A Shabby Old Country Cupboard....I knew it had Potential!

I bought an, ugly, country cupboard and gave it a fresh new look!

This, old, country cupboard had been taking up space, in our garage, for far too long and it was high time for me to get it done.

I found it at an auction and....

Here it is before and a little after.

My honey is my handyman....I'm so happy that he's here to help me and as he recovers from his  scary surgery!

I still have to remind him to do important things like putting on his sanding mask.

After many, many, hours of work he finally got it to look like this...
revealing it's original white pine.

 I really planned on painting the entire piece, but the more I looked at it the more I liked it, stripped down, shabby!

 A broken corbel bracket got duplicated by my honey. I did a little faux painting to make it blend right in.

It had, really ugly, drawer pulls and a top layer of, really bad, glossy, white paint.

 It wasn't a peely/chippy look that I could even consider saving!

A few layers of paint were left in the hard to get places. It's what's giving it a, rustic, shabby look.

The inside got a, fresh, new coat and chicken wire got, spray painted, black and attached to the inside of the doors. It can be lifted, off of a few screws, easily, to clean the glass.

The bottom shelf still has most of it's original paint.

The, top two, shelves got distressed a bit to make them look a little old.

The drawers and doors had no working locks (just a part of the non-working mechanisms) and only holes where knobs once were on the doors below.

Bronze knobs and scoop style drawer pulls add perfection to the farmhouse style.

Wire storage baskets, painted black, fit perfectly on the open shelf.

Cook book pages, a perfect choice, line the drawers

and, an added, interior shelf below.

An old skeleton key is permanently adhered into the old lock hole and now works as a pull to open the door.

Nail heads left exposed and more remnants of paint add more rustic appeal.

The Graphics Fairy 

was where I found the image that I painted on each door.

My first attempt was a chalk transfer and to use a paint marker in lieu of paint and a brush. The marker bled into the wood....bad idea, JP!

 2nd attempt...I reversed the image onto wax paper and fed it into my printer and transferred it directly onto the wood and painted over all of the design.
(directions in my sign post...here) 

Success!

I think it turned out pretty cool....kinda like one you might see on my favorite HGTV show
"Fixer Upper"

Here it is "staged" out in the garage.

I thought you'd get a kick seeing how I roll on a typical crafting/project day.
I cook and clean and watch t.v. and I make messes...

and Gucci follows my every move!

 Now that it's done it's up for sale although I'd really love to keep it!

 Love, Hugs and Kisses,
JP

and Gucci, too!

Can you see him? He's playing "peek-a-boo!

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A very special "thank you" to sweet Kathy from adelightsomelife
for liking this post enough to feature it on her wonderful blog!


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Hearts, White Roses, Transferware & Ironstone

I made this little vignette to use as a centerpiece for Valentine's Day. Our, cast iron, terrarium gets a lot of use all throughout the year and I never tire of using it for seasonal displays.

For now it's sitting on our kitchen counter.

A vintage, ironstone creamer holds faux, ivory roses on top of a stack of red transferware saucers and a remnant of red and white striped fabric. The sweet, little heart was a gift from a dear friend!

I hope to find real miniature, white roses to re-place the silk ones that I used here. I would always prefer real over silk. However, sometimes it's inconvenient to shop for them, or too wasteful to spend the money or they just can't be found.

I made the salt dough hearts and scripted ribbon last Valentine's Day. I made some really cute things with the hearts.

 You can find them here 


 I love them plain and simple just hung from white twine, too.

Not too fancy....just a plain and simple touch.

I love the way the roses formed a little roof on top.

I had to show you the addition to our country cupboard.

The woven tote is a birthday gift that I'm using to hold the white ranunculas (yup, they're faux, too)

I'll be using it as my tote for the pool and beach real soon!
Thanks to my thoughtful mother in-law...she's a sweet, 91 year old, who never forgets!!!

 Love, Hugs and Kisses,
JP

and Gucci, too!

   


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Re-arranging our Big Red Country Kitchen Cupboard

I've had this primitive, country cupboard since I purchased it in the 80's at an auction. It, originally, had a nice, old door and was just brown stained wood and probably came out of someone's farmhouse. It was used in the kitchen like that for a long time, until the day that I decided to remove the door and use it as part of my "nail station"....I was a tech for many years!  Sadly, somewhere in time the door got left behind and a variety of curtains have taken it's place.

Here it is in our Carolina room aka my craft/office space. It was holding tons of supplies and my printer.

I had the urge to move it into our kitchen this past weekend and use it as a storage cupboard again....it was a "beast" to move! Thank God for my honey and his hand truck!!!

 Country primitive LOVE!

A country arrangement now sits on top.

Gucci's leash and treats hang from a handy hook.

It's taken the place of our black desk

and adds a bold pop of red to all of the black in the room.

The burlap board of Love got moved here.

Now, the cupboard is hiding our t.v and printer and a lot of my other supplies and papers.

It was a full days work re-arranging and organizing my supplies in both of the rooms.

A little bag switch!

The furniture swap is really blending in well in both rooms, now and I'm a happy, happy camper!

   Love, Hugs and Kisses,
JP

and Gucci, too!

A very special "thank you" to Kathy from adelightsomelife for featuring this post on her wonderful blog!

   


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