Cabinet Complete!

I LOVE the difference a coat (or three) of paint can make! Here is the BEFORE again of the cabinet we bought for our daughter’s clothing (a chest of drawers just couldn’t cut it!):

Grey cabinet BEFORE the facelift

And here is the AFTER:

Finished project--cabinet painted Heirloom White

The only “antique” parts of this cabinet are the hardware (which I didn’t touch) and the doors (which the cabinet builder had already painted, thus relieving me of any guilt I might feel about painting old paint). My daughter wisely picked Rustoleum’s Heirloom White paint. It is beautiful and oh-so-smooth to the touch (quite unlike the flat grey housepaint which had been on the cabinet.)

Antique spring latch

Antique hinge

One if-I-had-to-do-it-again: I should have primed the cabinet. It took three coats of a good quality paint to cover the dark gray and a lot of time. (I slacked on the inside. Only one coat to make the shelves smooth and a little brighter.) I think a good primer would have made a third coat unnecessary. Also, there are a lot of nooks and crannies and hard-to-reach spots in this type of furniture. It is NOT a quick job. But well worth the time, I think!

ALL of her clothes fit–even the hooded sweatshirts! How many almost-15-year-old girls can actually put away all of their laundry?

The best part? She loves it!

Cabinet--Loaded

The girl LOVES her socks!