Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Cabinet face-lift

I inherited a cute little hutch that needed quite a bit of work.  It had been sitting in a basement for a long time, and I think it acquired a little water damage a long the way.  But it had a great shape and I was willing to put in a little elbow grease to bring it up to par. 
Here's the before:
And after new shelves, a new back panel, 1 coat of primer, two coats of paint, and new hardware, here's the result:

New Window Treatments

I'm not very good with posting, but here's a new project I recently completed.  I needed attractive window treatments, but didn't have a whole lot of money.  I bought a few yards of burnt-orange linen-like fabric and 6 canvas drop cloths (about $12 each).  I spent an evening sewing and came up with the drapes!  A few months later (once I got around to it) I finished the making the cornices in the same fabric.  I love the result.  They look so much more expensive than they were. 

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