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  1. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    Haha! Just a nutter like me!
  2. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    Nice one random! Got a photo? My work load may have just doubled! We're renting an old place and just opened the back shed to find another one! I met the owner the other week and likely he won't want it or even knew it's there
  3. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    Scott, would paint stripper be better than sanding? ? Is it best to get it right back rather than sanding? its going to be painted now, all white with infill stencils or wallpaper Anyone familiar with digital pdf prints?? To fill the sides i need a sheet 1m tall but the digital ones are...
  4. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    that looks nice!! also getting a bit technical with the colours and stain. This could turn into quite the project instead of just all white! I just got onto pintrest, now i see what the fuss is about!! Spent a bit of time on there. and i also got onto etsy, found a stencil supplier that has...
  5. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    Had a quick Ebay. I'm thinking Chevron stencil in side panels, keep the mirror in the middle and colour.... Maybe the green or lighter blue circled. Crown might depend what available. Maybe even just a splayed skirt for a crown to square it off
  6. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    Wow thanks for the responses, wasn't expecting all those so quick! Now its made it more confusing! so many good ideas OK... Depreciator. I wish I had one already stripped back! We got this for $50 so I'll wear the sanding work as seems like its a reasonable price INVESTOR. so we could...
  7. bob shovel

    painting and restoring old furniture

    Gday all I know there a number of handy people online. Any one with experience or good info in regards to sprucing up old furniture? I picked up an old wardrobe, 1930s era and going to sand back and paint. It's notvaluable or an antique so was thinking of painting white. But the guys I got...
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