This piece is actually a washstand. Before sinks and running water, there was a wash bowl and pitcher of clean water on it and towels hung over the side rails!
@@DesertDIY I have never seen a folding button hook before. My grandmother had one that was hers when she was a teen in 1890. It had a very pretty ivory handle, very fancy. I bet the folding ones were mostly used by men
Restor A Finnish is magic, I use to redo furniture and I was always amazed how new it would look after, I almost felt like I was cheating it was so easy and the results always looked majical🥰💯🥰
I LOVE that makeover! Another beautiful job! The blue is perfect, & that stain worked wonders! And you had me cracking up over your opening presents at Christmas comment. Especially because I always played jokes on my kids when it came to presents. The most memorable was when my youngest wanted a little aquarium-which we bought-but removed from the box. We put the bag of aquarium rocks in the box, so when she opened it up, someone shouted, “Oh look, it’s a box of rocks!” (There *may* have been tears.) Over 20 years & that *still* is a often-told story. They got back at me, though. One year for Mother’s Day they presented me with potting soil. Which I loved. (Hey, it’s what we moms do, amirite?) Then, they brought out the tomato plants...they got me!😂😂
The table honestly looks like an old bedroom dry sink. It just needs the big bowl, water pitcher, a hand towel hanging off one of the side roads, and placed against a wall with a mirror hung on it.
I think the hook thing looks like a Victorian show button hook but I have never seen like this one. Beautiful job on the wash stand. I have one with square nails so it’s old. I took off the top and back and had a stone top put on it and back splash the same as the original pattern. The wood is mahogany or cherry so the marble is cream with faint darker lines and tiny spots of rust red. We turned it into a bathroom sink. I love it
The tool is a button hook. It was used to get the button holes over the buttons that held the top of the shoes together. The shoes were high-topped. It's a pretty old tool! Great find.
Wow that came out so nice. Such a unique piece. I love furniture with character. Cool little tool also. It’s fun to find things like that. I walk around our neighborhood and it’s like a treasure hunt. Never know what you are going to find. Yesterday was trash day and I found an end or could be used for a coffee table hand made and very heavy at one house. It took every ounce of energy I had to carry it back home but I was determined - lol. Then I found a chair and a bunch of other odds and ends - clothes, jacket, lampshade etc. and a neighbor was coming by as I was figuring out how I was going to get that back home and she gave me a ride. My poor hubby never knows what I’m going to bring back to the house lol. It’s fun and a lot of the stuff I clean up and we donate. Will have to see if I can find the restore stuff. That is really awesome. Thank you again for sharing this. What fun!! I thought I had subscribed the other day and I guess i forgot. So doing it now. I enjoy your videos. God bless!!
@@DesertDIY Yes. Trying to have fun no matter what and enjoy life. I used to push my mom around with me in the wheelchair and I could pack some stuff on there lol. I miss her she passed away in June at the age of 92. So I keep walking and “treasure” hunting. It’s kinda like therapy only better!! Have an awesome day!! It’s finally a little “cooler” here in FL. To be only about 80 here today!!
I think this was a small wash stand. The bars would be for towels. The basin and pitcher would sit on the top and combs and brushes would be stored in the drawer. We had a wash stand that was a but larger piece and it had a bar across the back of stand. That restore product is amazing! Beautiful job on this piece!!!
Great choice of color. I Think I would have also had the top wood color, awesome peice to work on, I have a hard time finding interesting pieces like that on. !!!! Beautiful job.
I inherited a sink stand almost exactly like yours, though mine has a bottom shelf. I enjoy mine in natural wood, but also like your painted version. As I am a desert dweller too, I use penetrating tongue oil to 'lube' the sink stand. I keep sweet momentos of my father in it.
I was so thrilled when I got the notification for this video. When I seen you post the viewers choice pic for this I fell in love with how unique the piece is. How amazing to learn it has a back story! The finish really did make the legs pop! Such an amazing transformation!
Actually, it's a skate lacer, to help you lace up ice skates, old-style ski boots, etc. It's never been used for button shoes. How do I know this you ask? I worked in the shoe repair/selling industry for many years, and I was also a figure skater for over 13 years. Had one of these beauties in my skate bag, sure helps you lace up your skates so much easier!
Beautiful piece. That blue really is stunning 😍 I love how you use affordable products and achieve great results. Tfs & take care 🌺 P.S Love the tip about one stain shade darker 😉
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Question: i have and old mirrored piece of furniture that i found in my mother's basement . some of the mirrored pieces came off except the three pieces with an etched in flower design on it. The desk opens up into a vanity. How do i refurbish this piece. It has the dried up glue that was used to place the mirrors on
You would need to have those mirror pieces cut and replace them using glue. the mirror cutting is not something I would DIY but it shouldn't be too expensive I don't think.
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This piece is actually a washstand. Before sinks and running water, there was a wash bowl and pitcher of clean water on it and towels hung over the side rails!
It’s a button hook for shoes. A folding button hook.
So neat! Thank you! I would've never known
@@DesertDIY I have never seen a folding button hook before. My grandmother had one that was hers when she was a teen in 1890. It had a very pretty ivory handle, very fancy. I bet the folding ones were mostly used by men
Very good inference! I bet her button hook was beautiful
Restor A Finnish is magic, I use to redo furniture and I was always amazed how new it would look after, I almost felt like I was cheating it was so easy and the results always looked majical🥰💯🥰
Yes!
It's a button hook for shoes
Thank you Michelle! now i need to look up what kind of shoes close with buttons lol
@@DesertDIY ...really old ones 😂
I LOVE that makeover! Another beautiful job! The blue is perfect, & that stain worked wonders! And you had me cracking up over your opening presents at Christmas comment. Especially because I always played jokes on my kids when it came to presents. The most memorable was when my youngest wanted a little aquarium-which we bought-but removed from the box. We put the bag of aquarium rocks in the box, so when she opened it up, someone shouted, “Oh look, it’s a box of rocks!” (There *may* have been tears.) Over 20 years & that *still* is a often-told story. They got back at me, though. One year for Mother’s Day they presented me with potting soil. Which I loved. (Hey, it’s what we moms do, amirite?) Then, they brought out the tomato plants...they got me!😂😂
The table honestly looks like an old bedroom dry sink. It just needs the big bowl, water pitcher, a hand towel hanging off one of the side roads, and placed against a wall with a mirror hung on it.
You are right!
Great washstand.
That was a beautiful blue on the side table!!
I love the two tone finish. It really came out beautiful!!!
Thank you Nancy
Beautiful. The wood accents are perfect.
I think the hook thing looks like a Victorian show button hook but I have never seen like this one. Beautiful job on the wash stand. I have one with square nails so it’s old. I took off the top and back and had a stone top put on it and back splash the same as the original pattern. The wood is mahogany or cherry so the marble is cream with faint darker lines and tiny spots of rust red. We turned it into a bathroom sink. I love it
It’s beautiful. And the blue looks great. What a great table.
This little table looks like a wash basin and pitcher holder from years gone by. The side “bars” are to hold towels. You did a super job!! Very cute!!
You are so right!
Wow that is so cute!!!! I don’t usually pick blue but that looks gorgeous ❤
A gorgeous piece painted in a beautiful color with a great history. Can't beat that! Nice work, Corey!
Thank you!!!
I have an old desk at home I am dying to paint navy. Your project convinces me it would be so beautiful. I love watching your transformations! 😍
Thank you Beth. Navy is so timeless
I’m positive it is a hook used to button up woman’s shoes in the old days👍🏼
Agreed!
That is so neat!
That’s exactly what it is.
Beautiful job! Great idea to combine navy with natural wood tone. I'm a huge fan of navy💕. Thanks for sharing💕👍
Thanks! Me too!
The tool is a button hook. It was used to get the button holes over the buttons that held the top of the shoes together. The shoes were high-topped. It's a pretty old tool! Great find.
Thanks Joanne
Such an interesting piece of furniture, and the finish...WOW!
Thank you Teri!
Beautiful! I am LOVING everything you do!
Thank you Sarah
Wow that came out so nice. Such a unique piece. I love furniture with character. Cool little tool also. It’s fun to find things like that. I walk around our neighborhood and it’s like a treasure hunt. Never know what you are going to find. Yesterday was trash day and I found an end or could be used for a coffee table hand made and very heavy at one house. It took every ounce of energy I had to carry it back home but I was determined - lol. Then I found a chair and a bunch of other odds and ends - clothes, jacket, lampshade etc. and a neighbor was coming by as I was figuring out how I was going to get that back home and she gave me a ride. My poor hubby never knows what I’m going to bring back to the house lol. It’s fun and a lot of the stuff I clean up and we donate.
Will have to see if I can find the restore stuff. That is really awesome.
Thank you again for sharing this. What fun!!
I thought I had subscribed the other day and I guess i forgot. So doing it now. I enjoy your videos.
God bless!!
Thank you so much and you treasure hunts sound like a blast
@@DesertDIY
Yes. Trying to have fun no matter what and enjoy life.
I used to push my mom around with me in the wheelchair and I could pack some stuff on there lol. I miss her she passed away in June at the age of 92. So I keep walking and “treasure” hunting. It’s kinda like therapy only better!!
Have an awesome day!! It’s finally a little “cooler” here in FL.
To be only about 80 here today!!
Yes its a button hook for shoes. The table is a bedroom table that had and bowl and pitcher on it. The rails on the sides held towels
Yes thank you Jodi
It’s a button hook! This was used to put the wash basin on. That’s why it has towel bars on each side. My grandma called it a wash stand.
Thank you Karen, you are right!
I think this was a small wash stand. The bars would be for towels. The basin and pitcher would sit on the top and combs and brushes would be stored in the drawer. We had a wash stand that was a but larger piece and it had a bar across the back of stand. That restore product is amazing! Beautiful job on this piece!!!
Thank you, I think you are right
Hi Cory...nice find, you made it look amazing....that blue is really in right now...Take care....stay safe...
Thank you Martine. I am very in love with this blue right now
Button hook, have one for a long time. They use to button shoes and boots, Grandma had button up boots.
Thank you Barbara. So cool seeing that people could recognize this tool
Stunning is right - I am looking forward to a Plum piece as well
Excited to do plum
The colour really is STUNNING. That's why I chose it 😉😘
It turned out so well. Thats for the inspiration.
Thank you Laura
Yes NAVY!
Great choice of color. I Think I would have also had the top wood color, awesome peice to work on, I have a hard time finding interesting pieces like that on. !!!! Beautiful job.
Thank you Lydia. These type of pieces really can be hard to find
I inherited a sink stand almost exactly like yours, though mine has a bottom shelf. I enjoy mine in natural wood, but also like your painted version. As I am a desert dweller too, I use penetrating tongue oil to 'lube' the sink stand. I keep sweet momentos of my father in it.
That sounds beautiful
So pretty!
That is so beautiful 🌻💕🌻❤️
Really nice piece. Love the color.
Thank you Cindy
Beautiful! ❤
It’s to button shoes. Pretty cool.
True!
That piece turned out adorable 😊!!! I usually use neutrals also. That blue does suit that piece.
That is a beautiful piece of furniture and you've made it stunning, loved the colour and glad you kept a bit of natural wood showing.x
Thank you Shirley
This is beautiful
I think the tool was used when women wore tall shoes/boots. The would use the tool to pull the loop around the button.
Love that.
Thank you
I love your paint sprayer
Thank you
Very beautiful!!!
Thank you Leah
Beautiful
Love how it turned out so glad you used navy blue.
Thank you Margaret
I hate that color of blue and even I think this is great! Beautiful unique table also. I just love what you did here.
I guess its a color you can't help but like!
It's beautiful!
Thank you!
Looks like an old button hook. Used to close up shoe buttons. They also have them for clothing also.
Thank you Linda!
💜 That is a gorgeous blue. 🌞
I was so thrilled when I got the notification for this video. When I seen you post the viewers choice pic for this I fell in love with how unique the piece is. How amazing to learn it has a back story! The finish really did make the legs pop! Such an amazing transformation!
Thank you so much!
This turned out incredible, that color is just stunning! I love it!
Thank you Kimber!
So pretty!!
Thank you Kim
Beautiful !
Thank you Michelle
Hi Cory! This is so pretty! Thank for sharing the restore a finish.. I was so surprised by how nice it made the wood finish look! 💕
Hi Beth! Its a great product
This is stunning! Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you for watching
Your table is a wash stand for a bowl and pitcher. Is a shoe hook for button up shoes
I think you're right!
Turned out great
Thank you Deb
Oh my, so lovely. Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you Teri
Such a great colour! Those little naked feet are adorable.
Thank you so much Katie! Love all you do!
Love it great job you do rally good work
Thank you!!!
It’s beautiful, good job girl❤️🤗
Thank you so much Kamarie!
You’re welcome ❤️
Gorgeous
Thank you Bobbi
Your "shoe" thingy is a shoe button hook. It's from about 1902. It was used to button shoes.
Beautiful work on a beautiful piece of furniture. Love it ❣️
Thank you Irene
Thanks for the recommend on RestoraFinish. I love my wood. I only clicked to see how much natural wood you left on this lovely washstand.
Thank you for watching!
Really turned out beautifully! Love it!♥️
Thank you!
My mother had original one. It's called wash stand..pitcher bowl was on top, towels on the side.🤔
Yes you are right
Oh my gosh its stunning! I love it. Great job!
Thank you Ann!
Nice .
The tool is a shoe button hook!
Actually, it's a skate lacer, to help you lace up ice skates, old-style ski boots, etc. It's never been used for button shoes. How do I know this you ask? I worked in the shoe repair/selling industry for many years, and I was also a figure skater for over 13 years. Had one of these beauties in my skate bag, sure helps you lace up your skates so much easier!
I think you're right!
the tool looks like a old lacer you know to lace shoes way back when but i could be totally wrong lol
You might be right!
Well done!
Thank you Katrina!
thanks! I learned a lot!
Thank you for watching!
Super cute , hey could you use the restore on the oak cabinets in your home ?? You know builder grade !
And would you still go darker shade 😊?
If they are real wood then yes
Forgot, that table came out so nice.
That tool looks like a button hook that was used on boots in olden times.
Thank you Carol
I love it !! 😍 it looks amazing !!
Thank you Ely!!
Sounds Exciting !
Thank you Anna!
Updating the drawer knob would have been nice....
Beautiful piece. That blue really is stunning 😍
I love how you use affordable products and achieve great results.
Tfs & take care 🌺
P.S Love the tip about one stain shade darker 😉
Thank you so much and thank you for watching!!!
Ficou muito delicado e harmonioso, um abraço do Brasil.
It does look like a Butler! Which is a man's "dressing vanity"
That a lace tightener tool.
I think you are on to something here!
Hi. Great work! Can you link in a comparable spray paint gun and compressor?
Sprayer is on sale for 9.99 right now
www.harborfreight.com/painting/paint-sprayers/20-oz-hvlp-gravity-feed-air-spray-gun-62300.html
Comparable air compressor
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Beautiful makeover. What type of paint and what is the color?
Wow, it is beautiful! I’m just not a fan of the legs in the stain. Job well done ❤️
Thank you! 😊
Really cool! I think it would be precious in a teenage girl’s room😉. Good job Corey (is that the correct spelling?)
Might be old button hook for shoes
Button up shoes.
Very cool
@@DesertDIY I sell them in my resale shop. Good job on your make over.
Question: i have and old mirrored piece of furniture that i found in my mother's basement . some of the mirrored pieces came off except the three pieces with an etched in flower design on it. The desk opens up into a vanity. How do i refurbish this piece. It has the dried up glue that was used to place the mirrors on
You would need to have those mirror pieces cut and replace them using glue. the mirror cutting is not something I would DIY but it shouldn't be too expensive I don't think.
Can i change it and sand down the vanity piece and keep the original glass piece on top?
Can you email me some pictures of it? desertdiytime@gmail.com
If possible I'm not feeling well lately. I will send you a picture of it
I appreciate you taking out time to help me
Did you leave the initials exposed?
Yes, absolutely
Sorry I can't help, I have already subscribed🤷♀️
Thank you!!!
🇧🇷🤩🤗🙊❤💯 amei....
Beautiful!