Diffendwelling: Beth's Cabinet

Sorry it's been so long since I have posted! Derek has been interviewing all over the country and things have been crazy for us, to say the least. Over the next few days, I thought I'd post some photos of some projects that I have done recently...

I will start with Beth's Cabinet. Beth is the sweetest mother in law a girl could as for and I am so proud to call her mine. She is so sweet and selfless and loves the Lord. One thing that Beth has taught me is that a house full of items with special meaning is so much more valuable than the latest matching set of whatever. When she mentioned that she would like a cabinet to set her TV on, we really wanted to make her something special. Beth loves antiques like I do, so I wanted to find her something with history and character.

I did some Craigslist shopping and found this little treasure:

It's a wardrobe cabinet from the early 1900s. There was a date on the back of the mirror and I think it was from either 1920s or 30s. Everything on this piece was in it's original condition which was awesome, but the outside needed a new finish and Beth wanted a black cabinet anyway.

I used Annie Sloan's Graphite chalk paint and put two coats on the piece. It still looked really grey so instead of putting a clear coat of wax on it, I used my dark wax and the color turned out a perfect antique black.

The dark wax in action.

I replaced the knobs with antique doorknobs from the 1930s that I found at a home salvage store in Dallas for a vintage feel. I really wanted the oversized hardware look and I think it turned out quite well. And we replaced the mirrors in the doors with glass from Lowe's which conveniently came pre-cut in the sizes we needed. I think the glass ended up being about $6 total.

Here's the finished project: