Cabinet Makeover

I have been selling furniture like crazy in my booths. The problem? I don't have any furniture to replace it so my smalls end up sitting on the floor or scrunched together on shelves. It's a good problem to have, but a problem nonetheless. I have a lot project furniture pieces, but nothing ready to go into a booth. A fellow dealer was liquidating their booth and had a shelf for sale and listed it on our vendor Facebook group.

They were already using it in their booth so I thought it would be a great way to get a display piece in a hurry so I snapped it up. Then I went to pick it up...let's just say it needed a little love. I had just purchased ANOTHER project piece—it needed a cabinet makeover.

So I dragged it back to the workshop. The paper in the back of the cabinet was held on with thumbtacks. Veneer was peeling and there were some decals of cows and chickens on the side of the shelf. Let me apologize in advance for the lack of step by step photos in this post. I was in a hurry to get this in a shop,

I started by cleaning the entire piece and cleaning out the assortment of "treasures" in the drawer (screws, papers, extra thumbtacks). Then I removed the drawer pulls and gave them a good cleaning. The drawer has some nice detail and that will be enhanced when it is painted. There was some veneer coming loose in a few places so I re-glued the pieces and clamped it for 24 hours.

I pulled the back off of the shelf. I had initially liked the idea of a patterned background, but the paper that came with the piece wasn't attached. I decoupaged a poppy floral tissue paper on the backboard. The orange of the poppies went really well with the paint I had chosen for this piece.

I painted the entire piece with Magnolia Green chalk paint. This is Joanna Gaines line of paint at Lowe's. I used to be able to buy it at my local Lowes but they don't carry it in-store any more. So I order it from their website and pick it up in-store. I love this paint (and I don't get paid to say that!). It covers really well and distresses well.

After painting, distressing and adding a coat of polyurethane, it was almost ready to go. I reattached the drawer pulls and it was finished! This went right into my booth in Peru, Indiana.

A friend had just given me a bunch of matte white pottery and she also hauled this to the shop in her truck! Then she styled the shelf for me! Everyone needs a friend like that!

It looks great in my booth and there is a ton of room to display my smaller items. Win. Win. Although this was an unintended project piece, it turned out really well! Now I just need to get the rest of my project piece stash completed.

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