The top also had chipped veneer on the edges and deep gouges all the way across the top. When working on furniture don’t forget to turn it up on it’s back so you can get all the spider eggs and cobwebs from the bottom of the piece. I took the shop vac to it first then cleaned it all over with Simple Green. I was also in that narrow drawer opening with hardly any room to navigate. I didn’t get any photos of me nailing the pieces into place because I had a hard enough time holding the trim in place with one hand and the nail gun with the other. I cut the skinny trim pieces the right length the used my handy dandy Ryobi brad nailer to nail them in just the right place below the divider soon to be shelf. I went to our wood stash and found the perfect support pieces for the divider. The divider was attached firmly to the back of the entertainment center but each side needed a little reinforcement. In order to be sure the divider between the drawers was strong enough to handle a cable box I first removed the center runner on the top of the divider. I’ve told you before that I’m a lazy DIY’er and I haven’t changed. It took a bit of work to get that shelf the way I wanted it without going all out which would have been way too much work for me. One of those large TV’s can sit on the top and the Roku, cable box, whatever, can sit on the shelf where there was a drawer at one time. I’m not sure if it was a dresser, dining room piece or what but now it’s an entertainment center. Here you can see what a mess the pieces was in. Remember, I told you there was a big difference in the before and after. I painted the furniture with a can of oops paint then faux distressed the edges and details with a layering block. Today is also the Furniture Fixer Upper Tour so you know you’re in for a treat. I’ll share all the nitty gritty details with you. Between the JTS and I we totally updated and re-created the sideboard now turned entertainment center. I think all of the furniture pieces together were less than $40. Ya’ll, this is a beauty and to see the before and after….wow, what a difference! This large piece was an auction buy along with a few other large pieces all in bad condition.
You can paint and distress fake wood furniture (also known as MDF) and here's how you do it!
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