Minnie's Milestones
  • Home
  • Milestones
  • Passions
    • Shabby Chic Decor >
      • Image Transfer Tutorial(s) >
        • Freezer Paper and Ink Jet Printer
        • Citra-Solv Method
        • Chalkboard Transfer
    • Outside Decor
    • Cottage Gardening >
      • Butterfly Santuary
    • Photography
    • Digital Scrapbooking
    • Mixed Media Art
  • Recipes
  • Advertise/Selling
  • Muse
  • Home
  • Milestones
  • Passions
    • Shabby Chic Decor >
      • Image Transfer Tutorial(s) >
        • Freezer Paper and Ink Jet Printer
        • Citra-Solv Method
        • Chalkboard Transfer
    • Outside Decor
    • Cottage Gardening >
      • Butterfly Santuary
    • Photography
    • Digital Scrapbooking
    • Mixed Media Art
  • Recipes
  • Advertise/Selling
  • Muse
Minnie's Milestones

Antique file cabinet coffee table

4/12/2016

4 Comments

 
Picture
How about an eclectically antique coffee table from an old file cabinet? I love the way this turned out, after admittedly, sitting in my garage for over a year. 

I don't like to use the word "Restore" unless, whatever project one is doing, the item is brought back as much as possible to the original form. Some items are just not restorable to the point that can be done. I had a beautiful Victorian home previously and I would get annoyed at times when people said I was remodeling, no I restored. In a home though it does need to be remodeled at times to accommodate for plumbing and such. To me that doesn't mean you can't use paint though. I get comments at times that I have ruined a piece because I painted it, so be it, I like white chippy paint! I like the farmhouse décor and that usually means some paint.  

The cabinet had some wrinkles, but nothing I couldn't work with and love.
Picture
The first thing was to put slats on the bottom for the wheels. The reason the above photo has two unpainted slats is because the first wheels we put on were just to small ascetically. So we actually replaced the wheels after the file cabinet had been painted. Also, these wheels were silver when I bought them, I spray painted the metal part with Rust-oleum Hammered spray paint. Photo on right.
Picture
Picture
 
​Sometimes I  take the veneer off, sometimes I just leave the chippy places and paint over them, but this time I filled in the chipped veneer with plastic wood putty and sanded and sanded.

Picture
The paint was a satin finish from a hardware store, no special chalk paint this time, though sometimes I do use chalk paint. I waxed the cabinet with Annie Sloan clear wax and distressed slightly with dark wax. I kept the name plates and replaced the handles.
Now the fun part!!! I will post how I did the subway art in a few days.  I will also be sharing  the subway art that I made and used for anyone to download.  
Picture


Sharing my post with these AWESOME blogs.
​New House New Home
​Ginger Snap Crafts
​The Cottage Market
​The Chicken Chick
​Knick of Time
​The Vintage Nest
Amy Vanderbilt's Etiquette
​Decency dictates that a man or boy give up his seat to a tired mother with a young child or a baby in her arms, to a pregnant woman, or to an old or crippled one- or to an old or disabled man. The person to whom the seat has been given says, "Thank you," but never opens a conversation with his or his benefactor.
​
4 Comments
Norma Stroemel
4/14/2016 09:36:53 am

I love it. Turned out great. It was well worth hauling home.

Reply
Jonni
4/18/2016 07:47:41 am

You make me smile.

Reply
Debra Hunter link
4/16/2016 01:08:40 pm

Love, love, love it!!!! Can't wait for the subway art release!

Reply
Jonni
4/18/2016 07:46:59 am

Thanks, the subway art will be out this week.

Reply

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.


    Picture

             The Lady  behind
        Minnie's Milestones

    ​Welcome lovers of whimsy. If you love chippy paint and lots of DIY we are kindred spirits!

    BLOGLOVIN
    Featured on Hometalk.com
    Visit Minnie's Milestones by Jonni's profile on Pinterest.

    Archives

    November 2019
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    September 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013


    Since
    ​2016/3/24​

    Picture
    This policy is valid from 10 April 2018
     This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact  shellknoblakegirl@gmail.com.
     This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
     The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.
     The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
     This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
    To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org
​