When we picked up this old cabinet, we weren’t sure exactly what we were going to do with it. I don’t dislike Mid Century Modern style furniture, it’s just not a style I’m typically drawn to. After it sat in my garage for a few weeks, we came up with an idea to do something cool that would fit in a young boy’s bedroom or playroom.
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This is what the cabinet looked like when we brought it home.
The surface was really rough and uneven so before we started painting we went over it with our sander. We have three power sanders but this Ryobi Corner Cat Sander* is my absolute favorite. I wish they were paying me to say that but they’re not. I just really love it.
The entire piece got a couple coats of Annie Sloan’s Napoleonic Blue, then a coat of dark wax before painting the graphic. Vicki created the baseball subway art using Picmonkey.
We painted the graphic on using this method. We used Annie Sloan’s Old White for the graphic, and also painted the inside on the cabinet and the drawer in Old White. Annie Sloan’s clear wax was used to seal it.
We made the knobs ourselves. The baseballs were actually pins we found at Hobby Lobby. We removed the pin from the back of them, then attached them to knobs that had a flat surface (we found them at Lowe’s). We used E6000 to attach the baseballs to the knobs, then used a little dark wax to distress them a bit. After we added the dark wax to the baseballs I was afraid they just looked dirty rather than distressed, but hopefully it looks intentional.
The inside of the drawer got decoupaged with baseball scrapbook paper and mod podge.
It’s small enough that it could be used as a nightstand or just to store books and toys. It’s currently available in our booth, and I hope the perfect, baseball-loving little boy gets to enjoy it for many years.
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You ladies have done it again! This vintage baseball inspired pieced isn’t going to be in your booth for very long. We love how y’all worked together to make one very creative statement. Great job Amy and Vicki!
Thanks so much, Vicki and Jenn! And thank you for featuring it at your link party today. Such an honor!!
This is adorable! You guys are really knocking these furniture makeovers out of the park 🙂 Great job!
Thanks so much, Tara!
Amy I love this!! I wish I lived closer cuz this would be perfect for Rohrl! I love the blue you chose and the drawer liners. You ladies are so talented!!
Thanks Sydney! I wish I lived closer too. I’d love to paint something special for cute Rohrl :).
I was going to say you ladies need to go into business, but you have! WOW! And Vicki, great job designing the graphic! (I was looking at the one pic with the door open and couldn’t figure out what the words said…. LOL! I need sleep!) Amazing job… look forward to hearing how quick it sells! I’m sure it will! Have a great rest of the week, ladies! xo
Thanks Kendra! It is a little hard to read with the doors open, lol. We’re actually having a bit of a dry spell in the booth this month. I think everyone’s just busy with the beginning of summer. Hopefully it’ll pick up soon :).
Aww! I love this! The boy, (or girl) who ends up with this is going to love! 🙂
Thank you, Misty!
This is such a great piece of furniture for a little boys room! I love the baseball theme! I hope you’ll link up this project over at Motivational Monday this week. http://makingitinthemitten.blogspot.com/2015/06/motivational-monday-june-14th.html
Thanks so much, Melanie! Just linked up :).
This looks fabulous. I agree this will look awesome in a little boy’s room.
I just wanted to let you know I am featuring this project at Motivational Monday this week. You can check out the full post here:
Hi Melanie! Thanks so much for the feature! I’ll be sure to stop by and check it out :).