A Thrift Shop Find, the beginning of my DIY Endeavors

I've had the desire to purchase and refinish old pieces of furniture. I finally purchased my first piece and have started the process! My $65 Dresser.

The Painted Dresser

The top was left natural, but has some burns and water stains.

(But, that's for another post!)

The Products!

I started off by cleaning the entire piece with Mineral Spirits

Then, using my Heavy Duty Gloves and a paintbrush, I applied the Klean Strip and let it

sit for about 15 minutes. Let it do it's work!

Using a plastic putty knife (rather than metal, which could nick the wood),

the paint came off easily! Then, using Mineral Spirits, I washed the piece again.

Did the same to all the drawers

Voila! Before I knew it, I had the whole piece stripped!

Now, the next step is to stain it. The wood was beautiful underneath.

I'm not a pro, but I'm thinking it's Oak, so I'd like try and keep the integrity of the natural wood.

I can't wait to finish the piece! Since we are in the process of moving, I'm guessing I won't get to it anytime soon!

It's official!

After 181 weeks or 2 1/2 years we are finally moving into our own home!

The last 2 1/2 years have been a long season of joblessness and living with the Clarks and Teamans. We are forever grateful for their kindness and love while providing us with homes and allowing us to live with them.

BUT, we are so thankful to finally be in our own home again.

God has provided us with even MORE than we could have imagined.

We will be renting from a family we know at a homeschooling co-op, Learning Center.

The house:

Located in Elizabethtown

4 Bedrooms!

2 1/2 Baths!

Large Yard!

Family Room in the Daylight Basement!

Deck

A wonderful neighborhood

PLENTY of storage and lots of room to grow!

We start the cleaning and painting one week from today, March 14th. We are so excited and ready to make this home ours!