Trash to treasure???
Posted
Friday, May 16, 2008 9:38 PM
First of all, thanks for the sweet comments! It made me smile to see little notices in my e-mail, and it was even better when I read them! I love that even though technology has its low points, it makes a community like this one (where we don't even know each other!) possible.
So, in honor of the weekend, maybe some inspiration? 
Check out my photos - I just put in pics of my "cabinet." I never figured out what to call it. The story goes like this: One day, the dog and I were taking a walk around our apartment complex. I walked past a Dumpster, and lo and behold someone was throwing out a complete sideboard/cabinet thing! We finished the walk, and I got my car and drove around to that side of the complex. Someone else must have seen it also, because it had been moved, but I assumed I had first dibs since I'd seen it first. It took me about 10 minutes to maneuver it into my Honda Accord (I couldn't decide what was better, trunk or backseat?), and then I had to lug it up three flights of stairs. Needless to say, I must have been quite a sight.
It def wasn't in the greatest shape. It was painted black on top of purple (?!), and painted badly. The doors had no handles, and it had this awkward rectangular cutout on top, with a funky piece of plywood nailed over it. The plan was to strip off the paint and hopefully stain it; that didn't work out because the wood on the doors was way different than the body of the thing, and it was too much work to get every tiny bit of paint out of every nook and cranny.
I ended up painting it white with a dark glaze to sort of antique it. It's got, shall we say, "character." I knew I couldn't hide all the nicks and holes, so I played them up. I kind of like it! It's now our linen cabinet - fabulous new storage!