Cabinet Makeover and Rustic Wall Rack/Shelf
- By Joan
- February 9, 2015
- 17 Comments
OK, I know you’ve seen this side of my workshop before. Last week I shared how to make the countertop and apothecary cabinet as well as the rolling storage cart.
Well this is the final before and after for this side of the room. I have one more workshop project planned for the side of the room where the paint and wood is stored and then I’ll be so organized I won’t know what to do with myself (at least in my workshop). Since I haven’t even started that project, it might be a few weeks before it’s unveiled.
Well the easiest organization project this week was to simply string all my tape…the drywall, the masking, the electrical, the duct, the painters tape…they were all strung on an old bungee cord and hung on the wall. Previously, they were hanging from separate hooks on my pegboard. That freed up tons of space for regular tools.
When cleaning out the workshop I found this old piece of beadboard as well as the hooks and piece of an old spindle. The easiest way to get these out of my junk pile was to use them.
So, with a chop saw, I was able to cut the spindle in half.
The hooks were screwed into the beadboard, the sliced spindles were nailed onto the sides and with the addition of a piece of palletwood, a shelf was nailed to the top. How about that for a free 5 minute craft.
The shelf now holds a few pieces of rusty junk and the hooks house a tool belt and apron. When I remember to use it, the apron come in really handy when I’m painting. No matter how good my intentions are, I always manage to splatter paint on myself. Now, if I can only remember to wear the apron.
When we first made the workshop area over 20 years ago, we installed these old kitchen cabinets which my brother had pulled out of a renovation he was doing. The cabinets were as plain as you can get, not even having knobs for opening. Now these cabinets were getting a face lift.
First gave the cabinet a coat of primer to hide the green, then another coat of semi-gloss white trim paint.
A lumber graphic found over at the Graphics Fairy and bead knobs finished off the look.
The graphic was first downloaded to Publisher. The print was then enlarged to 30″x 15″. Printing for a piece this size takes 6 sheets of paper. I ended up printing on tissue paper. Tissue paper blends in really well to whatever you adhere it to. To get the tissue paper to feed through a printer, tape the tissue paper around a sheet of normal stock printer paper.
The logo was cut out leaving 1/4 inch border and modpodged to the doors. Since there was a gap of about an inch between the doors, 1/2 inch was cut off of each of the middle pieces.
A strip of the Lumber graphic was also modpodged to the strip of wood between the doors.
To find out how to make the beaded door handles visit my apothecary cabinet makeover here.
For task lighting, I put up an old IKEA wall lamp that had been sitting in the closet since my son had moved out..BOGSPROT…what does that even mean?
I have managed to keep my new workshop clean for about 2 weeks which breaks my old record by about 2 weeks.
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You are sure creative! The graphic on the cabinet is so cool! I enjoy seeing what you create.
Love that transformation, and still wondering what you used to screw the knobs into place if you wouldnt mind letting me know please.
Pat, check out my post on how to make the Apothecary Cabinet published last week. There you will see a picture of the wooden beads I used as knobs as well as the wood screw and small washer to attach the knobs to the cabinet. The woods screw was long enough to go through the bead and into the cabinet. Hope that helps.
Thanks Joan, I did have another look but could only see what looked like a roofing screw with a washer? Would this be close , Regards pat
Any wood screw will work as long as the head or a combination of the head of the screw along with a washer is bigger than the hole in your knob. I took my bead into Home Depot to make a good fit. If may not look like a regular wood screw because I painted the screw and the washer black.
So obvious when its explained. I’m in Australia in a small country town to we have limited access to hardware/ Will check out on my next visit to the coast, Best wishes Pat
I really love this project!!! Thanks for linking up to On Display Thursday.
The vintage graphic you used is very nice and the white paint really makes the cabinet pop. You’ve got some cool stuff going on there!
What a fabulous makeover both the cabinet and apothecary drawers. The before and after really show what a transformation. Didn’t know I could try to print on tissue paper, but I will be giving that technique a try. Thanks. LOVE and pinned ~ Amy
Looks so amazing!
Oh my gosh, great job! I love the graphic on the cabinet and how clean it turned out. I love the little shelf you made with the old headboard. And I especially love that old wood and greenish cabinet underneath there! What a inspiring space, lady. I’m in awe.
xo Ashley
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Cool workshop! Its unique and looks to work in. You may have beaten any gals (or guys) record for staying clean that long. It’s so cold for us right now, mine has barely been touched!
It’s a record for me too. It is freezing and snowing outside today, but I’m lucky, my workshop is in the basement.. I would be so sad if I had to wait until Spring to go in the garage.
This looks awesome. I love your shop.
Oh my goodness those graphics are just perfect for the studios space, love what you did, my space is a disater…
Wonderful makeover! Great job! Thanks for sharing! Lovely post! Regards!