Bookcase Cabinet Makeover

I beloved it when a projection turns out to hold upwards less piece of work than what I thought.

And that's precisely what happened amongst this pigment transformation project.

This flick below is how the other side of my living room looked a duo of days ago.

I've e'er loved that small-scale bookcase cabinet, it was 1 of my husbands finds fifty-fifty earlier nosotros met. The work was, it looked sad as well as it didn't quite agree amongst the novel await of this room.

I idea almost stripping it as well as leaving its natural color, simply that would've been agency every bit good fourth dimension consuming.

Instead, I went the tardily way... Chalk paint.

This time, I gave the Rust-oleum Charcoal a try, as well as I'm really happy amongst the terminate result.

The alone prep piece of work done to the cabinet was a skillful cleaning. I didn't create total holes or sand anything. I wanted the cabinet to yet await old.

This pigment is thick as well as dries quite fast.

I applied 2 coats waiting for the pigment to dry out inward betwixt coats.

Then, using a sanding sponge, all those edges got distressed.
After cleaning thoroughly amongst a tack cloth, clear soft wax was applied.

The concluding footstep was to buff it amongst a soft cloth. This is how it looks, I beloved the wooden musical note peeking thru.

And that soft shine... Gorgeous!

Those baskets agree as well as then perfectly inward there, I decided to travel them to shop napkins as well as materials nosotros travel on the dining table.