Painting an Heirloom - Motivation Monday

Painting an Heirloom

I love painting furniture,

so last week I painted a piece that's been in my family

for years,

and the scene has also been

 rolling around in my brain for years.

 

This is a cedar chest my uncle who is 87, made for my mom when he was in high school.

My mom would have been 90, so this piece is about

 70 years old.

We had a huge rain storm 2 weeks ago and water got in our basement where this has been.

So, I thought it was a perfect time to take it out to my studio

and get started on it.

So after all the sucking up water with shop vacs, carpet cleaning, removing and replacing baseboards, and running industrial fans for 72 hours,

I emptied it out and we took it out to my studio.

I had it sitting up on a table so it was almost at eye level.

 

It's a large cedar chest and I cannot remember a time this wasn't in my home. 

 My mom gave it to me about 70 years ago when she moved to Florida.

 It has been painted all sorts of colors over the last 70 years or so.

 

 And here is a close up of the finished product.

I guess this proves that we're never too old to be useful.

We're never too old to try something new.

We're never too old to shine!

And this 70 year old cedar chest does shine!

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