DIY Liquor Cabinet

Julie Briggs
by Julie Briggs
I've been on the hunt for months for something I could use in my dining room for a liquor cabinet. I entertain a lot, so I usually have a pretty decent stash of adult beverage supplies on hand, and none of my kitchen cabinet shelves are tall enough to accommodate the height of the bottles.
I've been looking for something vintage, chippy and interesting looking and coming up completely empty. The space I'm working with is only about 3 wide, so between the restrictions on the width and needing tall or adjustable shelves, I'm pretty much searching for the elusive unicorn - so I decided to make a temporary solution out of a ReStore kitchen cabinet.
The 70's orange stain matched Donald Trump's spray tan and sported a thick coat of grease with graffiti accents on the top:
Which is pretty weird, because this is an UPPER cabinet - in theory, the top of this would have been near the ceiling somewhere.....right? Hmmm.


I scrubbed the whole piece down with a strong Pine Sol solution to get rid of the dirt and grease, then I went over it with a deglosser. I used a dry brush technique with regular latex paint, added wooden furniture feet, new knobs and a cork top covered with a piece of glass.
NOTE: The doors on this cabinet are solid wood and kind of heavy, plus the wooden feet could not be mounted right at the edge of the base, so it was a little tippy. To avoid a sticky, booze-soaked catastrophe we attached the cabinet to the wall.


The cabinet tucks perfectly into the little corner next to the French doors that lead to my deck and pergola. I am not in love with this piece, but it's a perfect transition until I find my elusive vintage-chippy-thrifted unicorn with tall shelves.
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  • Roberta Lenski Roberta Lenski on May 30, 2016
    I like this but I am not a wine drinker. Can the corks be purchased?
  • John John on Jan 20, 2022

    Love this and the handles good job

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