MINI CLOSET REVEAL

 

 

Our good friends at Brick and Mortar Living asked if I would try using their butcher paper on a
 graphic transfer and this project ended up being the target. Until I write an article about it you will
have to look up other articles ppl have written on the process.

This project started as a vintage mahogany stereo cabinet I picked up a very long time ago. It was
 extra deep so I imagined the best way to repurpose it would be to turn it into a mini closet, but I have
 to give someone else the credit for pushing me to get the job done. A friend actually did a very
 similar one last month and it reminded me to get mine finished. So here it is ...

 

 

 

Another piece of quality furniture saved from the landfill and put back into use.

Here is a peak at what it looked like when I started.

 

 

 

I added the appliques, the knobs, and the legs.

I ripped out the insides and installed a rod and built a bottom for it.?

 

 

 

I painted most of the inside white and the back boards were painted in the

 same blue as the outside. It adds a little something extra to the inside.

 

 

If used in a nursery, the rod can be used for hanging baby clothes

or the cabinet body is deep enough to house a printer.

 

The knobs I used on this cabinet can be purchased here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/185026553/6-avail-listed-individually-large-glass 

The typography is old company invoices and letters I found on line.

 

 

 

 

 

Till next time ... Kristy

USING WALLPAPER ON FURNITURE shelf reveal with a before after

I moved into a little farm house years ago that had a super big

kitchen. The original cabinets were painted sunshine yellow

and someone added a navy blue celestial wallpaper on the upper

portion of the walls. It was HIDEOUS but that never discouraged

me against using wallpaper myself. When Im out picking I find

wallpaper in every thrift store I visit and our Home Depot sends

old stock and damaged rolls to the local RESTORE. Wallpaper

is a perfect helper to revive vintage furniture and on this project

I used 2 different ones, in 2 different ways.

First I used a vintage blue floral wallpaper to line drawer bottoms.

The second kind of wallpaper I used was some beadboard wallpaper to cover the damaged backer

 board. The backer was a pretty solid piece of wood but it had small holes and cracks.

The beadboard paper is thick and can conceals imperfections on a surface. I found mine at a thrift

 store, it was a partial roll, but Home Depot should carry it and Im told Lowes has it too.

I removed the whole backer board and applied the wallpaper in three vertical strips. I seamed the 

three strips behind the two uprights so you will never see an edge. Most wallpaper comes pre pasted

so I cut it to fit where I am applying it and then run the back side under the tap (warm water) to activate the glue. 

BEFORE                        AFTER

Keep your eye out for wallpaper you can use.

Till next time ... Kristy

ORNATE SHABBY WHITE BUFFET reveal with a before and after

This buffet has been perched in my back room
for five months longingly looking my way every
time I pass by to use the shower. I had huge plans
for it right from the beginning but the work was
going so slow while other things were also
demanding my attention. The final hurdle was
to refinish the inside, and make it look as good
as the outside.

   

I found some vintage striped wallpaper in a soft turquoise and I used it on the back panel. To match

 the rest of the cabinet interior with the paper I mixed some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Florence and 

Pure White and painted away.

  TIP: 

Remove your backer board to make it super easy to paint inside and wallpaper the backer.

The middle door seen in the above photo came fixed in place so I ripped it out and made it useable.

Seriously why did they make so many pieces of furniture with fixed panels back in the day?

The underside of the cabinet got beefed up with some lumber so I could install an incredible set of

 legs and get it off the floor. I filled the original hardware holes and installed a set of antique drop pulls.

   

BEFORE                       AFTER

Till next time ... Kristy

BEFORE AND AFTER grey cabinet reveal

Many of our grandmothers had a glass doored cabinet

in their homes like the one I found at Value Village.

I can remember pressing my face against the glass

to see my Grams English tea cups sitting on the

shelves inside. My friends grandmother was

Hungarian and they had lots of Czechoslovakian

crystal on display behind glass doors.

BEFORE                   AFTER

This cabinet was handmade made probably by someones Grandad but in my hands it was going to

 get an update. I started by framing the bottom with a thick wood molding and added 4 cabriole legs.

I applied a paisley foil paper to the backer board on this cabinet and painted the interior

with Annie Sloan Paris Grey. The handles are an industrial style reclaimed pull and the

drawer was lined with a white wallpaper.

MORE DETAILS:

click this link for a video on how I created the silver grey driftwood finish:
http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.ca/2015/02/driftwood-finish-how-to-video.html

and the tutorial for the diy graphics on glass can be read here:
http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.ca/2015/02/diy-graphics-on-glass-tutorial.html

Till next time ... Kristy