Brown Bird Beautiful

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I’m not sure this storage cabinet was ever cool, but I am sure that I got a great deal on it over the weekend.  Here’s what it looked liked when I picked it up.  Such a sad and dark looking piece.

Here it is in it’s finished state.

I know!  Didn’t it turn out so cute?!?  Major transformation.

Both Little Misses got into some crowbar action to remove that ugly and dated country front.  That made the biggest difference.

A little damage during removal.  Nothing a little sanding and paint can’t hide.

After the front was removed, we worked on removing the doors and hardware.

The door inserts were held together with staples.  Easily removed with a hammer and pliers.

A quick sanding and then 2 coats of mixed paint (2/3 Royal Serenity & 1/3 Valspar Ultra White).

Then I grabbed some of my go-to Rust-Oleum metallic oil rubbed bronze spray paint for the original hardware.  I like to keep the old hardware if possible and this hardware was in really good shape.

Here it is without the fabric.  The color really isn’t that bright of a turquoise, it’s a little lighter than this pic shows.

Slightly distressed and a coat of Minwax Polycrylic, per usual.

My local JoAnn’s Fabric store had this cute fabric.  I love the brown birds in the pattern  Side note:  If you don’t have the JoAnn app, get it.  I always get 20%-40% off my purchases.  This fabric was only $6.50.  I applied the fabric to the original board with Elmer’s Craft Bond Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive.  Super easy and super sticky.  The can looks like this:

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Friday:

Shabby Art Boutique – Shabbilicious Friday

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Aloha Fridays @ Jedy and Ivy

Redoux Interiors – Friday Redouxs

Sunday:

Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ Nifty Thrifty Things

Sunday Showoff @ http://www.twiggstudios.com/

It’s Party Time @ Its So Very Cheri

Six Sisters Stuff

Imperfect Sundays at Violent Imperfections

Monday:

More The Merrier @ DIY Home Sweet Home

Making The World Cuter Monday @ Making The World Cuter

Mop It Up Mondays @ I Should Be Mopping The Floor

My Monday Muse @ Carter’s Cottage

Make It Pretty Mondays @ The Dedicated House

The Cure for the Common Monday @ http://www.linesacross.com

What’s in the gunnysack @ http://www.thegunnysack.com/

Martha Mondays @ http://www.watchoutmartha.net/

Piece Of Work Wednesday @ Primitive And Proper

Wednesday:

What I Learned Wednesday @ We Like to Learn as We Go

Primp Your Stuff Wednesday @ {Primp}

19 thoughts on “Brown Bird Beautiful”

  9. Absolutely love this. So beautiful. Can’t wait to move back to the states and start finding little treasures like this to transform myself. Never done it before, but can’t wait to give it a whirl.

    Reply

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