I originally wanted the Cabria Buffet from Crate & Barrel, but let's be honest, I don't have an extra $700 to throw around. I was willing to spend $150 (before supplies) and maybe to $200 if I found something I loved. Then, I found this little gem on Craigslist:
A pine cabinet with really good bones and loads of potentional. Last Saturday JEGs and I drove to Depford, NJ and I picked this up from a nice family who was moving to Florida and didn't want to move the furniture with them.
The price?
$60.
Hell to the yeah.
We loaded it up and headed back to PA.
Work Day One (aka Monday) JEGs and I sanded it down.
Originally I wanted something about 36 inches tall and this was only 29.5 inches, so JEGs and I took off the old legs and added new ones from Lowes.
old legs vs new legs
you've got new legs Lt. Dan!
After we attatched the legs we started staining. I decided on Minwax's Aegean because I wanted it to really stand on its own and not blend in with the other woods that were in the great room.
after a couple coats of stain...
those empty kitty litter boxes were perfect for us to put the shelves on while they dried
I bought new hardware for the drawer and doors. I picked out Targets Double Beaded Knob for the drawer and the 3" Pull for the two doors:
We headed over to Ikea and picked up two of the LACK shelves. At $19.99 they were a total steal, and we found one in the "As Is" department that had a scrape on the top, but was otherwise fine for $5.99. I was so elated that I was practically like the woman in the commercial screaming "START THE CAR!"
Anyway, the final product:
The final cost breakdown:
We went with the darker shelves and then I popped some freshness in with white frames and accessories. I just love the way it flows with the rest of the Great Room:
The final cost breakdown:
Buffet: $60
Stain and supplies: $31.27
Hardware: $33.18
Shelves: $27.53
Total Cost: $151.98
about $2 more then I was going to spend on just the furniture.
I. am. the bomb.
It took a week of sweat, tears, bug bites and a lot of hemming and hawing about the stain, but I am soooo happy with the way it came out. Also, many thanks to Joey and Connie for letting us hijack their garage for a week.
Always & Forever,
ME
5 comments:
Hahaha love the Lt Dan comment, awesome!
This looks awesome! especially with the shelves, it totally pulls it together. This is one of those projects that I would be really excited about, then after sanding, removing doors, etc, I would lose patience and it would sit in my garage half-finished. So yay to you for getting it done...and so pretty!
It looks really great! I wish I could see the potential in things like you can. You're becoming quite the Martha :)
I LOVE that this is a "lizziebeth original"! The floating shelves pull the whole vignette together beautifully. ADORE.
Wow, the whole thing turned out amazing! I especially love the leg hack that you did! Thank you so much for linking up so that I could see this :).
WOW! You even posted this on my bday, so it was an even better treat!! Looks amazing painted!
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