Showing posts with label reuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reuse. Show all posts

Monday, May 20, 2013

Adding Fabric to an Old Cabinet



So this is a project that was a project. I purchased a white cabinet from Kmart around 6 or 7 years ago. About 4 years ago I removed the doors, painted it black, and added a curtain where the doors were. I had no use for it after a while, so it got put into storage. 

I was looking for storage to put in my daughter's room, and I remembered the cabinet. 

-I cleaned it up, primered it, and painted the entire thing white (it's original color). 



-Then I took the back to a poster frame, and cut it to the size of the ruined backing on the cabinet.

 - I covered the board with this pretty pink fabric that I bought from a yard sale for $.50, using glue to secure it.





-After it dried, I nailed the fabric board to the back of the shelves.

 


 It was easy, and basically free since I had most of the materials. How do you think it turned out?

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Trash on My Wall



It was another one of those times.... I was driving, and pulled over when I saw free stuff on the curb. This time it was just two boxes, but I really wanted to know what was inside of them. 

I found this large copper-ish picture with an embossed head of a horse on it. The frame was way worn, there was no glass, the matting was ripped, and the entire thing had some weird clear jelly substance all over it. I took it home anyways. I wish I had a before picture, so you could see how bad it was but I was just interested in getting the jelly stuff out of my house. 

I removed the frame, added a bit of paint and glaze, and put it in a frame. Ta-da! Trash on my walls.... again.... It's probably not the last time either.