Rich Man, Drawer Man.

I recently had one of those afternoon slumps. It was around 1:30 and I was looking at pretty blogs and I was inspired to paint! Someone had mod-podged a fun little paper on the outside of their drawers. I have a lot of paper, but these drawers would wear that paper right off. So I painted instead.

Here's a before drawer:

 

Yep, those are nails. The cabinets are custom built-ins from the 20's. I know this because my counters are 20" deep. And check out that pull out cutting board opening sans cutting board! Also requires customization...

I wanted to paint stripes. Horizontal stripes, white and coral. Somehow, it made perfect sense to paint the coral first and then tape off one stripe and paint white...

It did not work. The white bled like crazy and it looked bananas! So I decided to paint freehand stripes vertically. 

Okay, so, here you are in my kitchen,...hangin' out with the butterflies that make hot cocoa for Gina...

 I, nonchalantly, ask you if you need a spoon for your cocoa, (the butterflies are resting after working the molinillo...) And...

BLAM-O!

Stripes!

Lovely!

Perfect for the woman whose husband constantly leaves the drawers open while kitchen-ing. I hope this will keep me from stabbing him in the femur.

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Shelf-ish or More Stuff That Fits In My Car

I had an idea for a larger piece of furniture for this spot skipping around the back of my head for a while. No idea what I wanted. No clue where to look. Didn't even have dimensions memorized as I usually do. I just walked into the Goodwill and saw it and decided it would work.

I did measure at the store and then extrapolate the empty space since I knew all the other measurements. My living room is like space-window-window-window-space-door-space. I happen to know the window measurements and the end space and door measurements. So,...SUBTRACTION!

It looks good, though, right? For a $30 cabinet with doors that hide the games and puzzles. And mess.

But, wait! There's more!

You know how if you stand still in my house long enough you will be painted?

Well, that cabinet sat still.

I took off the back and painted it aqua! I love red and aqua! So happy!

I know it looks a little crazy with the green wall, but it's going to be painted butter yellow pretty soon. I swear!

No TV makes Courtney a bored girl.

Here they are all finished! I just have to clear coat the middle cabinets and maybe the drawers one more time.

In case you forgot, this is what I started with:

Three years later I did this:

And a year and a half later:

Based on my previous time lines, looks like I have nine months until I go nuts and paint it another color. Also? That orange floor was of-FENSIVE. Thanks for being so nice about it.

My patterns and steps appear in the previous posts...