It has been a two-month project but the refinishing of an antique Hoosier cabinet, dating back to the 1920's, is complete. The top photo shows what I started with on the exterior. On the interior were at least two coats of white paint that covered a lot of nice stuff. I stripped, sanded, stained and finished with three coats of urethane and think it's much improved. One of my objectives was to keep it as authentic as I could so none of the hardware was replaced. I did leave out a pine shelf that had been added to the tall section because it wasn't original nor well done. One piece of glass for the windows had to be replaced due to breakage and I wasn't able to salvage a watercolor that was behind the window on the left (but I didn't care for it anyway). Some features I like are the metal band around the shelf in the roll top section, the spice bins that hang on the right upper door, the wire rack on the lower door and largest section and, of course, that roll top door. I was fearful I would ruin it so it wouldn't open after stripping, etc. but it came through beautifully. And I think it unique that it opens from the top down rather than vice versa. I should mention that the typical metal counter between the two sections was missing so we replaced that with wood that I painted. We aren't sure that's a permanent solution but it is working for now. Was it worth all that mess, time, tedious scraping? Absolutely. I like it much better and will enjoy having it in the house filled with a variety of antiques from a similar period of time.
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