ChetlovesMer Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Look at this. I remembered seeing an old workbench with a hutch added on top in an antique shop a while back. I thought I'd do a quick search and look what I found at Pottery Barn. Okay, it's no longer available, but if you don't have a use for an old workbench any more, just build a hutch on top of it and sell it. Looks like you can make enough money on it to finance a new workbench. By the way, the one I saw in the antique shop was for sale for $2800 and they wanted around $1300 to add the hutch. The bench was clearly old and actually really used. The hutch was "distressed" to match and sort of did match, but you could tell it was a lot more recent. http://www.potterybarn.com/products/markham-console-bar/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 The reclaimed distressed look is a dream come true for furniture retailers. It seems like since the dawn of time furniture retailers have been looking for ways to upsell pine. My parents and in laws had rooms full of glazed and speckle painted pine with legs chewed up from vacuum cleaner collisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Ugh, I can't build any solid natural wood pieces for my parents house because "anything" I make has to match the painted and distressed look of the other pieces in the house. What's the point of having a son who is a woodworker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted August 6, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 If "distress" sells, then Graham has a fortune sitting in his shop with his bench 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I donated my old one to a beginning woodworker to learn on. Looks like I should of made some money from it instead...lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChetlovesMer Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Graham, you're sitting on a gold mine. Add a hutch, beat the bejesus out of it, and find a antique shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 But isn't Graham across the pond? I'd hope that in a country where a 200 year old home is "new", they have a different attitude about distressed antiques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Yes even over here in the UK people would pay silly money for things like this and distressed is very popular ( but not with me). I think it is a great idea as it is aged naturally rather than having car keys and chains thrown at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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