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Antique Side Table Chooses Life

From what I can tell via research, it was manufactured between 1912 and 1933 in Jamestown, NY at the Empire Case Goods store.

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It was beat up, the finish was crackly and just wasn’t pretty.

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It needed help to live again and I was willing to revive it!
So we cleaned, sanded, repaired and then painted it with Old Fashioned Milk Paint, a gift from the company since I’m an OFMP Brand Blogger.
Basically it just means that I find amazing furniture with potential and paint it, blog about it, and you get to see how cool the OFMP is. It’s a pretty good deal for all three of us!

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I mixed up a few paint colors (OFMP comes as a powder) and found that at different times of the day, depending on the lighting, it can look plum, brown or even gray.

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Here it is lookin’ brown. I call this piece Pepper after my mom since she loved plum. I wish she was here to enjoy it!
I used a white to dry brush the details, and added Tung oil as a finish, also a gift from OFMP.

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The original knob was too yellow after I cleaned it up, so I bought a new silver knob at Hobby Lobby.
If you’re interested in the tutorial or more details on color, just hop on over to my post at Love My DIY Home at the link below. “Pepper” now needs to find a home! This one will be hard to let go!
Go to the link and say, “Hello” in a comment and let me know how you like Pepper!

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