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6/20/11

Paintin'

I am up to my elbows in paint as I paint my studio cabinets white. The first brush stroke was fabulous, as was the second, third and fourth. The fifth brush stroke-- is when I thought to myself "Why did I start this?" You know exactly what I'm talking about don't ya~ To keep my sanity, I just HAD to do something fun, so I painted a small standing cabinet that I bought at a yard sale years ago for only $10--- The picture makes it looks small... but it actually stands four feet high. To give it a little character, I dirtied up the edges with black and brown ink pads instead of sanding the edges. I used double sided sticky tape and adhered some pages from a Sears catalog to the backs of each cubbie. I think it turned out cute. It was a NICE release from some of the angst I was feeling while taking on the HUGE project of painting my wall-to-wall cabinets. Tomorrow I'm going to the hardware store to buy some trim to add to my cabinets a.k.a. bookcases... to make them appear to be a built in unit across the back wall of my studio.... a.k.a. my daughters old room. The only upside to this huge painting project is I get to set up little vignettes when the paints all dry on the shelves. Hooray for happy stuffed shelves full of stuff I love. Nuts, I guess I better get back to painting or its never going to get finished. Oh..... I thought I'd share this funny.... at the hardware store where I bought the paint, the clerk said, "Looks like you've got everything you need. you've got the paint, brushes and "him" to paint for you." Hysterical! I laughed as I corrected him that I was going to do the painting. Do men paint?
I've linked up to "Very Merry Vintage Style" share the love linky party.

9 comments:

  1. This piece of furniture looks amazing! I love what you have done with it...the vintage papers in the background give it such wonderful character and all those cubbies: too cool! TFS!

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  2. Cheryl...this looks AWESOME!!! I love the old papers and I have never thought of distressing using ink..what a unique idea and one I will store away for later use...thank you!!

    Do men paint? ROFL Only if we let them and then supervise them ^_^

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  3. "Why did I start this?"
    Oh yes, I do know what you mean. Mine in the form of distressing my kitchen cabinets...eeekkkk.
    This is a great piece of furniture and you have given it such charm. Lovely...

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  4. Ha! My husband sure doesn't paint. I've raised my son to be a painter, tho and we've been on a project together all week.

    Cute cabinet!

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  5. Hi Cheryl,

    Great job on the cubbie shelf, when are ya shippin' it to me???? ha ha

    I think I saw a husband paint once, I could be wrong, but it sure looked like a husband, and of course it was all wrong! LOL

    Have fun finishing up.

    Hugs,
    Meri

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  6. How fun that you actually had an old catalog to tape to the back of the cabinet. I had a horrible experience with mod podging paper to the back of my own cabinet. I do believe I'll try double-taping it now! Thanks for the idea. ~Sue

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  7. This is a great project! Thanks for sharing!

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  8. This is a really cute piece; love how you used the paper inside. Thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday; hope you'll be back again this week!
    Mary

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~Cheryl