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Takes a few hours and several maps to do each drawer inside and out...
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Decoupage detail: I opted for tearing over cutting so this is, more properly, "déchirage". Cutting did not give a natural shape to the map pieces whereas tearing did. I didn't want the thing to look like the Middle East! #déchirage
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With the stripped draws back in.... Next job, decoupage the drawers with the remaining maps before 4 coats of clear lacquer.
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An afternoon with maps and glue...
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This is SO going to work!
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Mod podge and 1960s French road maps.... Will need some more variety but can't wait to get started.... Will have to! Off to explore Sicily and Mt. Etna tomorrow! #wardrobetrunk #Sicily
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As suspected, relining parts of the wardrobe trunk is hardest. I'm NOT making a decent fist of it either..... Might have to rethink. Impossible to match fabric, don't want to reline the entire thing. Not looking good.
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One side left and then we start on the interior.... #wardrobetrunk
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This is really starting to look the part...
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Excised a large section of perished lining and removed debris. Thinking of replacing ONLY the rear and bottom planes with replacement fabric and cleaning the remainder.
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New handles fitted to the wardrobe trunk, exterior view. #wardrobetrunk #renovation
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Back to the wardrobe trunk and I've punched out the handle pins, slipped in the new leather handles and added the bolts. Ground off the excess....