Sometimes even the smallest projects can be very rewarding. I love it when we can do even one thing on the weekend to make the house a little prettier. Some weekends it is just replacing a light bulb, others it is two rooms of beadboard wallpaper! (More on that soon...)
Over the weekend we had a chance to paint this antique washstand that I found on Kijiji (of course!) Once Layla started crawling she decided that the DVD player was a fascinating discovery, so we needed something to keep it hidden from tiny fingers. I had been looking for awhile before I found this one for a great deal a couple towns away. We decided to make a little road trip one rainy Saturday and discovered the most charming bakery on the way. I think this cabinet will always remind me of that day:)
Here is the piece we had before:
This is the before picture of the washstand. It was quite orange!
Here is the after...
Of course it's hard to make a corner with a big television pretty, but I really do love the robins egg blue colour. When I want to paint something a colour other than white, I just grab my big gallon of white paint and pour a small amount into an old yogurt container.
Then I take dollar store craft paint - turquoise and yellow in this case, and add tiny amounts until I get the colour I am looking for. This method has always worked very well for me and saves a ton of money. Also, using a yogurt container allows me to store any leftover paint safely and use for another project.
There was one small problem we encountered when my husband was putting it all back together. The DVD player was too deep. After a few worried moments my husband brought out the saw and the next thing I knew there was a perfectly cut hole in the back of the cabinet!
Everyone loves it except Layla, who wants to know where her favourite toy went.
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