My favor place to shop these days is definitely Savers. I can easily get to two locations in my area. There are three additional stores on my way to Boston. I have a system I use to scout the store. The first place I go is the housewares in search of "always looking for" items. I am always on the hunt for off- white serving pieces. I then go to the furniture department, followed by the shoes, bags and final the dresses.
A few weeks back after weekend long meeting I dropped into the Framingham location and found this piece. It was love at first sight but we have a new rule in my house since the broken foot fall.I am not allowed near furniture without my husband's help. I decide to chance it, it was only $14.00. I managed to drag it to the register. While waiting in line I struck up a friendship with a lovely union sanitation worker from Boston. Its interesting how a good deal can lead to a friendly conversation. He helped me get it into the car and off I went.
On the way home I decided that I would paint it white because the green had that early 90's look to it and it was chipped pretty badly. I did notice it had a citron green poking through in a few spots, that, I liked. The doors were sealed shut and one of the knobs was missing. When I got home I had to con my husband into bring it into the house and down the dreaded stairs to the basement. He's standard reply " what are you going to do with that". I convinced him it would be awesome and went to work.
The more I looked at the green I started to think it might work. I took
the sander to it to smooth out the chips and reveal a little more of the paint below. I took
off and adjusted the doors. I gave it a coat of Johnson's Paste Wax and put on
some new knobs. The knobs and the wax cost more than the blanket chest. Husband had to admitted it is one of his favorite pieces.
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