Thursday, 19 April 2018

IKEA Hack: Painting and customizing found cabinet

I have had to complete a few #DIY tasks so I had to restrict social media access to once or twice a day. Found another piece of discarded #furniture in someone’s rubbish. It was in pieces, many parts. Took it home, woodglued it and got #ladyboss to help paint. I marbled the top. Black gloss is a pretty amazing paint imho. It really smartens the entire look (frame, legs etc).
And. Wa-lah! #1950s #Parisian #glamour#makeover for this incredible piece of #IKEA furniture. BTW it is the Hemnes bedside cabinet if you are interested to do the same.
Feeling quite proud. Total cost £2. This is for the pink paint which unbelievably I did not have since it is my favourite colour.
The other paints I already had. When I repurpose old or found furniture, I don't have a design execution plan or a sample schedule. I think it's fun to make things up as you go along, and if you stick to only three colours, you won't go wrong - as long as the three go together well. I know what colours go well together because I have a good eye and I don't plan or premeditate the task beforehand. I tend to use whatever I have, otherwise it defeats the whole purpose of repurposing and thrifting.
I tend to go for high contrast colours. I prefer strong colours to grey on grey or beige on beige. Those would be a dull choice for me. 
This is the ladyboss helping to put the jigsaw together and woodgluing the joints.

After gluing, we painted the drawer gold.

View of finished cabinet

View of marbled top



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