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WHERE DO U GET UR LEGS nightstand

Rabu, 11 Mei 2016

One question I get asked a lot is "where do you get the legs you add to furniture?"

The answer is everywhere.

Most of my legs are salvaged from other vintage pieces but sometimes

I can find new legs at Hardware stores. Legs can be cut from bed posts,

pillars, table legs, and chairs.

NOTE

I only take legs from pieces that are not worth keeping together.

I bought this chair just before I got sick and planned to show you how to take it apart for all the

useful parts. That plan went out the window with the oncoming fever I was sporting a few hours later.

I knew I wanted it just for parts, and look at the stained underside of the

chair who wants to work closely reupholstering that.

Eeekkkk!!!

I was able to use both the front and back legs from the chair for this nightstand.

HOW TO ADD LEGS to nightstands

Rabu, 02 Maret 2016

I have not found one great place to purchase furniture legs from. I have seen them listed in Etsy

shops, ppl have told me they are also on Ebay. Windsor plywood here in Langley has a small

election of new legs you can check out. But I see them second hand in all sorts of different shapes

and sizes. They are on warn out couches and chairs, mdf tables and broken stools, I have

even purchased furniture legs at many yard sales and cast iron ones at an antique store. The metal

stove legs are a bit trickier to install with bolts and washers and such but itt can be done. You can

also cut legs from decorative posts. As with any new idea once you start looking you might be

surprised what you see out there.

MDF coffee table legs are fairly easy to use for repurposing on night stands with the right tools.

A good example of an MDF coffee table can be seen in this article:

http://blogspot.ca/2012/03/part-i-leg-up-adding-legs-to-furniture.html

You get 4 legs to use, they are made of solid wood, and its only 1 or 2 bolts holding them in place.

Coffee tables do come in different heights so keep this in mind when choosing.

#1 You will have to cut off the extra top part so they will sit flush under your night stand.

#2 Predrill and screw your legs into place on the front of your night stands.

#3 You need to cut back legs from some stock lumber to match the height of your front legs.

#4 Then glue and screw your back legs into place.

There you have it ...

BEFORE

AFTER

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On another note I have a cute little chair I have listed on the SHOWROOM for you today

She has a regular seat height but over all she is a smaller scale chair.

George had been using it for his desk chair until I claimed it back and redid it.

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And Finally For Today ...

Stop in to see whats new in shabby chic white hardware available at firstfinds.

There are over 1000 pieces of used hardware to choose from

Etsy Shop.

SECOND HAND FURNITURE LEGS tiffany blue dresser

Kamis, 25 Februari 2016

Easter weekend was filled with sunshine here in Vancouver. Lots of yard work and a great deal

of spring cleaning was accomplished. Im still trying to find time to sift through all the

emails from the weeks I was sick at the same time make up for all the missed work.

The last item I purchased before getting sick was this brown woodland vintage chair,

Isnt it amazing! ... that is sarcasm.

I bought it to show you how all the sculptural pieces of wood could be reused in different ways

and besides the chair its self was gross ... that is not sarcasm.

I used the arms of the chair as front legs on a 4 drawer maple dresser

that was sitting flat on the floor when I purchased it second hand.

I have already written an article about adding the chair legs to a bedside cabinet

which you can catch up on here:

http://blogspot.ca/2013/03/where-do-u-get-ur-legs-nightstand.html

Always remember to think out side of the box,

when something isnt desirable as a whole, concentrate on the parts that attracted you to it.

This Tiffany Blue and White dresser has an antique finish using

distressing, dark wax, and some other paint techniques.

I used vintage hardware and took photos for a tutorial on what to do when your mounting

screws are too short. That will come out later this week.

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