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As some of you may or may not know, the wife and I have a baby on the way.
She will be born sometime in the next week and a half.
Because of this, I have a never ending list of projects...and virtually no one to help me
This is one I wanted to do though.
My stepdaughter is going on 18, and when she was just a baby one of my brother in laws built her a toy box.
Basic step looking toy box with 2 compartments.
Over the years, my stepdaughter decided to be an "artist" and draw and color all over it...luckily she's much better at art now than then lol
As you can see it has a little wear on it in the trim, and that old crappy lid holder.
I took off all the trim and replaced it with the same type of trim, because that look of trim is actually in the bedroom/crib set that we got, and the whole point of this was to make this toy box look as if it at least goes with the furniture.
I did a heavy sand on all the areas that she drew/colored on to get all the wax off, and did a light sand on the rest just to rough it up a little.
The next 3 photos are post sanding and putting new trim on.
Time to paint. The box took 2 coats and I used a semi-gloss paint so it would be a little easier to clean.
I took one of the draws from the furniture we got to Home Depot and they did a "color match". It isn't perfect because the furniture is an antique white with lots of color changes to make it appear more antique but still a solid finish.
The color came out very close though not exact.
I then replaced all the hinges..4 for the small front lid, and then a long piano hinge for the rear of the box, that I kinda wished I would have done on the front too...and may go back and switch it out later...not sure yet.
I also replaced the handles to ones that are a little larger so it is easier to carry.
She will be born sometime in the next week and a half.
Because of this, I have a never ending list of projects...and virtually no one to help me
This is one I wanted to do though.
My stepdaughter is going on 18, and when she was just a baby one of my brother in laws built her a toy box.
Basic step looking toy box with 2 compartments.
Over the years, my stepdaughter decided to be an "artist" and draw and color all over it...luckily she's much better at art now than then lol
As you can see it has a little wear on it in the trim, and that old crappy lid holder.
I took off all the trim and replaced it with the same type of trim, because that look of trim is actually in the bedroom/crib set that we got, and the whole point of this was to make this toy box look as if it at least goes with the furniture.
I did a heavy sand on all the areas that she drew/colored on to get all the wax off, and did a light sand on the rest just to rough it up a little.
The next 3 photos are post sanding and putting new trim on.
Time to paint. The box took 2 coats and I used a semi-gloss paint so it would be a little easier to clean.
I took one of the draws from the furniture we got to Home Depot and they did a "color match". It isn't perfect because the furniture is an antique white with lots of color changes to make it appear more antique but still a solid finish.
The color came out very close though not exact.
I then replaced all the hinges..4 for the small front lid, and then a long piano hinge for the rear of the box, that I kinda wished I would have done on the front too...and may go back and switch it out later...not sure yet.
I also replaced the handles to ones that are a little larger so it is easier to carry.
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