Wardrobe

This was a wardrobe that took me about 9 months starting in the winter of 2009. This was also found at the Deseret Industries on 7th South in Salt Lake. When I first found it the sticker price was $200 dollars. We were newly married and I couldn't justify spending $200 on an old piece of furniture. I couldn't stop thinking about the wardrobe and the following week I went back to see if it was still there, and it was. I spoke to the manager and haggled her down to $150. It was still a lot of money for an old hammered piece of furniture, but it was well worth it. The woods are amazing. The piece weighs a ton as it is solid oak, veneered with amazing woods. I don't know what kind of woods they are. I have never seen woods that look so marbled, and have such a sheen to them. 

Don't mind the royal blue carpet...

These are the only original pictures I have of the piece. These pictures were actually taken on my cell phone so that I could show my dad and ask his opinion. This is as it sat on the D.I. Floor.

 A lot of the veneer was chipped and broken along the edges. I ended up using wood filler to fill it, and it took the stain nicely.

This was in my dad's garage during the tear down and repair process.

This was during the stain process. When I went to stain the corner posts they were such a hard, closed grain wood that they would not take any stain. To get around this I would just wipe on the oil based stain thick and not wipe it off. I ended up doing on the framing and moldings black. 

I believe the old hardware is pewter. 

I spent a ton of time on this piece, as I sanded, stained, and cleared all parts, even the inside of the drawers. 

The three top drawers, the center crest, and a small detail piece on the bottom center are all this amazing wood.

The inside is half drawers and half hanging wardrobe. The hanging mechanism actually slides out so you can access all your clothes.