ISLAND RETREAT - cabinet transformation

Come see what happen to this unwanted mid-century cabinet!

It had a horrible moldy cardboard backer which I replaced with hardwood flooring
 leftovers from our entry room project the month before, along with the new work surface.

Believe it or not but these fancy shelf corbels are actually resin books ends
from a local home decor store and they were discounted to boot.

Many salvaged molding pieces were used to accent the finished

product along with an applique to the face of the top drawer.

This also covered the dated routering in the drawer

as well as the molding trimming to the 2 side doors.

If you look closely I actually turned the whole cabinet upside down.
This made the large drawer more accessible, then shifted the position of

the smaller drawer as well as the glass door.

We purchased 2 dark wood saddle stools from Craig's list to finish things off.

We love eating meals here now.

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TRADITIONAL to GLAMOROUS - buffet painted black

When I was originally asked to paint this big boy I turned Diana down because the measurements were too big for my work space.

A week later she tried again after finding out he wasn't quite as big as thought and I couldn't help but agree to go see the lovely piece.

 

My love affair started as I turned the corner into the dining area of her beautiful house.

There he sat in an alcove, most of us would believe had been built just for him.

He had seen a long life with layers upon layers of wax built up on all surfaces.
A black marker was used to cover all the tiny drops of white paint that had no doubtedly
fallen during some reno job in one of his former homes.

 
He was missing a door pull and some of his hardware just didn't working right.

He came to stay with us for almost 3 weeks.
The first week was spend just cleaning and sanding.

I rumaged thru the antique store to find a new handle and I tweeked
the drawer glides so that everything worked again.
 

Eventually it was time to send him home, if just to get our own kitchen back.

 

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