I Found A Free Desk On The Side Of The Road And Took It Home For Some Repair And Refinishing
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2021
- In this video I refinish and repair a free desk that I found on the side of the road.
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I made a small business doing this. I would drive up and down alleyways looking for discarded furniture. Repair and refinish them and put them out in the front yard for sale. I made some good money doing it. Although it was just a hobby. I enjoyed doing it. Taking someone's trash and making it into something desirable again. OK. Long story short. Many years have gone by and I find myself in dire shorts. I'm homeless and depressed. Staying in a homeless shelter and required to attend a Christian education program... One day a man came in looking for someone who could restore antique furniture. Me! Me! Me! I said. That was six years ago. I now have a place of my own and a job I can count on. I'm 60 now and ready to go on disability. Many health issues... I am so thankful to my boss for giving me a chance.
That’s incredible. Funny how the world works sometimes! It’s a bummer that you found yourself in that situation.
Sometimes these old, broken and discarded pieces of furniture can seem like a metaphor for our own lives. Glad you were able to be “restored” as well :)
Thank you! I love your story. We all go through bad spots at sometime or another. I think we learn from them. You appreciate value and I appreciate you doing that.
Please, how long did this project take you?
All the best for your future, Stanley 😊
I love it when people do that!!!
I was so glad you didn't discard the drawer pulls! I really like MCM furniture--the clean lines and no frills look to them. While you were doing all the small fixes, I thought, "What patience this guy has!" Great job and a lovely piece.
Beautiful job! ... Talented refurbisher! Amazing, you can bring most every worn "piece" ... back to life! 💕💓👍
Very interesting design. Kinda shows it really was hand made.
I really have learned patience from watching him. Oftentimes on old furniture, at some point someone has inserted tiny nails to attempt to shore up a joint up that really needed to be glued and clamped. Those little devils often have very small heads and I would get so frustrated trying to remove them. Watching him just painstakingly using needle nose pliers and taking time taught me something valuable. I don’t have tons of experience, but gradually I am having more success. It is very satisfying to see a piece of furniture take on a new life.
I just watched a video in which someone took a gorgeously detailed, burled piece and proceeded to paint it up and distress it. It was so depressing to see a vintage piece weighed down by heavy matte paint. Fortunately, up popped a recommended video from Dashner so I knew I'd be able to relax and watch a restoration artist who appreciates wood and allows a piece to breathe and remain tied to its history and intent.
Hate those! Kitsch !
Ugh! I see all of those painted pieces on FB Marketplace. These are definitely people looking to make a quick buck
We get just your narration and a video of your work That what sells it to me every time. No God-awful unnecessary music!! Thank you!!
In the middle of a dull day ... your lovely soothing voice as you make something nice again
What a gorgeous little desk!! Such a lucky find, for you, us and the desk!
I love how conservative your work is. You bring new life to the furniture without any major changes, like applying an entirely new veneer. Love it.
Well said. Thank you.
That’s restoration, that’s what he does, that’s his goal, restore the piece to its original glory 😉
Oh yeah. Restoration is respectful and conservative. Sometimes just preserves its integrity. I was afraid of another chanel with a chalk paint restoration job.
You did it again. You gave new life to a well used find on the side of the road. Stunning.
Plastic laminate top. Well, that’s a big indicator of Dixie furniture. The firm and the region. I’m certain that you are correct, the core is solid. Grand Rapids furniture is almost always solid wood. I’m so happy you didn’t shabby chic it. It has integrity.
You did an amazing job, your tutorial is easy and pleasant to follow. Well done!
A pleasure to watch your vlog
That's interesting you say laminate top is indicator of Dixie Furniture. I have a beast of a dresser that is Dixie (Shangri La style). It appears to be mostly solid wood, but that top...
I doubt it would be a solid timber top... they will be edge lippings around a cheaper material like chipboard, then covered with the plastic.
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110% I despise "shabby chic" I would much rather have a restored piece than something that looks like it should be out on the curb. That trend needs to go away as it just further dates and destroys beautiful pieces.
@@AkaAka_AkaAka I agree with you 100%. I've always hated shabby chic for the same reason. It looks terrible and makes me want to fix it.
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OMG!! I had Shangri La in my bedroom growing up. It was the height of chic, except for the laminate.
Saw a nice little hall table on the side of the road the other day. I had a brief, "I could be like Dashner" moment and turned around to take a closer look. A lot more wrong with it than I've seen repaired here, so passed. I wonder now how much of these pieces I've missed, because I never noticed them before watching a craftsmen like this bring so many back to life.
So weird... I just picked up a dresser with a heavy mirror on the side of the road today. Stripped it before I went to Lowes to get some stain and polyurethane and was thinking about your videos. Then I got home and went on CZcams to eat some dinner with and found this video! The universe is good sometimes.
I’m sure there are people in Minneapolis who leave stuff out on the sidewalk just to see how it’ll look once you’re done…
Nice🙂
Did you ever see that TV show where these two guys grab stuff on the curb, re-design it and then drop it back off at the same location, run up and ring the doorbell and then hightail it back to their pick-up to film the folks' reactions? I did think of that when this desk was done!!!
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Yes🙂
That was a pretty good show.
@@alanatolstad4824 I need to know more about this! Do you remember what the show was called? ☺️
@@teslarowe4849 Nope...I've just tried (and failed) to search for that show. I'm not very good at scoping the web, & everything I typed in gave me something unrelated. But, the show used 2 fellas that had an actual design business, because when the transformed piece was done, they attached their logo by small plaque onto it.
The metal feet and the pulls look like brass which can be cleaned up quite nicely, and the pulls look good with the stain colour. I hope you can find a use for the brass feet someday. That's a really good desk that someone gave up on, way better than mdf or chipboard. You made it new again, great renovation. I like seeing wood brought back to life instead of chalk painted all the time. 👍
I would have liked the metal to stay on the legs, just cleaned up like the drawer pulls. I remember furniture from the 1950s and those metal capped legs
were a sign of the times.
I was surprised that the pulls weren't cleaned up, and it's a shame that two of the legs had missing caps.
I love the solid looking drawers with nice dovetail joints. A good sign that furniture is well worth restoring.
When I got married in the early 70s, I was able to find well used but well-made wood furniture (dovetail, etc), strip and refinish with antique stains. Saved countless dollars. Fast forward to teenage grandchildren who still use some of those items.
The tiny pieces you repaired showed me the way to do a repair on my office table. Thank you for sharing with us. You are quite kind.
Every time I watch one of your videos, I have to thank you for showing that these beautiful pieces can be restored instead of chalk painted. God bless you!
It’s relaxing to watch this and listen to your voice (and the birds).
Everyone's Trash is Another Persons Treasure, So it Just Shows What Can Be Found Like This Throw Away Beautiful Old Desk, That Can Be Repaired and Brought Back To Life.Following This Young Man's Advice.
I agree you could put those caps on the front legs it would look cool if they were cleaned up. I love to see a guy using a round disc pad for sandpaper. And using those fingers that’s great stuff. You always come up with some amazing things
Need more people like you. 🥰
Yes we do 😉😜❤️✝️🦋
His voice is so relaxing ahah
Yay for you!! Thank God you didnt take it home and paint it!! It's beautiful!
I really enjoy how calmly and patiently you describe everything. I find it very peaceful to listen to you.
The look of the finished desk is amazing. I have learned so much by watching you work.
You have taught me how to patch veneer for which I am quite thankful. Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Thanks for watching.
Looks great, but I think it needs its “shoes” back on. I would try to find a set of “sabots”.
Agreed. They are half the charm of a mid-century piece like this.
I would place the side "shoes" back on and the front middle one. I would fake the one in the middle back with wood filler or whatever was handy to make it thicker and paint it with metallic paint to look like the rest. The top is hideous after you made the piece look so stunning. Anything would be better than plastic. Including plain black paint, tearing out the plastic and chancing it to have a half decent underlayer of wood and working with the trim height accordingly to fit decrease of top thickness, or tear plastic off and replace it with leather or poly-leather which is very economical.
@@suzanneribas3746to say that the top looks hideous is pretty rude, don't ya think? Plenty of MCM furniture was made with laminate tops.
There are metal workers in many areas who could fabricate new ones that most of us couldn't distinguish from the originals.
I was kinda back and forth on that. It does have a neat shape, but their purpose is to protect from nicks and bangs and it does effect it's 60s charm.
Nice slow presentation, good work and I watch whenever I can, Thanks for sharing your craft.
Working in the shop with birds chirping nearby? Yes please! Beautiful restoration. Thanks for the video!
24 hours late for this video! I love this channel, it’s such a great de-stress watch and great to see pieces brought back to life rather than be thrown away. Please keep up the great content.
Those drawer pulls are pretty neat!
It's a nice, solid mid-century piece of furniture that is in great demand. You can certainly get a good price for it. I really appreciate that you have taken care of the furniture's integrity and that you have restored it beautifully rather than pasting it over with paint. However, I find the furniture to be of such good quality and because you didn't have to pay anything for it, that it deserved brass feet and the removal of that shabby plastic panel.
The plastic top needs to come off.
My dad used to cover all the table tops in Formica when we were kids! LOL
my sentiments exactly.
@@williamavery9185 It does but there will be quite a lot of work to do underneath, iv'e done this .yself a bit of work but the end result can be very rewarding!
I’ve refinished a lot of furniture over the years and like to think I know what I’m doing, but watching your videos I always learn some little tip or trick that you’ve done that I could definitely use in the future!
Wow, what a transformation! Just goes to show what patience and skill can do. Nice work!
There's something special about restoring something old or worn to a like new (sometimes better than new) condition.
❣I love that candle light color you use on some of your projects.❣
You’re the true 🐐 of furniture restoration!!! The best of all time!!!
Great job. What is the scrapper your using? Do you know the manufacturer? I am very partial to natural wood finishes when possible. First time viewing your channel. Thank you for your time and inspiration
I think it looks bare without its little brass booties! I know it was missing a couple. You should make some from scratch! You know you want to! 🤩
I am always amazed how you are able to use paint to blend defects into the grain pattern. As usual, finished piece looks great!
Nice job. Good save on the accidental damage. You seem pretty sang-froid about the whole thing.
I love this little desk. You did a great job restoring it and bringing it back to life. I wish you could have put those little shoes back on it but it’s still very nice. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Yes I agree, re the capped feet/shoes. I think I would have foregone 2 or 3 at the back but used the 3 of the 4 I had to the front,mor better still tried to find another two.😊
Wow, looks great! I Love working with wood. I just retired so now I can do my dream and refurbish furniture like that. I like how you took the dent out I’ve never heard that before but of course I’ve never done much repairing before.
I m so glad you kept the original knobs , it looks so beautiful❤️
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and also your little mistakes and your tricks to fix them. Please, may you share too the name of products you used to. Your voice is so calm and zen. Thanks again. Keep going! 🤩
I’d like you to post links to your tools as well especially that little scraper. I’ve been watching furniture flipping channels where they mostly paint furniture. I’ve been thinking of going to the dark side and doing some of this myself but only on pieces too far gone and/or cheap commercial manufacture to begin with. I would never paint a piece like your desk. It would be an abomination ( and my wife would kill me ). Love your channel and that desk turned out so well!👍
Wanted to take a break and watch your video. Fell asleep because it was so relaxing. I rewatched the video after my 'power nap' and now I feel refreshed and inspired :-) Great job, I really like this piece!
Love what you're doing. Old Furnitures gets a new life and lives on. I'm doing the same thing here in Sweden and I'm trying to change Peoples mindsets regarding Old Furniture. Keep up the good work🤠
I was truely impressed with the repair of that dent in the drawer front. Very clever. 👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Agree completely. To first admit it and then show it was refreshing. But to then see just how well the repair turned out considering the initial damage was very impressive.
I love it! Even though the top doesn't quite match, you know it's the original so it'll be very durable! And it might become someone's project in the future, allowing them to really form a bond with the piece!
Very nice job
I did enjoy watching til.l
I saw the new face of that desk. Beautiful
People in one of our neighborhoods are out early in their pickup trucks and drive around looking for what is out on the street for the trash trucks.
It's all free and fair game.
This is the only way wood should be restored. I'm so thankful that he didn't blob a bunch of crappy paint on this piece of beautiful history!💝👍 Great job!
Thank you Stanley for sharing your talent. You epitomize what I have always believed about people, look beyond their surface "scratches" and we find their true measure! You have "restored" more than just a piece of furniture today. God bless & keep you safe always.
Looks amazing!! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
The desk turned out beautifully (but now, the body of the desk is so very nice and warm looking, it makes the shiny laminate top look a bit out-of-place). Overall, I really like it.
I concur wholeheartedly!
As do I! Agreed 👌
Beautiful ❤️
I was like... This is probably another chalk paint video. Thank you, for having taste.
I wish I had your infinite patience. Watching your hands is like watching a surgeon’s hands. Beautiful piece of furniture.
Another nice job with great tips for repairs. Especially like the way you repaired the damaged dent in the drawer front. Love walnut and MCM.
I need you to come live at my house and fix up all the old federal style mahogany Henredon stuff I got from my Grandmother lol.
You know exactly where to put your camera. Great video. 🤙🏻
That mistake fix was super interesting.
You and Thomas Johnson are the reason I got into furniture restoration. Thanks for another great video!
Yes, my two favorite furniture restorers!
That comment looks pretty good
I see what you did there…
Amazing! So talented and such precision. I’ve learned loads. Thank you 🙏
You have endless patience. Lovely job as always. Thanks for posting.
Thank goodness the Shellac finish was thin.
Shellac is always easy to remove due to how it is made.
You did a beautiful job on this piece!!
You have such a systematic process.
Well even to my relatively inexperienced eye this is a pretty magnificent restoration, and you've kept its 'integrity' given the trend for 'upcycling' anything and everything. And, you know, the formica top has been elevated to a new level. Well done, sir.
I really enjoyed your video. You have a great voice for the narration!! Appreciate your bringing "back" this desk and showing us the step by step way to accomplish this! 🍀🍀🍀🎉
Great rescue piece! I really like the slightly darker color snd richness with the stain and the original hardware. 👍
Great job, the desk came up really nice. It was interesting, relaxing and informative to watch.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you for another amazing video!! 🙂
Thank you.
My blood pressure went down fifteen points watching this. I greatly admire your skills.
THAT was fantastic, it is such a beautiful piece of furniture now!!!
The brass feet go with the drawer pulls. Looks bad without them, like it's missing it's foot caps.
Go to restoration hardware. They might have. I agree about the feet
It’s perfect.
I like the commentary, to the point,no unnecessary useless talk.
Wow, what a restoration. It really is a trash to treasure. 👍👍👍
Since the edge of the desktop is solid wood, it would be interesting to remove the laminate, shave down the middle section about an eighth of an inch, and glue on some vinyl oil cloth.
Why vinyl oil cloth? How is that better?
@@libby2012 Libby what is this? Why are you running to the barricades with every slightly critical comment? Strange.
I just found my first project. A solid wood coffee table that someone was throwing out. It needs some minor repairs but I am going to give it a go to see if I can redo it.
It's beautiful. I do like the tapered metal toe caps. That brings out the mid century authenticity of the desk.
Incredible as always, thank you for sharing, it is always an absolute pleasure to see you bring these beauties back to life. God bless
Man, all I ever find for free are Ikea foil particle board "practice" furniture.
I knew you were going to use candlelight. The desk turned out great. Instead of refinishing the top with a walnut veneer, would you consider a new wood grain finish laminate or other finish for the top? Or do you want to keep the desk as original as possible?
Wow! You do such good renovations! TFS your talent! Christine 🇨🇦
You did great. Thanks for sharing.
I would love to know how you evaluate a piece for restoration--what makes it worth your time? Please keep these videos coming.
Arrrgh! New video, but I will not watch it now. Saving it for tonight with a beer :D
Really appreciate your attention to detail, and keeping the wood as natural as possible.
Love the feel of wood, the natural grain and texture it exhibits. As someone else commented, I was so pleased you handled it the way you did 👍😊 the desk has a new lease on life. Thank you for not just slapping paint on it. 🙏
Really nice work. Its very inspirational that you didn't act all hysterical about the accident with the drawer. You just looked for a way to repair it. No excuses, no complaints.
Thanks for your videos they are absolutely inspiring! Question? Can you remove the vinyl and use the real wood that is underneath!
Would of put feet back on otherwise fantastic job
Great job! I like how you bring back old furniture without any fancy tools and a big workshop!
Wow great find. I love the legs. The ones on the desk look good to 🤣🤣
That's a nice desk. How would you get ink stains out?
He has used oxalic acid on stains before. Can’t remember if it was ink or something more organic.
I believe it was for water stains. On that serving tray thrift find he took home. In the winter. Cuz he worked on his porch. Lol love this guy.
Where can I get a scraper like that?
I like the narration, explaining as you go. Good job
What a wonderful experience to a Artist at work the desk came out beautiful ❤️
When you start working on a new piece, do you plot out your plan/steps? Or do you just dig in and figure it out as you go?
I usually have a good idea of what I’m going to do just based on experience. But unexpected things do come up sometimes.
Absolutely gorgeous! A stunning piece!
Nice job. Thank you for the therapy. See you next session "doc".
Legit antique furniture that you refurbished. That's so amazing, I hope you are making a good income with this, this is an amazing skill and such an amazing work of art.