimmed as needed. Then lightly painted with water to pre-stretch the paper. Not soaked, only given just enough to get it wet. Mod-podge was painted onto the trunk and the wet page pressed into it gently to get all the air bubbles out. Each piece is fitted next to the previous one and done the same way. </div>
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This wardrobe trunk was sitting on the side of the road with a sign reading "free" taped to it. It looked sad and lonely, but mostly heavy. I wasn't sure what to do with it, but it was too good to pass up.<br />
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After sitting in my shed for 6 months (stuffed full of deodorizer packs) I had the idea to make it into a bookcase-slash-storage piece.<br />
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The hanger bar and straps on the inside were removed.<br />
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The wood shelves were cut down from the salvaged top of an antique buffet that was too far gone to save. Pine strips were nailed in place to hold the shelves while I was working. Sheetrock screws through the sides of the trunk hold them securely in place.<br />
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I made some simple feet from some 2x4 blocks and screwed through the bottom of the trunk to attach them.<br />
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Removing the hanger bar was a feat! Remember, this trunk was made in a era when things were built to last (can you imagine!) I tried to be gentle, but still managed to make some good sized holes. I wasn't sure that wood filler would have worked so I used caulk. I sanded it down to even it out and lightly sanded the whole trunk so it would take paint better.<br />
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Without the hanger bar I didn't need the weird drawer at the top. I took out one drawer from the middle and cut it down with a jig saw and sanded the edge to fit in the top slot.<br />
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I gently drilled out the old rivets that held the leather pulls without messing up the wood too much. (mostly)<br />
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The bottom bin was too big to be practical, so I cut off the front panel with a jig saw, and then cut it right down the middle on my table saw. I sanded the edges and filled the holes where the pulls attached so I could use them as doors.<br />
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The wood of the new doors was too thin to hold the screws for the hinges. I added some pine strips to the edges, so the screws would have something to bite into, and attached them to the trunk.<br />
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I mixed up some left over paint I had with a tiny-tiny-tiny bit of water and used it to paint the inside of the trunk and drawers. The water helps the paint to get into the fabric so you don't lose the texture, but it took a least 3 coats to cover.<br />
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I bought a belt from salvation army to replace the pulls, made a paper template, cut the piece to length and carefully drilled holes in the leather.<br />
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I bought some rivets in an antique brass finish to attach the pulls.<br />
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The outside of the trunk was painted gold, and like the inside, it took 3 coats to cover properly.<br />
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A brown glaze was painted on and gently wiped off to antique the trunk.<br />
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This piece was a bit too big for my Etsy shop. (I can't imagine what the shipping cost would be) But it does a great job of taming the mess in the corner of my living room...Oh, and it looks awesome too!srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-25282622153306338622014-03-23T14:55:00.000-07:002014-03-23T14:55:03.518-07:00Upcycled Trunk: The C.W. Nocturne<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my latest upcycle. The inside was repapered with sheet music (Chopin's Nocturne). New feet were made from pine, painted in a faux hardwood, and attached to the bottom.<br />
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The upholstered bench seat was made from a piece of plywood cut to fit on top of the trunk, a 2" thick piece of foam, and a couple of layers of batting. A piece of upholstery weight textured fabric, that has a bit of an animal hide look to it, tops it off.<br />
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Works great as an ottoman, bench seat in a mud room, or put a tray on top for a coffee table...And, oh yeah...lots of storage! <br />
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This is a real, vintage suitcase; a Seapack made for the navy by Hartmann around WWII. It wasn't in the greatest condition which was fine by me because that made it perfect for an upcycle that I've wanted to do for a long time now.<br />
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I designed it to look like a vintage piece of campaign furniture yet function like a modern desk. All the wooden pieces were made from old, hardwood table leafs that I bought at a barn sale.<br />
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When the drawer closes it becomes invisible, and looks like a piece of luggage on a stand. The sorter and upper shelf were designed to flip up into the lid. (The mechanics of this are harder than you'd think!)<br />
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The lid closes so you can hide your messy desk when you're expecting company, and now you have a functional side table.<br />
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This picture stared it all. It was small and in the corner of my computer screen and, at a glance I thought it was a picture of some old crutches. When I looked a little closer I saw that it was a way cool vintage tripod lamp, and I thought, <i>Hey...</i><br />
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The first thing I had to do was find a couple of sets of wood crutches that were similar. This was surprisingly difficult. It took most of the summer to find some at flea markets and yard sales, even craigslist didn't have much. Most of the ones I found were aluminum.<br />
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I got some metal brackets from the hardware store and screwed them to the hub using the top of the crutch as a guide. I carefully drilled some holes in the top sides of the crutch and inserted some hanger bolts.<br />
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After this the rubber feet were removed and a slight taper cut into the end.<br />
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Once all the construction was done the entire thing was disassembled, sanded, and painted in a faux dark wood grain. The tips of the feet and a few other spots were painted with a silver spray paint in a hammered metal finish. The silver parts were a little too shiny so I brushed a little black paint over them, let it sit for a few seconds, then rubbed it off to give them a vintage look.<br />
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<br />srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-20137760447381286882014-01-03T12:58:00.000-08:002014-01-05T05:45:22.443-08:00Freestanding Chalkboard form Vintage Sidetable<br />
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<br />srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-76493229549369158182013-08-31T10:47:00.000-07:002013-08-31T10:47:42.973-07:00Upcycle An Old Trunk, Part 5: The Finished Trunk <br />
This is my finished trunk. The hotel labels were put on and the whole thing sealed with a coat of modpodge.<br />
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I had to photo edit this picture to darken it. This is what the real trunk looks like. In the rest of the pictures the white of the zebra stripe looks a lot lighter than it does in real life.<br />
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At the time of this posting this trunk is for sale at my Etsy Shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DestinationsVintage" target="_blank">Destinations Vintage</a>. Look for it, or more stuff like it there.<br />
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<br />srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-43132561641595697442013-08-16T03:16:00.000-07:002013-08-16T03:16:00.211-07:00Upcycle An Old Trunk, Part 4: Painting.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I started by lightly sanding all the blue surfaces of the trunk. This is the part that most people will want to skip...DON'T. Without sanding all the paint you put on will scratch right off.<br />
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Next I drew on some lines, very lightly in pencil, and painted them black to resemble zebra stripes.<br />
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Then I printed out some letter graphics, colored the back of them with a piece of chalk, and laid them out on the trunk using a framing square to make sure they were straight.<br />
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Then I painted inside my chalk lines with some red paint, and yes, it took more than one coat.<br />
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Next I started sanding. I used a 150 / Medium grit sandpaper. Once upon a time I used a 80 grit coarse sandpaper thinking it would be much faster; and it was. In no time flat I had a trunk that was all scratched to hell instead of looking gently worn.<br />
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In this picture the left side only has been sanded so you can see the difference between that and new paint.<br />
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Then I mixed a little brown paint in a quarter cup of water and painted all over the trunk to antique it.<br />
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This is not the best picture, but you get an idea what it is starting to look like.<br />
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The next step was to print out some vintage hotel labels and coffee stain them. You can see this step in a previous post <a href="http://destinationsvintage3.blogspot.com/2012/02/antiquing-and-distressing-coffee-its.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-81796963413889998202013-06-30T17:18:00.000-07:002013-06-30T17:30:46.176-07:00Upcycle An Old Trunk, Part 3: Painted Faux Leather In the last post I talked about <a href="http://destinationsvintage3.blogspot.com/2013/06/upcycle-old-trunk-part-2-relining-and.html" target="_blank">relining an old trunk</a>, in this one I'm gonna paint it.<br />
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First I mixed some black and brown paint together to make a super dark brown and painted it on the tray and inside the trunk.<br />
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I painted this color very lightly over the darker one just barely grazing the surface at first, then pressing a little bit harder as the brush started to run dry. If this is done right more of the paint should come off on the higher parts of the wrinkles and less on the lower. I had to be careful not to completely cover the first (darker) coat.<br />
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Here's a close-up of what it looks like when it's dry. I probably covered about three quarters of the first coat putting it thicker in some places and thinner in others at random.<br />
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An here's the finished trunk interior before a clear coat of poly. Sometimes the the poly will re-wet the craft paint, but if I avoid any excess strokes it won't be too bad.</blockquote>
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I'm going to be painting it in a faux leather finish. I posted about this eariler in this blog, this post is going into alot more detail, and feature a lot more pictures. I'm starting with relining the tray, but everything here will apply to relining the inside of the trunk too.<br />
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tape measure, large square, pencil, scissors, an iron, and plain craft paper.<br />
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Before starting I removed any loose old paper, this didn't take long as most of it was pretty secure.<br />
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First I measured the sides of the tray. I doubled the height dimension as I would be starting on the inside and wrapping the paper around to the outside, then I added an inch and a half to both dimensions so there would be some overlap. I measured out my pieces, making sure they were square, and cut all of them out.<br />
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To texture the paper to make it look like leather I crumpled and uncrumpled it about 6 or 8 times.<br />
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Then I ironed it, being sure not to completely remove all the wrinkles. It made the texture awesome.<br />
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Next I poured out a little mod podge on the surface I was papering and spread it around with a brush. This is a lot faster than just painting it on. I also made sure to spread it up the adjacent sides.<br />
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Then I laid on my paper overlapping the other sides just a bit. I had to work fast as the mod podge tends to dry fairly quick. Starting in the middle I gently pressed it down working out any air bubbles as I worked my way to the edges. I used a putty knife to really get it tight into the corners and edges.<br />
One thing that can not be said enough: YOU REALLY GOTTA KEEP PRESSING THE PAPER DOWN AS IT DRIES OR YOU'LL GET AIR BUBBLES UNDER THE PAPER.<br />
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I slapped some mod podge on the opposite side and carefully wrapped the paper over it, and again, pressed out all the air bubbles.<br />
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Once the sides were done I cut my pieces to fit in and on the bottom of the tray. These were made just a little bit smaller than the actual sizes needed, but big enough to cover the overlaps<br />
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Here's a close up of the texture.<br />
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On the inside of the trunk I had to work around the rails that hold the tray and the lid bracket. It doesn't look so good now, but once painted it won't be so noticeable.<br />
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<br />srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-8110144863636616262013-06-10T03:38:00.000-07:002013-06-10T03:38:02.713-07:00Upcycle an Old Trunk, Part 1: Adding Feet To An Old Trunk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the trunk I'm working on. The fiber board on the outside was bubbled on the top so I had to tear it off. Not much to look at now, is it? No fear. It'll be awesome by the time I'm done (I hope).</div>
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The first ting I did was to reinforce the bottom to give the feet something to hold on to. I cut two pieces of pine board to fit inside the trunk.<br />
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I put the pine in the trunk, glued it down, and nailed it in. Nail through the front and back of the trunk first then through the sides, so the pine doesn't move off the corner as you nail.<br />
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This is what I'm using for feet. They are actually pieces of a spindle from an antique bed that I got on the side of the road.<br />
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I placed them where I thought they looked good and marked the spot on the bottom of the trunk. <br />
Then I made a template so I wouldn't have to do a lot of measuring for the other corners. Make sure your template is square and mark which are the front/back and which are the sides on both sides of the template as you will have to flip it over for 2 of the corners.<br />
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That thing on the end of the bolt is called a wood insert nut. I use these to attach the feet. Mark the center of each of the feet and drill a hole just deep enough to accept the wood insert nut. Spin the other nut down to the wood insert nut to lock it in place, Slather some glue on the wood nut and screw it into the hole you made in the feet. Loosen the regular nut and unscrew the bolt.<br />
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This is another suitcase table that I made for my shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DestinationsVintage">Destinations Vintage</a>. Some time in the near future I'll actually post the refinishing process for the suitcase.srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-9122483718467036982013-02-11T16:46:00.000-08:002013-02-11T16:46:09.659-08:00Vintage Adventurer Explorer Room <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear God what a mess! This is one wall of my downstairs room. I'm slowly going to be redoing this room in a vintage archeologist-explorer-adventurer style. Think Indiana Jones meets Tales of the Gold Monkey with a little bit of Howard Carter thrown in for good measure. It's gonna take a while, I'll be breaking it into managable chunks, and chronicling it here.<br />
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Left Wall.<br />
This closet full of wire shelving will be converted to an office-in-the-closet.<br />
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Here we'll have some bookcases and a display case for some faux artifacts. <br />
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I'm sorta challenging myself to do this room with stuff from craigslist and salvation army. The green couch that you can almost see is my first thrift store piece.</div>
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This is the one. Got it at Salvation Army for $50.<br />
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<i>Why make an old hutch into an entertainment center when any old dresser will do?</i><br />
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Since it's original purpose was to display dishes, a hutch is not as deep as a dresser an takes up less space.<br />
I have an wall of plumbing lines that I'd like to hide, and it will give me the look of a built-in unit without actually being built in. Also the vintge character is exactly what I was looking for in this room.<br />
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The hutch top has straight sides, no scroll work. It's wide enough for the flat screen to fit inside, and it's up on legs so it won't block the baseboard heat too much.<br />
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I took the top part of the hutch off (not an easy task), and brought it into my workshop. I removed the glass door and panels. Next, the door fame was gently pryed away from the frame that held the glass panel.<br />
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The finish on the hutch was still in great shape, so I wanted to remove as little of the original woodwork as posible. Since the frames holding the two smaller panels on each side of the door were firmly built in, I left them on and cut away the piece in the middle.<br />
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With a hammer, I gently taped against that little stuby piece to get it out of there. (I made sure to clamp that bottom piece of the panel so as not to knock it off as well).<br />
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I took that piece of frame that I had cut out to the mitre saw and cut it at 45 degrees, laid it in place, marked the other side and cut it at 45 degrees. I now had a piece that fit perfectly in the empty spot. <br />
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I did this for both the top and bottom, glued, clamped and nailed them in place to make it look like one continous frame all around the face of the hutch.<br />
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This is my finished entertainment center. It helps to hide the ugly pipes and (hopefully) goes with the old timey feel I'm trying for in this room.<br />
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<br />srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-88158908516209012702012-12-10T04:42:00.001-08:002013-01-01T15:26:56.852-08:00Easy Piping...For a Pro Upholstered Look<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxAgQb9E9tzJwg6o_QuZQXIQHcvZrkj1HpOUiHIK5l2XUojmEdRKBoOFmYbccoOHEv4bo3dmviQAY9uE70ToAE81DCmBRn6xvtVOXvfcoXqeIkb5LzMbgclt6Rym-iVjK_9J5bs3zjh6a/s1600/dv+blog+uphol+trunk+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxAgQb9E9tzJwg6o_QuZQXIQHcvZrkj1HpOUiHIK5l2XUojmEdRKBoOFmYbccoOHEv4bo3dmviQAY9uE70ToAE81DCmBRn6xvtVOXvfcoXqeIkb5LzMbgclt6Rym-iVjK_9J5bs3zjh6a/s200/dv+blog+uphol+trunk+001.JPG" width="200" /></a>My latested upcycle project is a trunk with an upholstered seat on top. I put a lot of work into it, but it still looked like a trunk with a pillow on it. It need a little something to make it look real. Piping was the detail that was missing, and I discovered that it was really easy to do.<br />
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Staple the strip of fabric, wrong side up, to the underside of your seat. Half of the strip should hang over the edge.<br />
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Lay a piece of rope down the middle of the strip along the edge of the seat.<br />
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Fold the strip over the rope and work it with your fingers until it rests at the very edge of the plywood bottom of your seat. Staple it as close to the edge as you can.<br />
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When you get to a corner, keep the rope folded tightly in the strip and fold it around the corner. Be sure that rope ends up right at the edge of the plywood again and staple it down. You can trim away excess fabric later.<br />
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srValentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17406878289039323450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7632919173710929238.post-205516777998307592012-12-02T18:27:00.000-08:002012-12-02T18:27:15.527-08:00A Duh! Moment...Templates<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Most of the stuff I upcycle is made from scavenged bits and pieces that were never really ment to go together. I got these great furniture feet of an old ottoman and wanted to put them on a trunk, but there was no easy way for me to transfer location of the existing bolt holes of the legs to the bottom of the trunk.<br />
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After trying a few different methods I wondered how<i> real</i> furniture guys do this, and then it hit me. They have a factory, special tools, plans, and TEMPLATES!!!<br />
I traced the top of the legs onto cardboard, poked a pencil through the bolt holes and used my template to locate the holes on the trunk!<br />
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