This week it was bitterly cold but bright – perfect for sanding the drawers of my ’60s teak chest of drawers outside.
Starting point: tired, faded, stained.
Simply sanded as close as I could get to the handles. The handles are amazing. Most furniture has at least one loose handle. Not this one. Every single handle is rock solid, glued, screwed or whatever, but it’s a good job I love the original handles because they were NOT coming off…
Then laborious sanding down by hand to get to this:
Three more to go before the Danish Oil could work its magic. And what magic! I was prepared for it this time but it still blew me away.
Three coats of Danish Oil and a thorough polishing with beeswax later, it was transformed from this:
To this:
It’s now in my bedroom filled with Christmas presents and fabric. I absolutely love it! :o)
I’ve also had a bit of a metalwork session. I loved the effect of the printed silk carrier rod behind the rescued gold tone bib, so I hunted out some of the brass I impressed when I did my silversmithing course several years ago…
…and started to play. This is going to be a pendant.
And this, a brooch.
I love cutting fiddly shapes with the piercing saw, letting it and the texture of the metal dictate where it goes and making these pieces has been a joy. I have an oval pendant on the way too. More photos to come.