all in a day's work

As I watched my husband

meticulously cleaning out

the inside of each new piece today,

I was impressed...

 

Which got me to thinking...

I wonder if people realize how much work

goes in to each of our pieces

before we even pick up a paint brush

 

I mean, I know people realize

that it takes time to go find it,

pick it up,

and lug it back to the studio...

but then what happens? 

 

With the influx of

"no prep-no prime" paint,

you'd think we just drag the piece out

and commence to painting, right?

Yeah, I wish!

These pieces are rarely in good enough condition as-is...

so we remove each drawer, scrub it down, disinfect each one

then re-stain them before waxing the rails so they open and close smoothly

and smell clean and fresh

 (before...yuck!)

 (during)

(ahhh....after!)

Clean drawers seem like a "no-brainer"

but how many times have you gone in to a shop

and eyed a super cute dresser

only to find sticky drawers that won't open?

And when they finally do open? 

Yuck! 

Gunk, funk, and paint drips...

 

All the hardware gets a soapy bath, too

Once the drawers are clean,

we scrub out the "guts"...

yes, I realize probably no one will ever see inside the dresser

but who knows what resided in there prior?

We also wax the rails inside the dresser

(you'll NEVER get sticky drawers from us...never never never!)

 

At this point, we scrub down the exterior with our secret weapon

(which I will not be sharing at this time, sorry!)

before making any repairs to the body

 

Repairs can be tricky...

we don't want to remove too much character

from the piece

but we don't want it falling apart, either! 

So once ALL this is done...

finally, we can paint! 

 

 

And that, my friend, is another post all together!