this video is sponsored by hellofresh hello everyone katie here from salvaged by k scott
i am a furniture flipper and you can usually find me here on the channel updating worn out outdated
and abandoned pieces of furniture with paint but today i am going to try something that i have
never attempted before i've been wanting to recreate the lacquered linen or linen
wrapped furniture style for quite some time today i'm going to take the plunge and attempt
to cover this beautiful vintage waterfall style dresser in actual fabric i have no
idea how this is going to turn out but i'm excited to bring you guys along for the ride
i totally lucked out with this dresser like i said i found it on the curb it was there for someone
like me to scoop it up obviously the previous owner had already started their own makeover
but gave up after doing all of the hard work and completely strip sanding this piece so i don't
really need to do too much before i start on my own design i do want to fill in this inlay detail
on the top drawer so that i end up with a nice smooth finish i used some of this wood filler and
a putty knife just to fill in that inlay and then came back after a few hours and sanded it smooth
the rest of the dresser is pretty rough from being sanded with a coarse grit and i'm actually going
to leave it like that and use this texture to my advantage it should help my fabric make a
really good bond and i do also want to prime this dresser with my usual bin shellac based primer
this primer is going to give me a bright white background but more importantly it's going to keep
any wood tannins from leeching up out of the wood over time that might potentially stain my fabric i
did two coats of primer one immediately after the other and then once it was dry i moved everything
inside the house so that i could work on this in my kitchen and not have to worry about getting the
fabric dirty on my garage floor the day before i stopped in at my local fabric store to see
what i could find i wanted a fabric that was kind of a medium weight so that i could mold it around
the curves and details on my dresser but not too thin that you'd be able to see through it i also
wanted a neutral color and obviously the best deal that i could find i finally ended up with this
beige kind of tweed that was on sale so i had them cut me two meters which ended up costing me 23.50
i laid the dresser on its side so i could work on a flat surface
and loosely measured out what i needed to cover that side
i brushed a thick layer of mod podge over the entire side
and then i placed my fabric down and smoothed it into that glue with my hands
i used my fingers to press it into the corners and the edges along this inset panel and then
i watered down some more of that mod podge and applied a layer over the top of the fabric as well
the mod podge over the top is actually going to act kind of like a starch and stiffen up the
fabric so that i'll be able to cut it really easily and not have it fray once it's dry
it should give me some nice clean seams while i waited for that side panel to
dry i moved on to the drawers with the exact same technique
wow
i left all of that to dry for a few hours and when i came back to cut away the excess
and move on to the next section i noticed that while my fabric was stuck it wasn't stuck enough
it came up off of the primed surface way too easily and i was worried that if i left it like
that the edges would start lifting and the whole thing would fall apart with the slightest touch
so i went ahead and trimmed the overhang with a brand new really sharp razor blade
while i thought about how i was going to stick this stuff down in a more permanent way
i ended up running to walmart really quick and grabbing some of this gorilla spray glue in hopes
of a better bond i lifted up the fabric wherever i could and sprayed that gorilla glue underneath
luckily this made a super fast and extremely solid bond so i felt totally confident now
moving forward with this combination instead
gorilla glue to stick the fabric to the dresser and then that diluted mod podge over the top
good
so
as each section dried and stiffened up i used my razor to cut away the excess
i just leaned the blade against the surface and followed the lines of the piece
i didn't want to wrap the fabric around the edges of the drawers or the inside lip of the dresser
because that would be adding a lot of bulk and these drawers already have a tight fit so i
don't want the excess fabric to be interfering with the way that the drawers open and close
it took me all day to get this thing covered and after all of that fiddling i am ready for an easy
dinner that i don't have to think about too much and my weekly hello fresh meal kit delivery showed
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including free shipping i think this one was a winner way too early the next morning i painted
the edges of the drawers with this driftwood color by country chic it matches my fabric really well
and it blends into the design pretty seamlessly i also decided to paint the outsides and the insides
of the drawers which i usually frown upon but i think it's the right choice here i just want
to leave this channel where the drawers slide free from paint again so i'm not affecting the
way that the drawers move and before i finish up i want to add one more coat of protection
i could use some more mod podge for this but i emptied my entire container yesterday
on the first round so i'm gonna brush on a thick coat of this matte poly by bear
this should completely seal up the fabric and make this piece wipeable and less susceptible to stains
here it is it started off as someone else's abandoned project and now i think it looks
pretty amazing it's definitely not perfect the bottom drawer ended up drying in two
different colors so i'm gonna have to go back and try and fix that somehow
but overall i don't think it's too bad for a first attempt at a new technique
i really hope that this project has inspired you to look at some of your own furniture pieces a
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that you never miss out on any furniture flipping inspiration and i will catch you guys next time