Friday, July 29, 2011

cabinets and redos


my dining room transformation is moving along. a bit slowly, but at least it is moving forward and not at a standstill. i was able to move my waterlogged, found cabinet in this past weekend and love, love, love it! you can go here to read about it's beginnings :)


i simply cleaned off any flaking paint and then dressed it up with some fabric and new handles. since i paid nothing for the cabinet, i completely splurged on the handles. they are from anthropologie and although i think both are prefect, i must say the branch pulls on the bottom drawer are my favorite. the back of the cabinet is lined with tula pink fabric and really ads a bit of fun to the room. i used super 77 spray glue to attach it to the back, but i think the wood still holds some water because when i went back the next day, 2 of the 3 panels had fallen down. to fix this, i ran a length of double sided tape along the top edge of each nook and this seems to have done the trick.

the cabinet originally had 2 doors on the bottom, but one was not salvagable from water damage. i decided to take the doors off completely and use this for open storage of my various quilts and bridge tablecloths. i can't wait to pile the cabinet up with all the crazy pattens i have collected over the years.

that's it for now. at the rate i'm going, it might be thanksgiving before the room makes it's debut, but i will keep you posted along the way!

5 comments:

  1. It's amazing how you gave new life to something that was destined for the trash pile. Looks great!

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  2. This is a beautiful cabinet. Very shabby look to it. Looks great.

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  3. Exploring your site and LOVE this cabinet! Is that paintable wallpaper in the background? I just bought a roll that looks suspiciously like it to use on the inlays of a coffee and end table set I'm about to redo!

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    1. yep, it is anaglypta wallpaper. super easy to apply, but make sure you use an old paint brush for the painting part. it is definitely a brush killer getting into all the little cracks!

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