Hi Friends!
How’s it going? I hope all is well! We’ve been creating some one of a kind repurposed furniture and designing away while also keeping up on kitchen cabinet painting. Thanks to all of you who entrust us with your home and furniture designs. We feel so blessed to be able to do this every day and we don’t take your decisions to shop small and shop local for granted.
I’m so excited to share this week’s makeover because I think you’ll barely recognize the before and after! Just you wait!! Here’s the before:
I took a long, time to think about the design. Should I go modern, rustic?? Do I keep the doors? Add new hardware? So many options with a piece like this because it’s such a basic design. After much deliberation, I decided that I wanted the middle door off to add cute boxes and more interest to the piece. Also, I wanted to add the X’s on the doors to make it look like two barn doors.
We used Gentleman’s Teal by Benjamin Moore, glazed it with Valspar’s Antiquing Glaze, and sprayed it with a protective clear coat. If you want to see how we paint furniture, check out our How to Paint Furniture post.
Adorable!! Am I right?? This beauty is up on our For Sale page, but my gut says it won’t last long so snatch it up if you love it friends. The crates are included in the sale. If this isn’t quite what you’re looking for, we have more. Check out some of the many new pieces on our For Sale page now:
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Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)
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You are so talented. I have visited the store in Troy and love your work.
On this piece, how did you put the X’s on the doors and not have the door come out over the bottom or top where it closes/ it looks like it closes an dis the same as before.
Hi Maureen!
Thanks so much for visiting our site! We just did a thin wood board (about 1/4 inch thick) to frame out the existing doors and create the X without bringing the depth of the piece out too much. Thanks for asking!
-Sarah