Door Dilemma: Solving a Lack of Privacy

So this house I've been working on........

had a very interesting feature......

EVERY interior door in the house 

(except this one closet door)..........

 was a paned glass door.........

Every single one!
In every bedroom,
bathroom........

I mean, really?

Who wants to be seen in the toilet, huh?
("You gonna be in there long?")

The previous owners had used ivory sheers for privacy.

Here's what I came up with
to solve the lack of privacy dilemma:

I removed the sheers.....

Then I played around with various vinyl wallpaper cutouts.

Hmm, okay, but it doesn't look like wood.

I decided on wallpaper that simulates bead board.

After soaking,

you "book" it...

And here you go...

The tricky part was making sure all the lines matched vertically...

Here's the door with all the wallpaper cutouts...

And here's the door all primed and painted!

Looks like a door, heh?

I painted all the doors in a satin navy....

On the backside, I just primed and painted.

I kept the glass panes in all the hallway doors and the doors to the office

to keep everything light and architecturally interesting!

Talk about a BEAR to do.  

Incredibly labor-intensive.

BUT... the results were totally worth it!

Discarded Furniture Rehab: From HiFi Cabinet to Bar

By now, I have a reputation...

People with junk call me.

That's how I happened to become the owner of this lovely

old HEAVY hifi cabinet........

Complete with turntable...

 radio...

 and speakers.......

 Anyone need a frequency modulator????

No wonder this thing weighs a ton...

Gutting this stuff took longer than anything.....

 But finally all the insides are gone...

 ...and I'm ready to paint....

 I painted most of the exterior in Annie Sloan Chalkpaint in Antibes Green.

Then I made new fabric panels to replace the nasty ones...

I left the top, drawer fronts and fretwork unpainted.

 On the backside, I added a bead board shelf and painted everything inside in Pure White.

Then I used a vinyl tablecloth to cover the shelves.

 Easy to keep clean, wipe up a spill, etc.

 I sanded, waxed and dark waxed the paint.

The left side of the top opens up (where the 

turntable used to be.) 

 Now it can store

all those large liquor bottles!

 And the right drawer front is actually a door.

More storage for cups, napkins, munchies.......

I left the original Magnavox plaque.

On the side, I attached a long bar pull and added a teatowel.

Here it is for sale in my booth at Greenwood Antiques & Uniques.

The bar is open! 

$225.

(I guess you COULD use it as a console for your TV.

Take out the fabric panels and place your various cable boxes, etc.,

underneath.)

From Blank Canvas to a Colorful Room Oasis on a Budget.

And I'm back, folks, 

to reveal the finished, decorated room 

I blogged about last week. 

So sit back, grab the popcorn, and enjoy!

To refresh, the room began like this:

Knotty pine panelling, brown linoleum floor.

Here it is after base painting everything:

Next, I did a checkerboard patterned floor.

 My client had NO IDEA what he was going to do with or put in this room,

so I made him a ridiculously low offer 

he couldn't refuse,

to completely furnish it.

 Okay, ready?  

Blink!

And

BAM!

 Please enter Mike's nifty Moroccan lounge!

I call it the happy land of colors!

 (Reverse shot: Looking back to the door.) 

I love how this bold striped dhurrie rug 

pulls you right into the room.

To the left of the entrance I set up this little work area.

I gave a vintage 50's pine desk 

a punchy new look by painting it in BM "Terrapin Green," 

a green slightly deeper

 than the green in the floor squares.

On the other side of the window, 

and on the left back wall,

is this sweet little sitting area.

This moroccan lantern I found was perfect!

I stuffed it with multicolored string lights

for some added sparkle.

The chair is a rehabbed armed ladder back chair

that I painted in an aged turquoise finish. 

I reupholstered the seat in a green outdoor fabric

and whipped up this little suzani print pillow.

This little table was made from a repurposed

aquarium stand and cabinet door.

I spray painted it in an ocean blue.

I love layering blues and greens.

And NO, they don't have to match!

I think the various shades and tones

give a room dimension and interest.

(It also doesn't scream: "Hey, 

I bought this all in one store!!")

Above the little table, 

I hung my client's framed poster.

Now, let's pick up some of those rug colors!

Over to the right of the back wall,

is this daybed....

really just a single mattress and boxspring.

I dressed the bed in a white chenille queen bedspread,

turned crosswise.  Then I added a plethora of pillows...

picking up the colors in the rug and furniture...

Some of these were purchased, 

and the rest I made.

And just in front of the doorway, a wooden

 rocker that belonged to Mike's Dad, 

nestles up to this little triangular-topped

table that I got from a client.

On the wall next to the door, 

I hung a double

coat rack.

You can't have enough floor cushions!

And remember the little green desk I painted?

I used the same paint to give the ceiling fan blades

a facelift, too.

At dusk, turn on the lights...

flop down a floor cushion, 

and crank up the Hookah!

 Your bed is just a stone's throw away.

That was fun!

I'll be blogging more about the rest of the house soon.

Thanks, Mike, for the great project!!!!!