Antibes Green Cabinet Makeover
by
Melody
3 Materials
Recently, I found this Asian inspired cabinet at an estate sale. I fell in love with the clean lines and beautiful wood. What I didn't like were the Asian drawer pulls and the Asian embellishments in the corners of the legs.
The one thing you can't see in the pictures is the damage to the top of the cabinet. It need some major work and a new look. Since I knew I couldn't refurbish the top, I went with saving the wood I could by not painting the drawers.
My first step to giving this Asian inspired cabinet a makeover, was remove the Asian embellishments on each corner. The Asian motifs were easy to remove with a hammer and pliers. I wanted to remove them so I could transform this piece into something beautiful with a simple elegance.
After all the Asian motifs were removed, including the drawer hardware, I painted the cabinet with two coats of Chalk Paint™ Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan in Antibes Green.
Once my two coats of paint were dry, I waxed the entire cabinet with clear wax. I wiped off the excess wax, then before the wax had dried, I added a coat of dark wax. I worked the dark wax into the crevices and grooves, then removed the excess wax. 24 hours later, my wax was dry and I buffed the paint to a nice sheen.
The last step was to wax the drawers with dark wax and add new cut crystal drawer hardware.
The one thing you can't see in the pictures is the damage to the top of the cabinet. It need some major work and a new look. Since I knew I couldn't refurbish the top, I went with saving the wood I could by not painting the drawers.
My first step to giving this Asian inspired cabinet a makeover, was remove the Asian embellishments on each corner. The Asian motifs were easy to remove with a hammer and pliers. I wanted to remove them so I could transform this piece into something beautiful with a simple elegance.
After all the Asian motifs were removed, including the drawer hardware, I painted the cabinet with two coats of Chalk Paint™ Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan in Antibes Green.
Once my two coats of paint were dry, I waxed the entire cabinet with clear wax. I wiped off the excess wax, then before the wax had dried, I added a coat of dark wax. I worked the dark wax into the crevices and grooves, then removed the excess wax. 24 hours later, my wax was dry and I buffed the paint to a nice sheen.
The last step was to wax the drawers with dark wax and add new cut crystal drawer hardware.
This is the cabinet before I took the embellishments on the corners.
Drawer hardware needed to be changed. It didn't work with the new look.
I love how the wood on the drawers pops now!
Love the new cut crystal drawer knobs.
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Looove that pretty green detail.
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So unique and beautiful!
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