My husband and I inherited this lovely but old china cabinet from my parents. It really needed some updating due to the lack luster finish it had. Here it is in it's original status....
We were sure it was a great piece to add to our cottagy style home. We didn't waste any time getting started, in fact, my husband started that day getting it sanded. We used a sander to help get the job done quicker initially instead of hand sanding(wow, that would've taken forever!). Once the whole piece was lightly sanded, we wiped it down to remove any dust from the surfaces. We removed all the doors and hardware and started just with the base cabinet first. We used a coat of primer to all of the base accept the top. We wanted that to stay the dark color it was to give contrast to the cabinet which was to become an off-white. When the primer dried we added our coat of off-white to the base. My husband, who is really good at this process, started had sanding with a piece of sand paper some of the corners and surfaces to give it that rustic, worn look. He also used a screw driver and hammer to add some dents to the piece. Our goal was to make it really look like it had been used for years. We wanted it to have tons of character so that meant having a lot of really worn down spots. We then added another coat of off-white very lightly. We hand sanded again to really make those warn spots and have them really pop through the white color. We had a can of dark wood stain we wanted to add as well just to add some depth to the off-white color. We took a rag and lightly wiped it over the surfaces and wiped some of it off to give it different tones. We repeated this process on the top of the cabinet to make it some what match the base. After we got just the right color tone with the off-white and the dark stain, hand sanding the rough spots in, we added a clear coat for furniture. We did two coats of the clear poly to seal the deal. Here's the funished product.....
We love our new cabinet!
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