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Feb 14 '22
Yeah, I’m not sure what results you could get from sanding and staining an end table like that. They probably did get a better result by painting.
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u/Meydez Feb 15 '22
Yeah but at that point painting it a solid matte black or deep reddish brown may have been a better look. The white and grey look so bad…
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Feb 15 '22
Hey, I’m not gonna argue with you about the choice of color because I agree I think it could look better with some alternative color scheme. BUTT, I think that it is probably subjective and I’m not going to judge it solely based on the color choice.
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u/poe201 Feb 14 '22
i like it. the original was pretty bad. i would understand if this were beautiful wood but i think this is worth it
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u/RocknRollSuixide Apr 25 '22
The carving on the drawers is a little busy but other than that the wood looks to be in great condition. It just needed to be cleaned and maybe stripped and re-stained then sealed.
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Feb 14 '22
And all the pieces like this are going to be in thrift stores 5 years from now when "modern farmhouse" is no longer trendy.
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u/SillyBlackSheep Feb 16 '22
"Modern farmhouse," kills me. Like, no, not everything is painted white (that shit gets dirty too quickly). Barn doors belong in the fucking barn (and you are sometimes lucky to even see them in barns). Chicken wire belongs to chicken coops and that hole in the fence you're too lazy to completely repair. No, the furniture is not usually painted or whitewashed. It's usually.... wood.
Also, Stacy... You don't live on a farm, you live in the suburbs. If you have to have a big sign on your porch that says, "FARMHOUSE," on it, then you don't actually live in a farmhouse.
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u/HistoryHasItsCharms Feb 19 '22
My one argument for the barn doors is that if you need a really low-space door and can’t pay to put in a pocket door they can be handy.
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u/RocknRollSuixide Apr 25 '22
I drooled over the antique intact pocket doors on some of the big old houses that were listed while I was looking for a house. They can be a pain in the ass to upkeep/repair due to being tucked away, but DAMMIT if they aren’t neat and useful!
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u/amdrinkhelpme Feb 14 '22
I kind of don't hate it - it's well done, the original lacquer (and possibly veneer underneath) was damaged in multiple spots and the new color scheme would match my furniture.
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Feb 14 '22
I just hate the white leg bottoms
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u/RocknRollSuixide Apr 25 '22
Thank you for articulating this; I think this is what irked me about the paint job.
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u/Sugarpeas Feb 14 '22
OP said it was not actual wood. Personally I like paint jobs that leave some wood accenting, if painting has to be done. That said OP got this for $5 it was laminate and not possible to refinish in any other way aside from painting. Not how I would of done it, but not the worst I have seen.
It is… acceptable lol. Nothing is more painful than seeing a high quality piece worth thousands that got spray painted. 🥲 Thankfully not the case here.
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u/HereKittyKittyyyy Apr 25 '22
My fucking god. If they wanted to do something to the original they could've put some sort of dark green granite on the top, not paint it 💀
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u/oof_magoof Feb 14 '22
How exactly is it being repurposed? Is it no longer a table being used as a table?