I was at a friend’s apartment when I noticed just how, well, pretty her bed was. What happened? That thing used to be an ugly piece of mangled wood that resembled a cat scratching post. And it was always uncomfortable to sit on, much less lie down on. Actually, the whole room looked kind of bad. I mean, one of the dresser drawers was completely missing, and another was stuck most of the time. In short, the bedroom was a complete mess. How did you do it, I asked. She told me her refurbishing secrets, which I am now passing on to you.

First, she told me she replaced the number one bedroom furniture priority: the bed. She opted to upgrade her bedroom with contemporary furniture and bought a platform bed. They are low-profile, meaning they only rise about three or four inches off the ground, and don’t need a box spring, which save her about five hundred bucks. I hadn’t even thought about a platform bed before. It looks much sleeker and sophisticated than her old bed, and she used the money she saved not having to buy a box spring on two new nightstands that match the platform bed.

Next, she started looking around for a new mattress. Her chiropractor was sick of seeing her, I guess. She said she looked for one with an inner material made of foam, since she’s so allergic to a lot of synthetic stuff. They’re kind of expensive in my opinion, but she says it’s totally worth the money. She also found some organic cotton sheets that she said helped improve her sleep tremendously. Plus, they’re eco-friendly, so now she’s green while she sleeps.

Lastly, she said the dresser had to go (finally, she learned). She bought another dresser in the same color as the bed, but not from the same collection. I know what you’re thinking—why wouldn’t she just buy the entire bedroom set? She’s kind of quirky and likes things to mismatch ever so slightly. So she ended up with a three-drawer dresser that looks very similar to her new platform bed and nightstands, but isn’t. Go figure.

And while she was buying, she ended up picking up some closet organizers and a new mirror so she can store her massive collection of jeans and try them on before going out. Smart move, sister, smart move.

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Looking for some Dark furniture wax to restore my Sourav furniture?
I have a few pieces of furniture from the Sourav Collection at Cost Plus World market. It's a dark mahogany wood imported from India i believe. I had watermarks that i wanted to remove and id' used some steel wool to remove the top layer of wax only to realize they use like a tinted wax and the furniture isn't actually stained. I was planning on buffing off old wax with steel wool and restoring it with a new coat of regular paste wax like ive done on other furniture.

Recently I've been to other houses and have seen how worn they get, and it looks like bare wood in the worn areas. I'd like to find some tinted or dark waxes that will bring the right color back does anyone have any recommendations?

Liberon makes different colored paste wax's for wood finishing but that would be expensive to buy several just to find the right color.

Go to the link then click sourav on the left links to see them:

http://www.worldmarket.com/Furniture/lev/0/sectionId/2868/N/1100002/index.cat

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