a little elbow grease and it's "new" again...

A few years ago one of Scott's friends had given us a few pieces of bedroom furniture after his father had passed away. We were HUGE fans of dark wood (dark walnut to be exact...) furniture, so this was RIGHT up our alley!! Anyway, the cedar chest was in GREAT shape, except the top fabric cushion area was a little worn. So, fast forward through a bunch of years of kids and cats crawling all over the place and now it's worse. So, over the weekend mom Reedell took me down to the "fabric pile" in the basement and we picked out a few pieces that would "probably work". I brought them home and found that the linen one would be perfect. I put it all together and it looks fantastic!! And to make the story even better, Scott's grandfather had brought that linen fabric over from Poland years ago and it had never been used... so I'm happy to have a piece of the Reedell history as a part of our bedroom furniture. So, after putting the chest back together, sanding down the inside (to restore the GREAT cedar scent), touching up any scratches, and then polishing it, it looks as good as new!!

before picture.... after pictures....