Comments on: Furniture Rescue: Yes or No? http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bookgirl http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-4991 bookgirl Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:45:21 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/#comment-4991 I was a homeowner at 24 and yes, secondhand furniture and what I got out of elderly relatives' houses was how I made it livable. I still have mostly hand me downs (or as I prefer to call them, heirlooms) in my house, barring mattresses, linens and large appliances. The bookcases and dressers have been repainted so many times... I was a homeowner at 24 and yes, secondhand furniture and what I got out of elderly relatives’ houses was how I made it livable. I still have mostly hand me downs (or as I prefer to call them, heirlooms) in my house, barring mattresses, linens and large appliances. The bookcases and dressers have been repainted so many times…

]]> By: JaneC http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-4940 JaneC Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:51:08 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/#comment-4940 I live in an apartment building and the dumpster is in the basement. People often leave furniture by the dumpster when they get something new, or when they move out. We've rescued a t.v. table, bookshelf, and some picture frames (and a golf bag, which is not furniture but was a good find!). Unfortunately, since I don't have a yard, garage, or even a balcony, I am severely limited in what I can do to rehabilitate furniture (basically, nothing that can't be done in the middle of the living room on the 1940s parquet floor), so I can only take things that are in pretty good condition. I live in an apartment building and the dumpster is in the basement. People often leave furniture by the dumpster when they get something new, or when they move out. We’ve rescued a t.v. table, bookshelf, and some picture frames (and a golf bag, which is not furniture but was a good find!).

Unfortunately, since I don’t have a yard, garage, or even a balcony, I am severely limited in what I can do to rehabilitate furniture (basically, nothing that can’t be done in the middle of the living room on the 1940s parquet floor), so I can only take things that are in pretty good condition.

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-4937 Never teh Bride Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:01:53 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/#comment-4937 Wow, nice! I really wish I had more time nowadays to refinish furniture because when I was doing it, I really did enjoy it. Wow, nice! I really wish I had more time nowadays to refinish furniture because when I was doing it, I really did enjoy it.

]]> By: class factotum http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/comment-page-1/#comment-4932 class factotum Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:26:09 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/02/20/furniture-rescue-yes-or-no/#comment-4932 My DIY results are fabulous! I found a dresser on the side of the road, stripped it and repainted it. It looks great. I bought a nasty dresser at a junk shop, stripped and refinished it, and put new hardware on it. The wood was great and the carpentry was excellent. I found an end table for $5 at Salvation Army. It had nasty yellow, gloppy paint on it, but when I scratched the paint, I could see the wood underneath was good. The drawer was dovetailed, so I knew the carpentry was decent. I stripped and refinished and voila: look at the second picture http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2009/02/tuesday-report.html You just have to put the time and care into it. But I'd much rather rescue something than buy new. My DIY results are fabulous! I found a dresser on the side of the road, stripped it and repainted it. It looks great. I bought a nasty dresser at a junk shop, stripped and refinished it, and put new hardware on it. The wood was great and the carpentry was excellent.

I found an end table for $5 at Salvation Army. It had nasty yellow, gloppy paint on it, but when I scratched the paint, I could see the wood underneath was good. The drawer was dovetailed, so I knew the carpentry was decent.

I stripped and refinished and voila: look at the second picture
http://class-factotum.blogspot.com/2009/02/tuesday-report.html

You just have to put the time and care into it. But I’d much rather rescue something than buy new.

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