Builditlikebecker (@builditlikebecker)_2
and I’d (probably) do it again ♀️ #furnitureflip #furnitureflipper #beforeandafterfurniture #refurbish #diyfurnituremakeover #furnituremakeover #DIY
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00:00I got this dresser for free, and I'm gonna make it less ugly while making me more money.
00:03On another episode of turning free things into cha-chings!
00:06Come along!
00:08Wait, watch this.
00:09Parkour!
00:10Okay, now I'm ready, let's go.
00:12Let's see what we're working with, shall we?
00:13Perfect, only like one or two scratches.
00:15Don't worry, that's normal.
00:17So is that.
00:17She definitely needs a good clean, that's for sure.
00:19Because believe it or not, the hardware on this thing is not black.
00:22It's actually brass.
00:23And what you're seeing is...
00:24Years of finger juices!
00:26Ew, gross!
00:27Upon further inspection, I realized that three drawer glides had to be replaced.
00:30I'm now realizing this is gonna be a lot of work.
00:33It better be worth it!
00:34Wait, ooh, I found money!
00:35Look at that!
00:36A return on investment already!
00:38Before we start fixing anything, these gotta go.
00:39I simply cannot look at them any longer.
00:41They're tacky, and I hate them.
00:43Yeet!
00:44Speaking of destroying things...
00:45Let's make this worse!
00:46Much better!
00:47This thing also had a good amount of water damage.
00:49But you know, when I saw it listed for free on the Facebook marketplace, I said...
00:51I'm sure someone in need could use that.
00:53Or I could pick it up and try to fix it.
00:54For money.
00:55I think we figured out the decision I made.
00:56Time to scuff sand!
00:58Zzzzzzzzzz
01:00Everything has been officially scuff sanded, and it's time to fill!
01:03I honestly had the worst time filling.
01:04It was truly terrible.
01:05I don't wanna talk about it.
01:06But I do wanna show you how I rebuilt the edges.
01:08Because this is not an easy area to fix, so I need you to watch and validate me, please.
01:11Thank you!
01:12Put some tape behind it.
01:13Put a long piece of wood behind the tape!
01:15Now it's time to get funky!
01:17Scoop the goop now!
01:19Spread it out!
01:20Take it back now, ya'll.
01:22I just feel like my dad would be proud of me using my brain.
01:24Dad, what do you think about what I just showed you?
01:26wow you are so incredibly smart i am so proud to call you my favorite daughter
01:35got it got it while the filler is filling i primed the drawers
01:41and because this is oak it's super grainy which i kind of feel like is a little inconvenient about
01:46and the reason i prefer not painting it mostly but it needs to be filled in if it's gonna look
01:49like a smooth paint job so so i'm gonna give this a go i'll tell you how i like in the meantime i
01:52tricked my dad into hanging out with me in the garage we're drilling new holes for hardware i'm
01:56sorry if you like the original hardware but there's no way i was cleaning that amount of hand sludge
02:00off those handles and i didn't like them anyway after three long days and long nights of filling
02:04this stupid thing i mean this dresser that i so gratefully got for free i was finally able to
02:09prime the body how low can you go can you go down low all the way to the flow how low can you go and
02:16after the first round of priming we have lots of grain as expected and bleed through as expected
02:21the perks of painting oak that's why you need this primer a water-based stain blocking primer
02:25it seals the tannin bleed through and it's safer for you go see look how beautiful my second round
02:30of primer is i'm finding it hard to believe we're in heaven and yet there were still unfilled things
02:37to be filled this is why we prime prime this is why we prime prime this is why this is why this
02:42is why we prime prime i apologize that was just embarrassing i hope i don't put that in this week's
02:46video oh i guess i thought trying second time might help it clearly did not somebody took my
02:51phone away please now allow me to give my full review on this grain filler first thought
02:54immediately yogurt specifically you'll play playing yogurt second thought easy to spread
02:59third thought very easy to sand and we like that fourth thought i hope i'm applying this correctly
03:04yes i read the directions i just want to make sure my form's okay good fella how's the form
03:07and then for what felt like years but realistically was about a week i was finally ready for paint i
03:11hope you didn't forget about the broken drawer rails i sure didn't but instead of buying new
03:14drawer rails we're gonna make new drawer rails because i have more time than i have money and
03:17i also have a dad that's good at fixing things because he's dad and he fixes things not gonna
03:22stop there put it all together called it a flip but if we're not doing the most then what are we
03:25doing we're adding a new base which long story short home depot did not have the wood we needed
03:29so we improvised with some scrap maple we had and can we just give a round of applause to the mvp
03:33daddy obeka because this took us all day by the time we got the wood flatten the wood measured
03:37the wood cut the wood assembled the wood it was 10 p.m and then you know what i had the audacity to
03:42do ruin it this is what we call a bad job this is what we call being stupid because i forgot to
03:46sand again after cleaning up the glue with water but i fixed it don't worry and big reveal now let
03:51me be honest with you because i'm not in the business of lying i'm in the business of furniture
03:55flipping this was not worth the amount of work but it's cute though would i do it again yeah i'm
03:59probably dumb enough to do it again what can i say i love the word free and i also love money
04:03but more realistically this dresser would have ended up in the trash even if somebody in need
04:06was the one that picked it up and i'll say it again for those in the back just because you're
04:09poor does not mean you deserve trash now how much do you think i can sell this for say a big number
04:13please