Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Bathroom cabinet

I have been working on my powder room since we moved in, 5 years ago.  It had a horrible wallpaper and it took me weeks to take it off.  It was a floor to ceiling pink and green floral nightmare!  I pained it my favorite brick color and got the cool picture for $18.00 at Gordman's many years ago.  Last week I decided I was sick of the oak vanity.  I had been checking out Craig's list for a pedestal sink, but thought I would give painting a try first.
Here is the before.
Boring ol' oak cabinet.
for the base coat I used 2 coats of tinted primer.

Sprayed the hinges silver.

Then I glazed with a brown.

TA-DA... Bathroom is complete...
or is it??? 
I may want to paint all the woodwork yet.  I really have way too much oak in this house.  We will see, my work here is never done...

As Always, Karie

10 comments:

  1. Ha! I know, I'm always changing things! I like the vanity, you did a great job! I want to change our vanity to something smaller, but hubs said not this year. Paint it is! Great job!

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  2. Followed your link from shabby chic cottage. Looks great, Very nice job :-)

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  3. you've given me inspiration-I hate our bathroom cabinet!

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  4. The new bathroom cabinet looks great! Way better than the when it was oak.

    I hope you can stop by this Sunday to my Show Off Sunday Party. I would love for you to share your project with my followers. :)

    http://houseofthriftydecor.blogspot.com/

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  5. It looks so great! I love the print in the background too! What a fun bathroom!

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  6. That is a nice makeover, but you are right. When you do one project it often leads to more!

    -Danielle

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  7. I'm not a fan of those oak cabinets and your makeover really makes a wonderful difference.

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  8. I agree, it really looks beautiful. Amazing collection of pictures making your blog wonderful.
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  9. Good choice of color since your bathroom paint is very dramatic and sensual the combination you made with the bathroom cabinet it balances the room color.

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