Saturday, March 12, 2011

cabinet - black, white, and a stencil

Introducing Mr. Before Picture.  He offers a firm handshake.
This was a beast to paint.  The fake wood, the bubbly top, it just wasn't very friendly to me.  After giving it a few coats and it still not looking good, and having the paint scratch just by thinking about touching it, I discovered the amazing ability of Wil-Bond (liguid sandpaper).  I applied that, and gave the whole thing another coat of paint.  MUCH BETTER!  It didn't take away all of the little blemishes, but so goes the life of refurbished furniture! 
I took off the hardware and spray painted them silver.  Then after going through my favorite blog on earth, BetterAfter, I got the idea to use my stencil for a little fun decor!  I condsidered finding my measuring tape to get the design just perfect, but then oh sheeesh I'll just eyeball it.   So I learned that with this stencil, eye balling works.  I learned on a previous piece of furniture that eye balling does NOT work with a plain checker pattern.  Nu - uh.

6 comments:

  1. hi again , you certainly have been busy x another great transformation
    xmaggiex

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  2. Hi Kammy! Thanks so much for linking up to Terrific Under Ten! What a cool makeover! I haven't tried that Wil-Bond before, but I've tried oil based primer and that works great on laminate "wood" as well. That stencil is cute as well!

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  3. Aww, shucks! Your favorite blog on EARTH?! I feel pretty darn special. I hope I can live up to it! LOVE your redos, that stencil is great. And I have learned the trick about eyeballing stencils too... learned it the hard way, of course.

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  4. I featured your cabinet on my blog today! Come crab a button!

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  5. Lindsey, ain't it even kidding. Cuz frankly, I don't follow directions. like ever. So I go to your blog to get inspired, see what I gotta see, and read your short and HILARIOUS comments and I'm good to go!!! I'm always calling my mom, did you see BetterAfter today??

    Thanks againk Kindra-At Home With K! You've sent me lots of traffic. :) Love your site!

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  6. wow! i want to go find some furniture to redo! great job. thanks for the inspiration.

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