This is what it looked like when I bought it. Nice, but not really my style.
Some things you don't notice right away. Like those roses, for example. It turns out they are somewhat dimensional and hard to cover with paint. A spray of white didn't help; neither did a coat of yellow. My husband dug out a can of white Zinsser primer/blocker and that covered the original paint job, but the dimensionality of the roses was still showing.
I decided to cover the roses with more wood, and trim it out. A little trip to the hardware store netted me just what I needed, including more yellow paint.
Well, after spraying the heck out of the poor little cupboard, the raised areas of the roses didn't look a whole lot different than some of the runny areas and other gorp I managed to introduce. I decided to just let it be.
(I'm using the trim on another makeover project, and the flat little boards will just go into the wood department of our basement until somebody finds a use for them.)
Here it is after making it mine.
My original plan was just to paint it yellow and add a different knob. But it sure was bright yellow!
The only
reason I picked this color was because I wanted to use spray paint to
avoid brush strokes, and I had a can of it leftover from a few years
ago.
To tone down some of the yellow, I covered the front panel with two kinds
of Washi tape. This works so much better than ribbon. It's a little
pricey, but if you buy a few rolls now and then, it's not too bad.
The knob looks peach when viewed head on. It's really pink, but the yellow of the cabinet makes it look peachy.
Like I said, it's pink.
To go with the pink knob, I lined the shelves with pink paper.
The cupboard is 16" tall, 10" wide, and 6" deep. I haven't yet decided which room it will go in, or what it will hold. But I'm sure it will make the rounds over the coming years.
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