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    SAVE OR SCRAP? Italian dresser. Worth saving?

    Uh-oh. Well pull some of it out to make a dresser shaped hole and then fill the dresser and push the dresser into its place. :wacky:
    Post by: Venny, Apr 5, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    Made some progress over the weekend but sure is a lot of paint stripper and heat and elbow grease! Got the top cleaned up and am working on the...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 5, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Old chalk drawing id

    I’m no art expert, but it does look like a sketch of another work of art (judging by the circle with a hint of a pattern behind the head)....
    Post by: Venny, Apr 5, 2021 in forum: Antique Discussion
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    SAVE OR SCRAP? Italian dresser. Worth saving?

    Have an attic? That’s where I keep my random spare dresser full of random tools I found for free along the roads. :p
    Post by: Venny, Apr 5, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    4 kitchen chairs

    Family owned a VERY similar set once and they were from the 40’s-50’s I believe. One survives as my spare dining room chair, but after generations...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 3, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    My brother is making a new drawer slide for me right now as one was missing at the bottom. I don’t know why it’s just thin plywood between the...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 3, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    Also discovered the handles did originally have two holes. Wonder what they looked like?? Having some success getting the filler off with a heat...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 3, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    So I had my brother here delivering some Citristrip. He had a look at my drawer fronts and concluded it isn’t wood at all but wood filler!!...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 3, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    John Bieber & the Edelweiss Chest

    Palatine German is what the PA Dutch dialect grew out of which is very similar to German but with just some dialectal differences.
    Post by: Venny, Apr 3, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    Would I be correct in calling this Federal style? Or is it something else? The ribbed sides and centerpiece and bottom woodwork is what I was...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 2, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    It’s off! Thanks a lot. I just pulled up the front and broke the old glue that was still holding it, then flipped the top over and backwards until...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 2, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    [ATTACH] Yeah I’ll try that. One other question is that I read about dating furniture by the screws and they said that pre-Industrial Revolution...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 2, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    [ATTACH] There were screws under the front, but the back is not so simple unfortunately.
    Post by: Venny, Apr 2, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    Thanks! That’s a good point. I have taken the drawers out but it is still heavy to move around. What are your thoughts about the drawer fronts?...
    Post by: Venny, Apr 2, 2021 in forum: Furniture
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    Working on restoring a 1937 dresser

    [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I need some advice on a project. I have an old dresser badly in need of restoration. It’s been in the family since the 1970’s....
    Thread by: Venny, Apr 2, 2021, 28 replies, in forum: Furniture