I would never have imagined that I would be loving many of the same things I talked my mother into getting rid of! Recently I found this china cupboard on isj and remembered how we had one similar to it...not super great quality but a staple of most households in the 70's!
The lady was selling it for $20, mainly because no one bit at her original price of $40, then it dropped to $30 and when it hit $20, I snapped it up. My husband primed it for me as I was sick with pneumonia. Then I finished it off with a Martha Stewart paint in a beautiful scandanavian blue...I love it!
One of the challenges is the frosted glass doors. I don't care for the pattern and it seems to "granny" like. So, I am playing around with some ideas to replace the glass doors or paint the glass!
I just finished the last coat and I will show the after photos once I bring it inside from the garage!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
1970's Vintage China Cabinet
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5 comments:
Great colour choice! I can't wait to see the finished project...I say go for ribbed glass as you are definitely not frou-frou!!
oh my goodness wendy im amazed at how good it looks already! and i must admit i was skeptical.
but it looks so good and i can just imagine how great its gonna look.
thats very similar to the colour im doign our bathroom in today. i got the tiniest tin of paint and my hands are blistered from leaning down on the roller so much cuz i need to use ever drop!
im really excited about seeing what this is gonna look like!
oh dear, what a terrible greedy person i am, because i'm jealous!! you find the coolest things for the greatest prices!
hmmmm, you're now making me look at our 70's tv cabinet in a new light. it's stained in that icky honey stain, but maybe the right colour of paint would do the trick.
now just where to put it??!
As much as I love the piece, it is forcing me to paint my dining set..which is a good thing as I have put it off since moving in...
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