It was a dark pine free curbside pick up.
I am upcycling it to weathered beach/blue pine look and will stencil it a bit also. I’m using a warm maple varathane alternately with one I colored with some turquoise paint. Stripping and sanding it took forever and hubs finally had to buy me a rotary sander because I developed shoulder issues from hand sanding. Needless to say, I’m in love with it. Now I want the one with the pointy triangle head and Christmas is coming.
Pretty happy with the look to go in my beach themed bedroom. Hubs is happy cause it was free (I’m using leftover product from previous upcycles). Well except he had to buy me a sander and now I want another one!
But I have a lot of furniture to refinish...
Beach bedroom!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!! Waking up there must be lovely. Clever with the turquoise paint. Feels Florida and I loved the colors when I visited Miami. Coveted a room like that for quite a while after I returned. And free is perfect! Maple is the absolute best. Traditional, warm and welcoming. We don’t get a lot of curbside out here. Mostly stuffed furniture that you wonder might be inhabited by small furry creatures.
I’ve had SUCH trouble with rotary sanders. I’m mechanically inept and can’t get the paper to stay on. I can do some sanding with them, but seem to always end up back with hand sanding and, yes, it is hard on the shoulders. Good luck with your 2nd. Know the one you mean.
I used to haunt Lowe’s while I was wood working. Got to know everybody in the store. When I’d find a great board and got a great finish, I’d bring it in to show them. Husband was basically bored with the whole thing, so the Lowe’s wood people were the ones I could jump up and down with.