DIY Upcycled Pantry

Since we moved, our new place doesn't have any kind of pantry for food storage so I was using a metal shelf temporarily in the kitchen until we happened by a nice solid unfinished wood armoire at the thrift store on sale for $50. By nice I mean falling apart but perfectly fixable. We measured it and went to the hardware store to get a new back panel and extra shelves cut.

Then took it home where I stained the whole thing with a nice cherry mahogany wood stain 

We then put on the back panel and the shelves then applied a wax finish on the entire inside leaving it with the stained finish. Next I painted the outside with a antique white after the first coat dried I lightly sanded some edges so the stain peaked out just a little, painted the second coat and lightly sanded those same spots again, let it dry then moved it into the kitchen. 

The doors took the longest just because of the dry times on either side for each coat. The backside I just stained then applied the wax finish and on the front side I stained then painted two coats with very lite sanding at the edges once that dried I applied the wax coat everywhere but where I was going to paint on with chalkboard paint. 

UpCycled: Painted Kitchen Table

Here's a little DIY project I did a couple months ago. When we moved to Idaho several years ago we bought this table and chairs at a thrift store for real cheap. My husband loved it and I dunno, it always just seemed kinda dirty and old but not in a good way. So I took it out back on a tarp and scrubbed the legs and the chairs clean and spray painted them. Let it dry. Repeat. Then did a couple coats of clearcoat. I chose to leave the top original for now at least. I love my kitchen table and chairs now.

Here's what I used....

Upcycled TV stand into Dog Bed

  A few weeks ago I was on Facebook, like I am everyday, when I glimpsed a dog bed made out of a tv console. I thought well that's neat and kept on scrolling. The next night I couldn't stop thinking about it and went online to Craigslist and found a perfect piece of old furniture that I managed to get for a whopping $10 bucks, so the next morning I made my husband go with me to pick it up at which time he told me he thought I might be crazy. He may be right.

This is what I got. A nice solid heavy tv stand that had two drawers and owners had removed the back on.  It was perfect. 

My little helpers were excited. We went to Lowes and found some scrap wood to have cut to size for cheap and removed one of the drawers completely but put the front back on so it looked even. Then added paint and decorations.