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I love it! I always love your style.

I subscribed to you after seeing your kitchen renovation, I love your ability to put together found objects and recycled materials. This transcends any trend or fashion and gives a space a timeless, unique feel. My home is nearly completely furnished with thrifted items. My friends love my home and tell me it feels warm and homely, which is exactly how I try to make it. As an artist, my living areas are full of my work, and I kind of treat it like an open studio/gallery. I’m happy when I sell one, because it makes room for another, and the space is constantly changing. Keep up the great work; it’s a rare thing to find someone’s taste that resonates so much with mine!

You can tell you are a VISIONARY being able to see potential in all these pieces I've definitely passed on! This video is great and I bet you are now saving a lot of poor furniture pieces from the landfill!

Great tips, Andrew! Love the lamp with the “flame” look. It reminded me of the Olympic flames. I have a tip for you. I have recently been made aware of Howard FeedNWax with beeswax and orange oil polish and conditioner. After years of purchasing many kinds of furniture polish, I have been amazed how this product works. Having inherited many antiques from my late parents, I bought this product at Home Depot here in Georgia. A 16 oz. Bottle was only $9.98. It has revived so many of my antiques. You might want to try it on some of your finds. I’m telling you that it is superb! A little goes a long way too. No sanding required. Just get dirt and dust off item and apply the product and follow directions. Great video.

Love this format. Definitely more, please. Love the flower X-ray, but not the black background, nor the glass.

Thanks for letting us in behind the scenes! I am a speech and debate coach. Your eyes are just fine! As long as when you do look at the camera you are sincere, it's all good! And you do look sincere-- So bravo! Love all your content, been following for a few years. The bedroom is smashing! A huge Reissued fan!

I love the idea of a window seat. But, like you, I think they can be uncomfortable. You could top it with a super thick piece of foam wrapped in quality quilt batting. Make a slip cover and have a seat. The window seat would be great extra seating for a square or rectangle table.

Great video, as always! I love windows seats! My inner 90s teenager needs to have a place to read and write in my diary 😄. It would look great with those shelves around the window, great idea! I have worked in a thrift store and I don't think people understand just how much stuff there is that is coming through thrift stores and that is broken or unwanted. We have so much furniture and things around that altering thrift finds is, in my opinion, totally fine. It needs to be used instead of going to the landfill. I don't think anything is too antique to be untouched, well a few things, but they're probably already in museums. If someone cuts up 100 year old furniture instead of buying it on Amazon, that's a win! I actually liked the striped chairs, I envision myself sitting in one with a cup of tea and a book in my library (that I don't have).

Fun to see. Would be cool if you actualy purchased the items, flipped them, and sold them (maybe for ypur fave charity?....Or for your job at HFH on social media to promote buying second hand? *Get revenue for your creativity!) Couple things- Please ANNOUNCE in the beginning the cost of each item. This provides a much needed context for the rest of your description on how to flip it. Secondly, many people like myself watch from a phone, and we absolutely can't easily see those tiny price tags without stopping the video and trying to enlarge the picture. Not good. Lastly, you did a much better job maintaining eye contact into the camera Andrew on this video than I have seen before. In the past it was hard to watch because you always looked away to the corner and your eyes darrted back and forth a *ton. Today was muchhh better! 👍😊 Good job.

I find ten minutes scrub with Barkeepers Friend livens up most older metals, and then a dab of polish with Howard Feed n' Wax on older wood. After checking with an expert I did this for a 100 year old Singer sewing machine cabinet. It doesnt reverse any damage, but it makes the wood look a lot better, gives it some moisture back and gives it a new surface seal. Something like that first spiral lamp you can also use a tinted oil or wax to even the tone and fill in any little light colored dings. The table lamp - I'd go Victorian. Replace the glass with wood or faux marble, paint the metal flat black and use some bronze Rub n Buff for a vintage metal look, and then a fancy finish on the urn - ideally I'd do a faux porcelain craquelure finish on a dark cinnabar red. and then of course a fancy victorian lamp shade in red and gold tassels. Minimalism is all well and nice but sometimes going all in on details is good too. ;)

Do not worry about trends. Your house is designed around a combination of the style of the home and the designs that pleases you. If you tend toward Classic there is little fear.

I'm here to give a shout out to your dad's sweet shirt

We are not perfect. People need to accept things just as they are.

Maybe you could sew a Roman shade for it?

Stunning result, wow! Did you gold leaf that nook? Looks like it glows from within! Everything looks like it "just fits." And the womb chair is a nice touch of modern too. Really lovely.

"When is it ok to modify vintage finds?" As long as it's personal property you can whatever you want with it. If you want it for firewood go for it.

I like painting the wingback chairs 9:31 . I'd probably want the cushions upholstered for more comfortable seating and giving the chairs a two-toned look. Adding cushions to the window seating would make them more comfortable and inviting and I think Queenie would appreciate that, too. It's always nice to have extra seating available.

Minwax gelstain. It comes in many stain colors. I have used it dozens of times on everything from kitchen cabinets to baseboards to frames. It lasts forever and has no real sheen. It will change your life. Remember that the eye sees contrast so if you can disguise it you can “look” right past flaws and scratches. This keeps stuff out of the landfill and lets us enjoy it without replacing and wasting our resources!

Love this so much! ❤️

This is what I do everyday - try to reinvent in my head what to do with items of partial potential! But I am curious how you get the visual renderings of them? Are you just finding pieces that look similar or actually using a program to photograph and colorize? Anyway, I really enjoyed this whole video and to me a rectangular table would work better than a round one in front of the window but then I've never been a fan of round tables since you're so far away from your guests. But possibly two or three square tables so it can be put together to be one long table or broken up as needed is always a versatile perk

I LOVE the idea of making a window seat unit out of that piece! It's not something I ever would've thought of seeing that at the thrift store. So smart!!

Yes to window seat.. go with your gut! The round table feels right for your space, so I’d just p the scale of it. Great recycle suggestions… you have a gift!

I love your ideas of revamping out dated pieces of furniture. They way you look at each piece and come up with several ideas is genius. I feel like we should send you photos of what we have and how with a bit of time and tlc we could make them fit our style. I recently saw an old wall unit that was 4 separate pieces, updated, for a walk in wardrobe. It was painted and hanging space inserted in between each section. Extra shelves added for folded clothes. We all know how expensive it is to have a good looking system is, and this is such a cheap good looking solution.

I love the window seat idea, ESPECIALLY in an area with limited dining seating. Otherwise, however, the L-units would make a terrific home for plants, books, or collectibles -- or any combination thereof. Another option: instead of chopping them apart to make a window seat or low shelf, why not stand both with the tall sides on either side of the window and set a comparably-simple table, chest, or bench between them, in front of the window? Since you're already using the area for dining, it could serve as a sideboard and open china cabinet.

⭐️💖😊🙏 cool items

I liked this first desk a lot. I could really imagine modifying it for my space. I like the functional yet stylish retro look of it. Maybe in green (as you said) or black or blackish brown. Maybe even burgundy. Although I don't know how that would look with the wooden top. The idea/concept of cutting a round table in half and put it on a wall is also quite cool. I don't like round tables in full a lot. 😅 Maybe you should reconsider dismounting the metal lamp you saw for your wall! I think you don't even need a battery operated bulb, you just could plug it in. It could be perfect! The seating bench project/idea is amazing!! Glad you bought the pieces, they are great! ..I think the only occasion where I strongly dislike (😅) modifying a piece is, when people sand down a beautiful wooden piece just to then paint it grey or taupe or beige. 🙈 I always wonder "Why??"!!.. If you really feel the urge to paint wood in perfect condition, then at least do it in a crazy, interesting colour (like neon pink, pastel mint/blue or maybe even gold or sth.). But not in one of those *conservative/restraint, boring (and ridiculous) pseudo natural colours!* I hate that! 😅😅 Great video! Love you. ❤

For the window seat, maybe a couple of chunky square cushions, one on top of the other, angled. The rest of the space as a shelf with a plant. That way, you can see if you would actually use it as a seat or a shelf. I like how it will frame your window. If there is something im not sure of, I tend to put it in and leave it for a week or two, then see if I like it or not.

Love this 😍 Good job on this ❤

Old English furniture polish will hide scratches and other damage in the finish of wooden pieces. So will Howard's Restore-A-Finish. Howard's Feed-N-Wax makes the inside of drawers smell wonderful, and slicks up the sides so drawers glide easily. LIGHTLY worn upholstery can be disguised by placing crochet doilies over the spot and pinning them in place so they mimic antimacassars. Things that have antique value should not be painted or restyled, but vintage furniture that has always been painted is fair game -- that white French Prov furniture is a great makeover project. Time is often unkind to the white finish, and a fresh coat of paint can make it like new again. Or if you have one part of a vintage item, say just the headboard of a bed frame, painting it is acceptable, especially when the finish is already shot. Laminated furniture is always eligible for a makeover with paint, but I hate to see quality wood painted if it can be refinished.

Window seats are great if you include pillows for back support

This is great, thanks for your thoughts. (Of course, I happen to agree with you, so you validate me. Haha.) I love hearing your thoughts on thrift-able pieces rather than only seeing befores/afters. I think it sparks the imagination in us. More, please!

10:47 These type of round tall table is often used to fill the void space of a curved staircase, or ones that wrap around 2 sides of the wall. You put a tall statement vase with tall branches, with smatterings of knickknacks or candles around it. You could chop it in half, which understandably very scary. But you'll get a pair of this identical table which will look nice if you need to fill a narrow hallway. Pair it with large mirrors and nice sconces. Although you'll need two more identical lathe legs for that, and a lot more work.

Fun video. You're very creative. Window seats are great if they have a cushion. Wide enough, a place to read. Narrow ones are a perfect perch at a cocktail party.

i like that you flipped the shelving units so they are more like a bench. Would they work as benches for your foyer? And put some storage underneath? I am not sure if I would place them against the window.

Love, love window seats!

I’m looking forward to the up cycling.

All good ideas.

When we moved a couple of years ago, the previous owners left some furniture behind. One of the items was a gigantic tv cabinet from the 90s. We ended up putting it in one of the bedrooms to use as storage. I would eventually like to put in shelves on the inside at some point, but right now I have a small cabinet with drawers inside the cabinet, it looks a little weird, but it does hold stuff. Re: window seats, I do think they look really nice, but to be honest, I wouldn't spend a lot of time sitting at them. They are more aesthetic rather than functional. Perhaps I would use it as a plant stand instead?

Just found your channel on the end I am an immediate subscriber and fan. Love your ideas. I’m trying not to go to fanboy over your cute face. Love to hear another gave me and being creative your new fan and gay uncle David.

Great idea about the window seat! I love window seats! You've got such a great eye, and design mind, you can come up with something ab fab! Just make sure to add a comfortable cushion. And I bet Queenie would love to sit there!

The interlocking shelf unit would be a very cool bespoke cat condo

Smoldering swagger....LOVE IT! Great tips on revitalizing thrift items.

I am much older than you, Andrew, but seeing your parents working with you on your first house brought back wonderful memories of my parents doing the very same thing. What an awesome gift, and memories you'll cherish! I enjoy all of your videos!

I rent an apartment with a built-in window seat in a bay-window configuration. The room is really small and the window seat is completely useless. I'd give my eyeteeth to have those few extra feet of floor space instead of the windowseat. You can't sit in it comfortably because the windowsill juts into your back, and my small couch doesn't fit anywhere else but in front of it. Sure, at first glance, it looks charming, but practically it's nonsense. I have my cat's bed on it, but that's not very attractive, and I'm at a loss as to what to do with the dang thing. Argh!!! But I'm sure there are windowseats that are actually used as such, maybe you will have one of those.

I love your idea with the table cutting it in half. You can put brackets on the other half and use it as a shelf horse riding legs and make another half table.😊

I do like this format. I play this game myself when thrifting!

Cool ideas!

Ultimately, once you buy something it's yours to do with as you wish. I love the look of vintage frames but have never been a fan of gold. When I find frames I like, I paint them. I know that many wouldn't agree because they love them as is.

Hey Andrew! I love your ideas and your unique perspective as an insider. A window seat sounds perfect for making use of the shelving units while preserving the natural light. You might need to find some high-density foam for cushions, and I think your collection of upholstery fabric could help create a comfy seating area. Have you considered a drop-leaf table for flexibility, or maybe an oval or rectangular one depending on the space? Good luck with your project!

great idea to brainstorm ideas and do mockups without having to purchase every item-so many projects, so little room, or time. But the shelves were a great buy (I love this style as well). The design is very flexible, so it'd be a shame to change the structure for just one setting. In this room, you could let each unit stand vertically on either side of the window and then add a removable plank with cushions (window seat) to connect the two units. Think of it as a bench, rather than a window seat. Haha. Then if later you don't want a window seat anymore, you can remove the seating and still have two functioning shelving units. I would refinish in some way though. Maybe a tan wash? Not everyone's style, but seems like a light color might be nice and cheery in the sun room. Again great buy, I would have bought these too.