Cabinet Door- Wall Coat Rack

Yep...another cabinet door. Another cabinet door redefined. Hey~> for $2 you can get pretty darn creative with these little jewels.

BEFORE:

(almost missed..note the tad bit of primer already on there?)

I sanded it down with fine grit sand paper and cleaned the dust off. Then primed.

All primed!

And because I was painting at night, late at night...I couldn't get a good pic of the colors I used. For the first coat, I used Kilz Casual Colors Blue Ox. I gave it one coat of the blue and let dry. Then I added a coat of Ace Hardware's Treehouse. I was hoping for a good color combo. Kinda of a Spring vibe yet relaxing and homey. "Homey" love that! The next morning, I sanded it and used Walnut Distress Ink. 

Then I used the power drill...by MYSELF! I know it! I have evolved!! The other day my Mr. showed me how to pre-drill holes for adding knobbies. (lol, knobbies...funny word)

It was kind of trial and error but I refused to give up. NOW, I didn't say pre-drilling holes was rocket scientry-I said trial and error. =) I may or may not have stripped the first bolt completely. Ugh...eee gads! Oh well. Hide the evidence and move on.

With ReStore drawer pulls turned coat knobbies:

The color turned out quite nicely. If I must say so myself. And the knobbies are straight! The reflection appears otherwise. But they are eyeball straight by golly! Tilt your head if you don't believe me. =)

Those lovely brass knobbies will be redefined as soon as the weather gets warm enough to spray paint. And then, it will be oh so right on.

BUT, and there is always a BUT, it just needed a little bit more. So I sat down and created a warm vinyl saying to embellish it with. I used my Silhouette to cut the vinyl, applied application tape to the lettering and backing paper for the transfer process and then transferred the vinyl to my wall mount coat rack.

(hello lovely run on sentence)

NOW:

Kind of hard to read but it says: MAY YOUR JOURNEY always lead you home

Sorry about the all CAPS, but that is how it reads. I'm not yelling at you.=)

**(anyone know how the hell to turn the flash off on my Canon Rebel??...detest it)**

There ya have it! A cabinet door redefined!

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Have a great day!

Carri

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