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I was excited when I found this cabinet because of the size. Most of the time I must turn away

from overly large beautiful pieces because Im not physically capable to work on them alone or they wont fit in my home to be worked on. This was one of those larger pieces I could consider because it wasnt too large and it was 2 pieces.

 

Ill get straight to the before pictures so you can understand my vision with this project.

 

 

Mid 70s china cabinet with glass panels everywhere in the upper portion.

The glass just had to go ...

 

Below you can see the upper cabinet completely stripped down, no glass, no backing.

I prefer to work on cabinets from the open back, especially to get a good paint job inside.

 

 

The original backer was a piece of cardboard with a picture of wood on it.

I redid the back with thin tongue and groove bead board. Every now and then I find

a package or 2 while yard saling, just enough to complete some of my projects.

 

 

I seriously wanted this cabinet to look like it was from an old farm house. I painted it with an ASCP

light grey mix, distressed it, sealed the Chalk Paint with Minwax Natural, then got the final look with

 Annie Sloans Dark Wax. The dark wax does such a great job of simulating age.

 

The hardest part on this project by far was installing *CHICKEN WIRE* in the upper cabinet

but it looks absolutely perfect on this piece and there is no doubt its from a farmhouse now.

Chicken wire is also known as hex wire, keep that in mind if you are in

the hardware store about to ask for it.  When working with it you MUST have patience,

you SHOULD wear gloves, and the right stapler and cutters might help calm the process a little.

Once again my roll was found at a yard sale.

 

Inside the lower cabinet is open storage with a cutlery drawer front and center.

I added the perfect rustic old handle to the door.

 

 

 

This is a big reminder of how powerful color and paint can be.

 

 

This dresser use to be in a garage storing tools and other manly things.

 

 

The three ASCP colors I worked with were Coco, Antoinette, and Old White. 

 

She has six pretty pink glass knobs and hand painted details on the trim.

 

She was flat as a pancake so I added trim pieces to fancy her up and give her some curves.

These are off cuts that were donated to the Restore and I was luck enough to show up at the right time to find them. I know if I dont stop in to check Ill just never know what I will be missing out on, so you be sure to stop into your local RESTORE and see what you can find.

 

 

 

 

 

We started out with bedside lamps on our nightstands,

but I would swap out the lamps any time I found something new and more exciting.

Sometimes it would be the shades that I changed or sometimes I would try a different color.

I sprayed them out in a bright white, drilled holes to hang crystals, bought new candle sleeves,

and rewired them with cord switches at the bed height so we could switch them off easily

right before falling into dream land.

We have enjoyed them now for several months and are we are both very happy.

The light they provide is romantic and the extra space on the night stands is much appreciated.

There was 3 colors in the lot I bought, white, pink, and blue.

Im keeping the white but have reluctanly agreed to let George sell the others

in his etsy shop firstfinds.