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Turn your old kitchen cabinets into the best accessory for your garage! This is genius! instead of putting our kitchen cabinets by the road, we decided to re-use them in our basement so we could have more storage in the basement..
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Materials: Step 1: Turn Your Plastic Bowl Into Faux Stone This step is totally optional. If you prefer you can leave your bowl as is. Concrete or metal would work great and hold up to the heat. Scuff up your plastic bowl with sandpaper so that the paint will adhere easier and then paint your […]
who remembers this beauty?it’s a stunning flat file I saw in a painting studio in early 2019 and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. the owner said he had a mechanic friend paint it with auto paint forever ago. at the time, I had no reason (or space) for owning such a thing but that didn’t really matter. fast forward to my new, larger studio with my new needlepoint canvas and pastel painting storage problem and I immediately set about finding something to recreate this look. I spent a lot of time on ebay, craigslist, and etsy looking for a flat file that wasn’t too deep (no more than 30” because of my table setup) and not too wide (24” was ideal) but also for the closest listing because I didn’t want to blow money on freight and shipping. I found Brookvale Artisans on etsy and they had a great assortment of flat files and were only 90 minutes from me. I sent a message asking if I could pick up and Alan said he’d meet me at the warehouse. SOLD! Abby and I headed down the week before christmas and met Alan in Hamden, CT at his warehouse to pick up my vintage Mayline engineering flat file. on their website, Brookvale Artisans site says they ‘rescue, repurpose & reinvent’ and they aren’t kidding. they have FIVE, enormous warehouses FULL of the wildest stuff. machines, gadgets, tools, pieces, and parts - you name it. Alan explained that they provide all kinds of props for movies and TV shows. I can’t imagine how they can find anything but my flat file was front and center and ready to go. Alan helped load it into my car, Abby and I drove it straight back to my studio and we got it set up. I spent time at Lowe’s picking the paint department’s mind about how to make my gray cabinet green and explained that I couldn’t / wouldn’t use spray paint. I was told that a bonding primer would create the best surface and to use a roller. Abby and I spent time cleaning the drawers with rubbing alcohol, wrenching the drawers’ inner flaps off and removing the hardware before getting started. for #cardart2018 I spent a lot of time pilfering paint chips and one of my favorites was Valspar’s ‘Lime Twist’. it’s super close to John Deere green and I had it mixed up in a satin finish and got to work. ultimately, it took three coats and a ton of patience and I couldn’t be happier!!! the last thing I had to sort out was a top for the cabinet. they’re meant to stack so only one cabinet has a top. looking back, one of the etsy listings was $100 more and now I realize it’s because it’s the one cabinet with the top. I figured I could have a piece of MDF cut down to size and paint it to match the cabinet but Abby and I were out antique hunting (one of our favorite things to do together) and she spotted this large, vintage cutting board. It looked promising so I measured it, checked the cabinet dimensions from the original etsy listing and IT WAS AN EXACT MATCH. like, literally. 🤯 and that’s the story of my super cool, needlepoint canvas & pastel painting storage cabinet. it’s been enormously helpful and it brings me so much joy.
Of the mudroom, which had become very........ well.......mudroom like............ Our mudroom was in dire need of a sprucing up. After tossing around lots of ideas, I decided to decoupage the walls with pages from the book "Cabinet of Natural Curiosities" by Albertus Seba. This is the biggest wall in the mudroom, and it is a lot to take in. However there are two large bookcases that stand in front of this wall, so really most of it won't show. Here's the upper corner of the same wall (before molding), and I couldn't resist hanging the bookplate of old Albertus himself. From inside you enter the mudroom thru a wide opening from the kitchen. (white door goes to laundry room) (brown dutch door goes to backyard) You can see that when I started putting everything back in, the walls sort of receded a bit and weren't so "in your face". I think all the books help. I have always hung these museum posters in there and I didn't think they were going to work with the walls.... and maybe they don't....... but I decided it was an interesting mix, so I am leaving them. We rescued this old dutch door from Garys grandmother.....they had bought a new door and sent this one to a corner of their garage. So what do you think? I had seen this on ......where else....... Pinterest! I thought it was perfect for us. I was a bit leary of doing it because I knew once it was up.......it was up for good!! Then just when I was starting it a friend told me that the new issue of Country Living featured a home where someone had done a powder room using the same book. I am guessing they saw the pin on Pinterest or online and couldn't resist it either? Hearing that gave me mixed feelings. A bit of valadation, I mean if it was good enough for Country Living........ however......I think if I wasn't already so far into the project, I probably would not have gone ahead with it. I'm a bit contrary that way. Anyway, it's done now, and trust me.....it's not going anywhere..... but that's ok, 'cuz we really like it. *"Albertus Seba's "Cabinet of Curiosities" is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though it was common for men of his profession to collect natural specimins for research purposes, Amsterdam-based pharmacist Albertus Seba had a passion that led him far beyond the call of duty. His amazing, unprecedented collection of animals plants and insects from all around the world gained international fame during his lifetime. After decades of collecting, Seba commissioned illustrations of each specimen and arranged the publication of a four volume catalog detailing his entire collection." (Amazon)
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