![]() ![]() Tape Tips for the China Cabinetįor areas we won’t be painting, we use FrogTape against the wood (because it’s the best paint barrier), then add a moisture resistant paper on top with masking tape. Same with the carvings a round brush is your friend and well worth the investment if you’re going to be painting more furniture pieces with intricate detail like this. It’s my favourite multi-purpose paint brush.īut when it comes to the fluted trim, a round brush is amazing at getting into detail like this! ![]() I love bold colours and this pop of Peacock blue will do nicely on the sides and the trim! Dixie Belle’s mini angle brush is best for this task because it gets into all the corners. Bleedthrough isn’t as much of an issue when using darker colours anyway so it’s a risk I’m willing to take. There doesn’t appear to be any bleed so I paint the rest. Paint bleed under control!īefore painting the main body of the china cabinet, I test a small area to see if I’ll need to prime with BOSS. Luckily the BOSS we’re using is clear so we spray another coat over the paint and then do one more coat of Haint Blue. ![]() Some woods are heavy bleeders so you may just find, like we did with this piece, that you need more coats of BOSS than you think. And then it happened!Īfter priming, paint two to three coats of Haint Blue onto the shelves. I was just conveying Hub’s tip about pouring from the jar away from the label so you it doesn’t get covered with drips. If you want a good laugh, watch the video where we start to pour the BOSS. With this project, we tried spraying BOSS for the first time and, although it looks thick, it actually sprays beautifully if you have the right size spray nozzle. BOSS will prevent bleed through of the tannins in this old piece. Out come the shelves.īrush on several coats of BOSS. And there’s no better place to start than with the shelving and inside the cabinet. So it’s time to neutralize at least some of the wood. Now I feel like the wood is too much of a good thing! Others must have felt the same way, because I couldn’t sell it as-is. The book match veneer is a nice feature but preferences have changed in the last 30 years. So it’s now or never to finish it so ti can move on to someone who will actually use it instead of store it! Paint the Interior When I sold the condo and bought my first house, the china cabinet went back to my parent’s basement as-is while my Mom helped me renovate my fixer-upper!Īfter stripping, the china cabinet is much prettier than how I found it, don’t you think?Īnd there it sat, unfinished – and with chicken wire in the door instead of glass! Fast forward to today and we’re having to clear out my mom’s house after she passed away last year. It’s no wonder the easy outdoor access wasn’t a saving grace and didn’t keep me in a condo for long! It was a great setup.īut on the downside, the parking lot was RIGHT THERE and I had to deal with cars lighting up my bedroom as I tried to sleep at night. Very handy for condo living and a budding young upcyler. ![]() Knowing what I know today, I wouldn’t purchase it for such an ‘astronomical’ sum!īecause my condo was on the first floor, I stripped my finds right outside. As you’ll see later, it never went back on the cabinet. But no the glass door was so warped, it wouldn’t even close. I paid $200 + delivery for a piece that had condition issues that I thought I could easily fix. However, back then, I wasn’t so saavy about money or my skillset. The one thing the vintage china cabinet had going for it was size perfectly suited for condo living. You can also follow us on Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. * īefore we get into the tutorial, don’t forget to get your craft mojo on at Birdz of a Feather and s ubscribe to our newsletter: And be sure to drop back in throughout the week to visit them all! Materials for Chalk Painting a China Cabinet These items can be found in closets, barns, garages, yard sales, thrift stores, you name it! Check out the other projects at the bottom of this post. We’re a group of bloggers who take something old and/or unused and ‘do it over’ into something new. Today we’re taking part in the Do It Over Designers blog Hop hosted by Ann at The Apple Street Cottage. Watch this relatively quick and informative video of the transformation. Even the pull handles are hiding in plain site on the drawer! Yuck. Pretty ugly, right? The finish is so dark (and shiny), you can’t really appreciate the wood grain. It was just me, a first time property owner, trying to turn a builder beige condo into a home with second hand furniture. It was the very first furniture piece I ever thrifted when I moved out of my parent’s house! Below you see it in my condo, before the makeover.ģ0 years ago! Before digital cameras! Before iPhones! And before Hubs! Would you believe this DIY china cabinet makeover was over 30 years in the making? That’s how long I’ve owned this china cabinet. ![]()
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