A couple of cabinet makeovers.

Remember the crackle finish phase?

 I picked up this little wall cabinet at a yard sale recently.

I can see why someone was selling it!

 

Like a crafts project gone awry...

But I knew I could work with all the texture.

After a thorough sanding/cleaning, 

I used a wash of chalk paints in a pale aqua

to cover the inside.

I painted all the little drawers as well.

Inside, I used a bluer tone.

 Then I painted the outside with Old White.

I cut some slats to create a shelf which I also painted Old White.

 After sanding down the edges,

 I waxed with clear and dark waxes.

I used dark wax on the edges and

on the "crackled" areas to push all that

delicious texture.

 Beautiful shabby!

It's in my booth at Greenwood Antiques.

For Sale: $115.

This nasty little bookcase belonged to a client.

It was the perfect size for her laundry room.

But certainly, she couldn't use it like this!

I sanded and painted in Annie Sloan Chalk paint

in Louis Blue.

Then I waxed in clear waxes.

Because there was some bleed through on the shelves,

I decided to cover them.

I used some wallpaper samples from an old

York wallpaper book...

For each shelf, I cut and pasted a piece

of wallpaper.

I covered the ledges as well,

glueing the paper underneath each shelf.

Now it's fresh and sweet,

and the perfect place

to store all her laundry items:

Detergents,

fabric softerners,

dryer sheets, etc.

SheShe, The Home Magician

Sheila Fox

sheilafox@aol.com

804-402-4370