30's Liquor Cabinet Ready to Shine Again

Andrea Palmai
by Andrea Palmai
5 Materials
$50
3 Days
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I found this Liquor cabinet on Facebook marketplace and was super excited to start working on it! it didn't look like much but I knew it had lots of potential. I had picked it up at a mobile home park in Houston. When I saw that it was made in London I wondered how it got to Houston. That is a beauty of working with vintage furniture and the beauty of owning them is that it tells a story. I imagined this piece has seen many lavish parties and my goal was to make it look as posh as possible so it can be a star of the party once again!

here she is!

I started off with sanding the doors! For this I used an electric circle sander. I could tell it has beautiful wood grain so I wanted to expose those on the doors. i started with 120 sandpaper then 180 then 220.

I decided that the accent color was going to be black and gold! kind of Artdeco/ Great Gatsby vibe, so I painted the sides and some of the front with black latex paint

frog tape design

Once the black paint dried, I used frogtape to mark my design, I was going to paint with gold! I also went ahead and did a gold design on the wood front doors!

danish teak oil

to seal it and make the wood grain (and gold paint) pop I applied 3 coats of Danish teak oil (follow instructions on the container on drying time in between coats) I also applied Danish teak oil on the inside of the cabinet and inside of the doors. It really gave the old finish a new shine and saved me time because I didn't have to refinish the inside.

Once everything was sealed and reassembled. It was time to fill it up with glasses and liquor.

I really love how it turned out and hope that it will shine at parties for another 100 years! if you like this transformation follow me on Instagram @andreapalmai where you can find more of my pieces.

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  • Heje Heje on Dec 06, 2019

    Did you install the lights and mirrors? It makes the piece even more distinctive.

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  • Mary McDonald Mary McDonald on Jan 03, 2020

    I absolutely love Art Deco! It’s beautiful!

  • Helen Helen on Jan 22, 2020

    I need to stain my dining table and chairs how can I do this

    • Andrea Palmai Andrea Palmai on Jan 24, 2020

      You would need to sand them down first then apply the stain then seal it with either shellac polyurethane or policrylic clear coat

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