I'm guessing that it was a built in from the original 1950's kitchen. It had been painted blue, with vinyl flooring glued to the bottom and a lovely speckled laminate top and metal edging...
I couldn't let this little gem go to waste - what with all the nice storage it could provide:
So, off to Home Depot I went! I bought spray paint (because I'm too impatient for brushing on paint) and new cabinet door pulls. The rest of the tools/supplies I already had: painters tape, tape measure, sander, scrapbook paper and modpodge.
It took me all day, but my final product is well worth it! Let me introduce you to our new dining room storage cabinet....
I took off the metal edging and spray painted the top with a fun sea foam green/blue color that I already had in my craft box that goes well with our living room couches. Then I put down painters tape in a chevron pattern and sprayed over it with a metallic silver.
My lines weren't perfect...but did I mention I'm impatient? Yeah - all those measurements took way too long, so I kinda just eyeballed it.
I spray painted the rest of the unit with a semi-gloss black to match the rest of our black furniture, but it was looking a little plain.
So, I pulled out some black patterned scrapbook paper and modpodged it into the shelves on the left side.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but the top and bottom shelves are black with white polka dots and the middle shelf is an argyle type pattern.
Next I added some fun new silver door pulls and voila!
It's always fun to remake an old piece into something new and functional!
