Unfortunately (again I know) I don't have any before pictures only after. I will paint you a picture with my words. The said bookshelf was found on KSL (Utah version of Craig's List) and with a price tag of only $12 I ran and grabbed it. Now if you will imagine showing up to a house where you first help coral dozens of puppies and are smacked by their lovely scent wafting up your nostrils; then you see the bookshelf, the one that looked beautiful yet in need of some love. Oh it needed love and a scrub and a hose-down in the front yard, yes, I wouldn't even bring the puppy in my house. It was covered in 'stuff' and dog hair and more stuff but the sticky kind. I almost cried. It had potential so it came home with me anyway. The things that caught me was the details; the scalloping on the top and bottom, plus the lady said it was solid wood.
After weeks of looking at it and trying to decide what to do and my husband hounding me about why I bought it. My man went out of town and I got to work. First I sanded it and primed it with 3 coats of primer and then I painted it with white paint, about 4 coats. I added the bead board on the back and painted one more coat and it was white! Too white. So when the man came home he suggested I do a glaze.
I googled glazing and came upon this over at Vintage Revivals (I wish I could be as brave in my home decor as Mandy.) I decided to do the clean version of the glazing. I headed over to the Depot and bought the glaze, which I should have had mixed there, but I had read somewhere that you could just add stain to it. It did work fine but I think it would have been more smooth if it had been mixed at the Depot. Glazing was super time consuming but it turned out so nice, not professional mind you but good enough for my rustic-y house and for my first go. Love it.
Hope you'll be able to find your daimond in the rough and make it your own.
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