Sunday, April 03, 2011

Pear Harvest - Cabinet Makeover!

Yay!
Today I finished making over my new 'stock' cabinet!!!

Finding this beauty for a bargain price on ebay was the easy part 
- deciding what fabric to use for the makeover, .... well that's another story!

Weeks of procrastinating later, I finally ordered my Spoonflower design "Pear Harvest
I love that even with the doors closed, you get the sense you are peeking inside the cabinet, to see shelves of pretty pears all lined up in rows :)

Before pics below:



To give this cabinet a simpler, more rustic country feel - the first thing I did was remove the fancy 'fret work' from the legs.
Then I lightly sanded, washed and painted the cabinet in one of my all time favourite products: White Paint!


Further adding to the country feel, I attached a new iron handle and French inspired escutcheon (for a key and tassel.)


To attach the fabric to the timber panels, I measured and cut the fabric to size - and simply used double sided tape to fix the fabric to the timber .
(This also makes the fabric quite easy to remove whenever it's time for a change)
Finally the edges of the fabric were topped with ribbon (applied with a hot glue gun.)


And Voila! 

7 comments:

  1. Magnifique! Love the new legs, and everything for that matter!!
    What a divine storage cupboard. Well done!

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  2. This is fantastic! What a great job you've done. I love that fabric :)

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  3. It looks absolutely beautiful! I great job!

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  4. What a piece of art that you have made! The transformation is awesome. One day I have to have something like this. Goes straight into my wish/do list. Thanks. It is always really inspiring when you come with your new posts.

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  5. You knew just how to bring out the beauty of this piece. I'm inspired!

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  6. You are inspirational! Love it! And I, too, am a huge fan of white paint! :-)

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