We needed a filing cabinet at home, but I wasn't ready to let in a hulking metal container in the house. So I got this nice and plain wooden chest.
I thought I'd clean it up, find it a nice spot in the house, and that would be my secret filing cabinet. But this piece of furniture hid a few secrets.
I stripped the wood and found that it had stains. The water stains I can stand. It's the ink that really annoyed me. Plus.
A chunk of wood had been chipped of and the gap was filled with what looked like cement. Classy.
The part where the hinges were placed were also rotten.
Point of the story: be careful when purchasing painted furniture. But even if the wood is not pristine, there's no reason for you to discard it.
Save your furniture, save the world.
