I have a big, heavy, hard-to-move piece of furniture in my studio. When Miguel and Juan took out the floor after the flood, we put it on some flat things with rollers to make it easier to shift around. We left it on those things so that it would be easier to move around when the the new floor goes down.
The 'things' made the piece of furniture taller and I realized that I liked it taller! Steve said he could add casters to my big piece of furniture. I found 175 lb locking casters – surely it's not heavier than that.
Steve put a 2×4, laid flat, from front foot to back on the bottom of the legs on each side. He screwed the 2×4's on with long screws, and then screwed the casters to that.
I may get around to painting the 2x4s, or not. For now I am just very happy that I can move this big thing on my own. I still have to fill it with stuff that is in boxes in the other room but I'll do that after they lay the new floor. That should happen on Monday. Maybe by the middle of next week we'll be back to where we were before the flood.
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A design opportunity with furniture. Love it.
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Is that a yoga block under your moniter? Creative use of props!
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Yes, it is! Its just the perfect size. Purple is not my favorite color… I suppose I could spray paint it :-).
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Thank you for sharing the ups and downs of your renovations. I love seeing the progress, but even more, I appreciate how you have graciously managed the adversities
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I like the piece of furniture but I am more intrigued with the finish. Is the desk/bookcase/table refinished or is it a Steve-made project? And how did you get the 1/2 on-1/2 off paint finish? I would like to do that to a mirror frame that I have….
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That is a Steve-made piece. To get that finish, put a light stain on the wood first, let that dry and then paint it with a coat of white paint. Let that dry, then sand it. The idea is to mimic wear and tear on a painted finish.
You dont have to stain the wood first. It depends on what color of wood you want to show through.
You could paint more than one layer of paint, in more than one color and carefully sand to reveal the variety of colors.
If you dont like what you end up with, paint it again and sand.
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Oh – I forgot to add that a coat of paste wax makes a nice top coat.
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