$19.99 Cabinet Re-Do - Reveal

I probably should have waited until the top layer was dry and I could add a few pieces to 'dress' it up a bit, but that is not the case. I am to excited to reveal the finished cabinet I scored for $20.00 @ the local Goodwill. You might remember my post Here where I discussed how we happened to just casually walk around the place after our delicious dinner at Azteca [yummy!].

Let's take a quick look back shall we?

Good bones. Good design... just a little dated with the stain and gold handles.

So with some primer, paint, spray paint and a few days, I have managed to give this dated little number a totally new leash on life. Now before we go any further... I wanted to do something bold... well a little more bold than what I'm used to. I wanted to stray away from white or black.

So with....

That fabric, which I am using as the color palette for our living room, I wanted a nice bright, fun color.

And that is what I had in mind. There are still a few touch ups I have to finish off [like right next to the door hinges... I would have took them off the doors however they aren't attached with screws, and whatever they are attached with, we don't have the tool that fits]. Overall though it's about 99% finished.

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The color I used was 'Beach Ball' from Olympics Premium Zero VOC interior paint in Semi-Gloss. The color doesn't have an exact match to my fabric-palette, however I preferred a yellow over an orangy-gold hue.

For the top knobs [something about that just doesn't sound right... ha!]. I wanted to keep the original ones that came with the cabinet because they have that 'vintagy' feel to them, and they matched the rest of the designs within the cabinet. The original color was a brassy/gold... so because that is not part of my color palette, I used Valspar's premium enamel interior spray paint for metal, in a brushed nickel color.

I did the same for the door handles. I kept the original brackets because they matched the designs in the wood, also because I think it would look weird to just have a simple knob there and another knob at the top of the doors.... to many knobs, so I figured the bracket would break it up a bit. The knobs however I switched out with new ones for the doors. I found those at Lowe's and they matched the same brushed nickel in the shade of spray paint I used for the bracket and original knobs. They also seemed a little 'vintagy' so I figured that would work well with the entire cabinet.

So there you have it. My finished $20.00 cabinet. It's sitting in the living room, right by the window. That space has always bugged me because it was so bare and I have been on the look out for something special to put there and I am so excited now to have filled that boring ol' area. This cabinet will also be used to store all of Jaydens toys that he keeps in the living room, which will work out great with hiding them all whenever we have company over!