Where did you get your...

Doesn't help you cuz they went out of business, but we got ours at Levitz.

a store on bayshore road in brentwood (right off 5th ave) it was on the right.

Clearly- I have no clue what the name is or if it's even there anymore lol

My parents it is 30 years old .

Recently though my cousin ordered a set from Macy*s and my brother just bough a set from Ikea.

Thanks ladies ! Jen what did you get from Ethan Allen can I see?

Anyone have pics of their stuff?

I want white with a wood finish on top of the dressers. The only one I've seen is in JC Penney... which is cool but some of it is made out of pressed wood. I want it to last for a long time.

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Posted by leafgirl

Thanks ladies ! Jen what did you get from Ethan Allen can I see?

Anyone have pics of their stuff?

I want white with a wood finish on top of the dressers. The only one I've seen is in JC Penney... which is cool but some of it is made out of pressed wood. I want it to last for a long time.

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Plantation Poster Bed

British Classic single dresser

I changed the top knobs to this.

mine was my grandparents; it's about 40 years old - italian provincial, really old school.

my sisters all got theirs at Thomasville.

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Posted by jennandrolo

Ikea. And its not the cheap sawdust stuff that they usually have. this set is so much better quality.

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Same for us. Eventually we'll upgrade but our stuff has been great and is excellent quality.

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Posted by gemmifer
You have to paint it. I chose a offwhite w/semi gloss someone returned a custom color at home depot (got to love that find) $4.79 for the gallon.
Lightly sand each coat and start again each time using mineral spirits
- 3 x to be exact.

Than I used 1 coat of a clear tea stain by Ralph Lauren for the distressed older look.

Next up is sanding it again to pull off some paint in the cracks and marks that got filled in by the offwhite paint.
I used a beer can opener to create more detail of distress.

Wipe down w/towel and Mineral spirits. change to a #0 sandpaper for pits and use a water based polyurethane 3 x.
FYI- Oil base poly will yellow the off white.

All in all not as easy as it appears. After you keep doing it you get the hang of it.

Over all project $15 and my labor

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That sounds time-consuming!!! I hope to do somthing similar with craigslist finds - but only on like a random night table for a guest bedroom!!

Thank you for posting the instructions!!

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Not so bad about 6 days total . I left it I got lazy in btwn.

I have tacked much more time consuming projects like my bedroom amoure That was close to a 2 month project!

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I want to see the armoire put up a pic please

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Ok as promised .. I am posting the pix now on your thread instead of mine


here is the armoire





The antique end tables

The Ethan P's(*note the amber knobs)


The bed



all of it will be changed in the next months for the move I am going GREEN in the new bedroom

JCPenney Home Store

love our set!