Wood Idea

Hey there!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  I was finally able to work on this cabinet that hubby found and let me tell ya, it had me completely stumped.  I just didnt have a clue what to do with it.  

No matter how much I stared at it, I came up with nothin.  

But after some time away from it, 

I finally decided to just try to bring it back to its original beauty.  

Here is the before pic.

The top had a huge hole in it, so I removed that and bought another top at Lowes for around 10 bucks.  

We attached the new top and I applied two coats of Minwax Special Walnut stain.

I decided to just leave the tin sides alone, but I did give them a good cleaning.  We removed all the hardware and I spray painted them with Rustoleum oil rubbed bronze spray paint.  I also gave the entire piece a couple of coats of Minwax special walnut to match the top and when it was completely dry, I gave it a coat of wax.  Heres how it looks now.

I really love the darker color.  This pic isnt that great because by the time we were done, it was dark and the kitchen is the brightest room in the house.  But after being stumped for days, Im happy with it and even happier that its finished.

What do you think of it?

My hubby and I have some very exciting news to share very soon.
Stay tuned!

I have just listed more bread boards.  If youre ordering for Christmas, Im accepting orders until December 16, to get them shipped in time for Christmas.  

Click here to order.  

Thank you lovely readers!

The shop is filled with Rediscovered treasures,

and hand made items.

the prices are good too.

If you look closely in the picture above

you can see George in the mirror having a chat with the Jenn, the shop owner.

Before I go, let me share a little mental picture that makes my laugh when I think about it.

It includes a vintage typewriter used as a planter (yes Elisa its your story)

If you take a typewriter such as this one below and use it as a planter it looks extremely charming

but do you also realize every child in the vicinity will still hit the keys but now dirt goes flying everywhere.

I just had to share that in the hopes you can visualize it.