Singing to the furniture Gods!

We have been looking for a mid century credenza for a year now! Mama Lionne really really wants one for the living room...So we have been searching high and low: Kijiji, Craigslist, Salvation Army, garage sales,flea markets, estate sales, vintage stores and Value Village. Either they would sell in a minute, be out of our budget or just so messed up that you wouldn't know what to do with it!

Then one day....After doing a U-turn on a little street in our neighborhood, I noticed a piece of furniture sitting on the curb in my rear view mirror! Could it be a 60's dresser left on the side of the road like a vulgar piece of garbage? Being 9 and a half months pregnant i didn't try to lift the dresser to put it in my car: I had to fight the urge to do so. I just prayed I could come back with my better half and that it would still be there.

Then the Hub came with me to ask if they were throwing it out! And they were, so we took this baby home, dancing to the furniture gods.The hub spotted the metal seal right away: Malcolm Furniture-No-mar finish- Better built furniture! Real vintage Baby!

Now, the works begins: Scratches! Bangs! Dings! Water and sun damaged! Covered with contact paper (really??? Contact paper), paint splatter and mud!

This is what it looked like:

After 45 minutes of wiping it with vinegar and water, removing as much grub as possible, we sang to the furniture gods  again. After removing the contact paper and realizing that this wasn't a veneer covered piece of furniture but a solid wood dresser that could be refinished and stain with some good elbow grease....Thank you furniture gods! Thank you. Now time to do some sanding and some refinishing!

Mama Lionne and The Hub
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