WHAT TO DO WITH A BAD DESK DRAWER

This is one of my favorite types of projects to work on. Something passed on to me from
someone who knows no matter how bad it looks believes I can turn it into
something fabulous. And this desk did come out looking amazing so keep reading.

This secretary had stickers on it, screws in it, ink stains, drawers that didnt work,

but the largest problem was one drawer was missing the whole corner.

 

My solution was .... get rid of the drawer.

 

 

I moved the bottom drawer into the top hole and altered the frame.

 I repositioned the front kick board up and cut the side panel back to the rear legs.

Check out the photo above for details.

 

I put new legs on the front that just happened to be the exact length I needed.

If they had been shorter I could have cut the back legs to match the length.

Here she is standing up again with two drawers and new legs.

 

 

The inside of the top was also a big challenge to deal with. It had floor tiles stuck to the work surface,

 melted wax to remove, holes that needed fill, and the piano hinge that held the fold down was

 bent and missing screws. All of which I fixed but it took a lot of time and patience.

 

 

WD-40 is great for removing stickers and adhesive. Be sure to wash the area with soap and water after

using it. WD-40 is an oil based product that will cause water based paint to react funny on the surface.

 

Here she is all painted and put back together with new drawer pulls.

 

 

I hope this will get you thinking about your options for saving wood furniture from the landfill.

 

Heres the before and after ....

 

 

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Good and bad day

Oh dear,
Well, I took the Blue House bowl downstairs and I thinned it down more and did all the finish sanding. It looks fine and Im going to let the fibers settle down for about a week before I apply the finish. Im very happy with this bowl.
On the other hand: Ive been working on a cherry salad bowl for a friend of mine and I decided it was time to cut this bowl down and finish it as well and unfortunately I got a "catch" in the wood and tore a huge piece out of it. It isnt repairable and Im going to have to discard it.
...sigh.....
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