Restored Wardrobe

[hackytza]

I got this wardrobe from dublinwaste.ie about a year ago. I only finished it recently. It's not spectacular - but a lot of work went into it - as it was very old and scratches were very deep.

[Mickey]

Brilliant job! What patience :o)

[Bubbles2]

What a bril job you did, I love it, well done!!!
B2

[Linn]

Wow its beautiful, well done you should be proud of your hard work. now you have a beautiful piece of furniture.
Regards Linn

[kilk]

well done! what paints did you use?

[snorry]

looks fabulous you have great patience

[kiwicooke]

OMG it looks amazing, Well done, Looks like a proper antique now :)

[mammysboy2k9]

uv recreated a beautiful piece of furniture.....congratulations

[keno]

wow, its beautiful

[Stuarty]

Sometimes I think 'Spectacular' is misused, this is a beautiful, timeless, classic piece that will still beautiful for many years to come. This is a poster piece to show those who think freecycling is a bit hippy.

the picture with the door open reminds me of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, it wouldnt look at all out of place in a stately home

[hackytza]

Thanks all !!! I am really pleased with it.
I have used 2 coats of antique pine stain and 2 coats of clear varnish.

[unapam]

That's a fabulous job...fantastic!

[Bunty]

This is great, well done!

[elbo]

Wow, well done.

[4eyes]

Beautiful.
That took a good many sheets of sandpaper without talking about all the elbow grease.
Well done a beautiful piece of furniture to treasure.
JB

[sparkwell]

Well done Hackytza!

I am seriously impressed you could make a living out of bringing new life to furniture. You did a lovely job of your children's bedrooms, the marble effect table and fire surround and now this! How do you find the time?

Take a bow!

Sparkwell

[jessi1]

really lovely and smart, well done.

[danielle3147]

This looks great and very expensive. You should be very proud of yourself, I would love to have this in my house!!!!

[coby12]

Hi it looks brill,

Did you use furniture wax or varnish it, let me know, I have some furniture that could do with a nice shine like yours, great job well done

Coby 12

[hackytza]

Hello Coby,
I have used satin clear varnish. I have never used waxed as I am not really familliar with it and I have never restored furniture in my life before last year when I started collecting furniture for our house; So - I don't know if varnish is better than wax or the other way around :-)

Hi it looks brill,

Did you use furniture wax or varnish it, let me know, I have some furniture that could do with a nice shine like yours, great job well done

Coby 12

[coby12]

Thanks for the info, Ive just finished waxing a pine door it came up lovely, but you have to put on another coat of wax for more of a shine came up well,
Your furniture looks really shiney, great job must bye some satin clear varnish

Thanks

Coby12

[hackytza]

Hi again coby12,

If you want it really shiny - you will probably have to use gloss clear varnish, and not satin. Mine is not as shiny as it looks in the photos. Is just that the sun is shining straight on it in the morning and that's when I took the photos.
Regards. :-)

Thanks for the info, Ive just finished waxing a pine door it came up lovely, but you have to put on another coat of wax for more of a shine came up well,
Your furniture looks really shiney, great job must bye some satin clear varnish

Thanks

Coby12

[coby12]

Thanks for info, just sat down after finishing waxing another door, I think I will stick with the wax, because it does not drip everywhere, just hard work polishing after wax has dried in.

coby12

[hackytza]

Hey coby, don't forget to show off the results on the forum.:-)

Thanks everybody again for all the good words - it's really a great encouragement to keep going and start a new project.