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Refurbishing grandma's bookcase

Created: Dec 13, 2012

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I inherited my great-grandma's old bookcase a few years ago. It was in decent structural condition but was pretty ugly, and it took me a long time to mess with it because of the sentimental value. However, I cleaned it up, sanded it down and painted it, added new knobs for the top drawer...and viola! I love it! And I'm pretty sure my grandma won't mind.

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