5.07.2012

Super Cool Cabinet.

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Our apartment is super awesome but has very limited storage and I really needed someplace to use as a pantry/closet. We will eventually have a small linen closet in the bathroom but it hasn't been completed yet and so far it's just a hole in the wall. My dad scrounged up this beautiful cabinet for us. I am pretty in love with it, despite the hideous color. My dad's house was a school a long time ago and he thinks this cabinet is from those days. It was stored up in the attic. It was probably used to house books or school supplies. Two of the windowpanes have bb gun holes in them, that's very likely courtesy of my older brother during his teenage years. 

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I wiped out the inside, washed down the glass, and got to work wiping the dust off all of my jars. I think we did a pretty good job of eating through most of what I put up last year, just in time for canning season. 

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The other half will be used for linens and blankets, once I've unpacked them all. The bottom shelves will be used to store my empty jars. Now that I've found the perfect cabinet, I just need to find the perfect color to paint it. Any suggestions?

Also, for anyone else who is missing picnik, I edited the last photo with picmonkey. It is pretty awesome and has all kinds of fun tools to use. 

9 comments:

  1. The color on the inside looks nice why not do the outside the same?

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    1. I thought about that but the inside is just wood so I'd have to sand the outside and I hate sanding. I hate sanding so much that I offered to mow the lawn if Jake would sand the stairs we just had put in. Did I mention that I have really bad hay fever and mowing the lawn requires use of an inhaler? THAT is how much I hate sanding, so painting it is. haha :)

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  2. what a great piece! i love it so much! so your dad found it up in the attic? crazy! plus it was free on top of it being pretty much perfect. i want to come visit your new place, all these pictures make it look so awesome which i am sure it is. i am sure you are gonna do a final come tour right? by the way love the new header and you super cute shoes!
    xo,
    cb

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  3. that cabinet is rad along with what's being stored in it. maybe a soft turquoise for the outside?

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    1. That's what I was leaning toward, either a turquoise or muted yellow probably.

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  4. i have about 1700 mini paint samples (including LOTS of turquoise and a bit of yellow) if you would like to borrow for projects such as these....

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  5. I love this cabinet! It looks so vintage and unique. It also looks like it holds A LOT of items, which is great.

    Happy Thursday :)

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  6. I LOVE YOUR CABINET!!! especially after you fill it with all your canned goodies!!! I was watching TV last night and this girl in the show was making cans of strawberry jam and i thought of you!!

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