Because babies poop, and because homemade gifts are the best… we refinished a baby changing table for our baby niece, Kendall. Here is the before picture:
After about 10 minutes of THIS, we went out and bought a cheap electric sander.
We would also like to point out that this piece of furniture also serves as evidence that we are able to appreciate the value of lovely stained & varnished wood.
And since it’s more of a dresser than a baby changing table, it will be able to grow with her into toddlerhood, childhood, tweenhood, etc.
And here’s a picture of the little lady herself!
We love you Kendall!! May you be potty trained quickly!
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Searching for help and found this old post. I have a 30 year old wooden rocking horse. Appears to be made of pine. It had a destressed finish and was stained dark. I wanted to freshen it up a bit after the further distress it received from two small children. I have sanded it by hand with 150 grit paper. Its wood grain is now very obvious with lighter and darker veining. Apparently where the stain took more or less depending on the hardness of the wood grain. I don’t mind if some of the grain shows when finished re-staining, but hope to have less of a tiger-stripe appearance than it now has. Would you mind telling me what steps you used to stain over old stain, as I believe you did on this piece of furniture from this post. Thank you. Love your work and your girls are so adorable.
With this project the stains were similar enough in color and the wood was a closed grain, so we sanded everything down and then re-stained.
It sounds like your grain is a open grain which would allow the stain to seep into the grain farther, thus making it more difficult to remove. We have had some success using a Zinsser Stripfast detail stripper and a soft bristle (brass) wire brush.
Ang, we just painted the top surface white, and sealed it with a clear polyacrylic coat.
Everyone else, we scour craigslist like it’s a full-time job. The good stuff goes fast, so you have to be quick!
I have the same question: where do you find all your pieces? I’ve been looking for something exactly like that for my little guy. Your stuff is gorgeous!! Did you sell the buffet you refinished?
what did you use for the top? It appears that it’s a new addition to the dresser.
ps… LOVE IT
I just love everything you do! You’ve inspired a piece for a friend’s little one. (:
It’s beautiful, I love the dark stain! (And it looks great next to your mom’s refinishing project!) Wherever do you find all these pieces? Not that I need any furniture but you’ve inspired me to refinish things. 🙂