My First China Cabinet

Ok I know I've been saying and been meaning to give a tour of our new home but I keep getting side tracked!!  I hope you'll be patient with me! Even though things are coming together, there's still things to be done!  I won't bore you with what those are but I promise it will come!

One thing that I got accomplished over this past weekend was getting and redoing my first ever china cabinet!! I had been watching Craigslist like a hawk for a good deal.  Well I found a beautiful French Provincial style cabinet for $100 and probably would have been the same color as the top of my dining table but when I called about it of course it was just sold.  So then I got to thinking a white one to match the legs and chairs of my dining set would actually be pretty.  Yup, that's what I wanted. Gulp, that meant painting. Priming, sanding, etc,etc too. Which I've never really done before. When I found one in the town we just moved from for $125 I excitedly emailed fellow Okie {and used to be fellow Skiatookie} blogger Clydia of Three Mango Seeds.  She is a whiz when it comes to furniture redos and actually sells them! So with her advice and a broken spindle from one of my chairs{yes it's been broken for 4 years, go ahead and chuckle} for color reference off to Home Depot me and Lil' Hunkie went!

I chose Glidden Satin in Cappuccino White then got Martha Stewart's Metallic Glaze in Medallion.  I wanted to distress it a little bit so no sanding or priming required!

Ready?

Before

I adore the top!! I didn't get the chance to take a picture but the back had a date on it...March of 1972!

And now the after....

Didn't take long to fill it up!!

My favorite part... ☺

What i did:

Painted 2 coats of paint, then with a fine grit sanding block distressed it, then brushed on the glaze and wiped off with a rag, and finally did a coat of satin polyurethane.  I thought it was going to rain on Tuesday so I didn't think I had time to do another coat of polyurethane like the can said to do.  I started on Saturday at about 3pm, worked on it Sunday and then finished up Monday morning.  We have no garage right now so I had to get this done!  I was feeling a little overwhelmed on Saturday evening.  But after one coat of paint I was loving how it was going to turn out.  I chose to do a temporary application to the back of the inside so it can be changed out easily.  I used wrapping paper! Got this tip from Jen at Tatertots & Jello! I simply measured each section and used double sided tape. I wanted to change out the handles but I don't think they are a standard size so I'm probably going to paint them.  I'm just so excited to have one and get to display my dishes!

Cost breakdown:

China Cabinet: $125

Supplies from Home Depot-paint,glaze, polyurethane,brushes,sanding block, tape: $66.16

Wrapping Paper from Hobby Lobby org. $5.99 used 40% off coupon:$3.89 

Total:$195.05

Hey pretty good! Especially since I have leftover supplies!

I won't say I've caught the furniture redo bug but I'm glad to know I have it in me!

See my Link Party page for where I'll be linking up at!

Happy Thursday!!