For some time I had this bamboo shelving by the bathe for our towels and bathtub wants:
I at all times knew I needed one thing with extra storage right here. I seemed on-line for almost a 12 months for a secondhand cupboard I may rework. It needed to have drawers and a few cabinets, and ideally some glass doorways as effectively. I checked out Craigslist and {the marketplace} on social media and by no means discovered something I favored.
Enter IKEA…someday I used to be strolling via and located precisely what I needed. Nicely, close to precise. It checked the entire containers aside from one — the colour. I needed a real black. However I knew I may simply repair that (I used to be planning to color a wooden piece anyway).
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I believed it could take endlessly to place collectively however I used to be pleasantly stunned. I had it completed in about an hour. I am getting actually good at constructing these drawers!
We truly fairly favored the wooden grain. My husband needed to maintain it this end, however he is aware of how my mind works and knew I had a imaginative and prescient. 😉
So I taped it off to start out the portray course of. (I had already secured it to a stud within the wall on the prime — I simply added one line of painter’s tape alongside the again so the paint would not get on the wall.)
I get this query each time I paint — why not paint all of it earlier than you place it collectively?
I by no means try this as a result of inevitably one thing will get scratched within the construct course of. And there are some spots I do not suppose should be painted. I do not do the backs of drawer fronts for instance. I discover it a lot simpler to color when it is all collectively. 👍
I primed this piece as a result of I needed to ensure the paint adhered effectively. The wooden wasn’t tremendous slick to start out with so I feel it could have held paint immediately. However I’ve discovered it by no means hurts to take this additional step:
It is a very skinny primer that’s tremendous straightforward to use and dries extremely quick. As a result of it is tougher to scrub up, you need to shield your surfaces effectively.
I paint the element areas with a small brush (see above) after which roll on the bigger areas:
As a result of it dries so quick you possibly can transfer alongside fairly rapidly. I used the identical black shade as our mud room door for this undertaking, referred to as Tricorn Black.
A foam curler gives you a tremendous easy end!:
A top quality paint like this may dry all the way down to a stupendous end.
IKEA sells a darkish model of this cupboard (in addition to white), but it surely’s extra of a brown/black. I needed a real darkish black for this house.
As soon as it was dry I used to be in a position to put the brand new {hardware} on. So fairly!:
Don’t absolutely tighten your {hardware} for at the very least every week after portray. It takes period of time to essentially remedy.
My thought to make this cupboard look a bit completely different got here from IKEA — they’ve a white model of this cupboard that has the wooden tone inside. I went for that look by leaving the within the unique end:
I LOVE the two-toned look! All black would have been lovely however I really like heat that the wooden offers.
This cupboard is ideal on this spot and we’re thrilled with the additional storage:
Why does the whole lot look prettier behind glass?:
We already had a lot of the storage jars (from IKEA) however grabbed a pair extra as effectively.
Is not it fairly? I really like this undertaking! I am glad I made a decision to color it:
I additionally ended up including a battery-operated gentle from IKEA as effectively. (This was my husband’s request trigger he is like me with regards to cool lighting.) I hung it on the prime of the cupboard inside.
You’ll be able to solely see the precise fixture when the doorways are open (check out the pics above). It offers a delicate glow that is even prettier at night time:
Since first shared this undertaking, it seems to be like Ikea now presents a really related model of my makeover!:
Once more, the darkish tone is labeled as “black/brown” — so if you need a real black you might most likely get away with one coat of paint!
This is a view of that space earlier than:
And here is the way it seems to be now:
Have you ever ever painted a chunk from IKEA? If you happen to use primer your potentialities are countless! I really like these items as they arrive, however they’re so enjoyable to customise as effectively.
