Another project completed and crossed off the list!

I started with this old IKEA pine corner cabinet (door, shelves and drawer removed).

And here it is painted black with an off-white interior. I was so thrilled to finally get this done and put back into it’s place that I forgot to close the drawer all the way before snapping the picture.

I’m quite happy with how it turned out even though the door was a real pain to paint. It would have gone along much faster and easier if the glass could have come out.

Several years ago my MIL gave me her grandmother’s china which I’ve always kept in this cabinet along with some other treasures. I spent the last couple of afternoons rummaging through boxes trying to locate everything. I’m still missing one of my favourite plates and I’ve run out of places to look. My husband was quick to point out that I’m just going to have to move it all when we finally get to installing baseboards but I just couldn’t stand having it sit there empty.

So after several hours of arranging and re-arranging, here’s how it looks so far.

I need to “boost” up a couple things and that teapot in the back needs polishing in the worst way. It was a thrift store find for $5 and has lots of interesting detail (even though you can barely see it hiding back there). The top shelf is a work in progress so I deliberately kept it out of the picture.