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An Antique (Blue) Craft Cabinet Makeover for the Fab Furniture Flippin Contest!

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Hey y'all

What do you do when your coworker casually pulls out her phone and offers you a gorgeous (albeit a bit run-down) giant antique storage cabinet? You go ga-ga and immediately envision the perfect craft cabinet makeover… which is the perfect excuse to jump into this months Fab Furniture Flippin Contest!

This is my first time participating in the contest and I’m so excited to work with this group of talented ladies!

An Antique (Blue) Craft Cabinet Makeover for the Fab Furniture Flippin Contest! with Happily Ever After, Etc.

This month the sponsor is General Finishes… and they’ve very generously given each participant one quart of their fabulous chalk paint for a project! The best part? The gorgeous colors!

Since this month’s theme is “A Fresh Start” my funky old cabinet was the perfect culprit for a bit of chalk paint! Just take a look at these before photos!!

Yup this little cabinet is definitely in need of a fresh start! A little bit of work and this baby will be good as new!

Gorgeous isn’t it? I absolutely love the lines… and all the detail work! The trim is amazing but my favorite part…

The legs!

My second favorite part? All of the shelf space!!! Think of all the baskets and craft supplies that can be stored in this baby! It’s wide and deep and for the first time in my life I have a cabinet that will safely fit my 12×12 scrapbooks!

Eeek! How awesome is that!?!

I went back and forth over what to do with this piece but once I settled on the paint color it was fairly easy to decide. White details, gorgeous trim and a wallpaper liner for the inset panels! Honestly I was so excited day dreaming about this masterpiece that I could hardly stand it! I planned the entire piece out and by the weekend we had the piece prepped and ready to go!

Of course with a piece like this there was a little bit of “fixing” before the “ready to go”!

A tube of wood glue, a box of finishing nails and a few pieces of sand paper later we were ready to paint! And by we I mean the hubby… he definitely did all the prep work!

I didn’t get to take center stage until the painting started! Then it was my turn 😉

I wanted a hand painted feel and chalk paint is perfect for that! I carefully painted each little detail… not perfectly, not precisely but that’s the charm! I love how it turned out though! Look at all of those little groves!

Of course the hardest part was probabally the front door detail! Since it’s missing in places and a whole mess of highs and lows it was difficult to get the paint smoothly across each piece! Oh well… that definitely helps with the hand-painted look I was going for.

C’est la vie!

Plus… look at those legs! Woowza! This gal has curves!

Legs are always my favorite part of a piece. I guess I’m a leg girl! 😉

I really wanted mercury glass knobs but short of robbing a hardware store I couldn’t justify paying quite so much for 10 knobs! I decided that instead of selling my hubby’s kidney I would go with these cute little blue glass knobs. They’re the perfect shade of blue so they don’t clash and they let the white details stand out. The mercury glass knobs would have been great but they would have stolen the show… these little blue knobs are much classier.

So I only bought 4 mercury glass knobs instead of 10! I’m going to use them for my coffee table… I have about three fourths of my General Finishes chalk paint quart left so there’s plenty of projects on the back burner! Gotta love chalk paint… it goes so far!

Alright y’all I have a little secret to share… if I didn’t love the details on the doors I might just take them off and have open storage. I’m having a hard time not being able to see the fabulous wall paper 100% of the time!

It’s the same wallpaper I used to back the bookcases in my craft room/office so it was the logical choice for this craft cabinet… and it’s gorgeous! It was hard to cut the circles out of the top pieces but after that it was lightning fast!

Nothing a little wallpaper paste and a Saturday night couldn’t handle!

I can’t wait for my March when I get to participate in another Fab Flippin Furniture Contest… this one was so much fun! Plus look at the results!!! I always have fun painting furniture but this might be my new favorite piece! I am sooo in love!

Swoon!

What type of storage do you have in your craft room? Would a large cabinet like this one be helpful?

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Comments

  1. Brenda Young says

    January 20, 2016 at 6:35 pm

    What a great piece of vintage furniture Betsy, What color blue from the line is this? I really love the shade… paired with the white shabby details on the doors it reminds me of a piece of gorgeous Wedgewood.

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 21, 2016 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks Brenda! I used General Finishes Chalk White and SW 6536! I love the chalk white color… I just re-painted my coffee table with the same color! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  2. Anissa says

    January 20, 2016 at 6:39 pm

    Love it! I can appreciate nice legs too! Good job!

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:53 pm

      Nice to meet another leg gal! 😉 It’s so sweet of you to stop by!

      Reply
  3. Darrielle Tennenbaum says

    January 21, 2016 at 1:09 pm

    So Very gorgeous!

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    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 21, 2016 at 7:47 pm

      Thanks Darrielle! That’s so sweet! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  4. Rachel, aka Queen Patina says

    January 22, 2016 at 7:26 pm

    I agree with Brenda: what a lovely piece of furniture! Your color choices are classic too, and to reference Brenda again, 🙂 remind me of Wedgewood pottery as well. Nice work!

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 23, 2016 at 12:30 pm

      Thanks Rachel! You’re so sweet! Thanks for stopping by! I never even thought of Wedgewood but now that the comparison was brought up I totally agree!

      Reply
  5. karen@somewhatquirkydesign says

    January 23, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Man I love that cabinet! You’re a lucky dog to have that for your supplies. Nice job Betsy!
    Why don’t you just take those rod hangers out? They should unscrew pretty easily.

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 23, 2016 at 12:32 pm

      Thanks Karen! You’re so sweet! It is awesome for supplies… I was trying to figure out how to store everything so it came along at the perfect moment! I thought about taking the rod holders out but part of me thinks this piece might be an adorable dress up cabinet for a little girl one day… So I left them for now!

      Reply
  6. Dee @Cupcakes&Crowbars says

    January 23, 2016 at 1:50 pm

    The original cabinet was just to die for, and I love how your clever detail work brought out the personality.

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 24, 2016 at 12:23 am

      Isn’t it gorgeous? I thought about adding additional details to the front but eventually decided to let the character of the piece shine! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  7. Karen @ Dogs Don't Eat Pizza says

    January 23, 2016 at 10:05 pm

    Oh the storage! That is awesome – the storage, the paint, the wallpaper! So great! I love how you accented the details with white paint. Lovely!

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 24, 2016 at 12:24 am

      Thank you Karen! You’re such a sweetheart! I absolutely love how it turned out… It really came together! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  8. Crystal says

    January 27, 2016 at 7:29 am

    I only wish I was that talented, that looks absolutely stunning!

    Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      January 28, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      You are so sweet! Thanks for stopping by Crystal!

      Reply
    • Happily Ever After, Etc. says

      February 1, 2016 at 4:52 pm

      You’re such a sweetheart! I bet you could do it Crystal… Remember it’s only paint! If you don’t like it… Just paint it again! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  9. Mary-the boondocks blog says

    January 27, 2016 at 10:14 am

    Betsy that is one beautiful cabinet. It looked like it was ready for the dumpster before, but you gave it some love and now it’s returned the favor! Beautiful piece with such lovely details.

    Reply
  10. Michelle says

    January 26, 2017 at 11:34 pm

    The colors you chose are gorgeous Betsy and that wall paper lining OMW, stunning. It finishes it off beautifully.

    Reply
  11. Linda at Mixed Kreations says

    February 24, 2017 at 8:44 am

    Oh wow what an amazing transformation! You did a wonderful job on it. It turned out beautiful!

    Reply

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