WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE - furniture interiors

Sometimes it can be just as fun to redo and enjoy the inside of your furniture project

just as much as the outside.

Here are a some of my favorite interiors I have completed.

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2012/03/shes-pretty-secretary-pink-secretary.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-take-boring-to-beautiful-tall.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2012/02/divorce-and-rescue-call-nightstands.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2012/01/mystery-redo-cabinet.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2012/01/italian-renaissance-gramaphone-cabinet.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2011/12/marble-masterpiece-georges-old-dresser.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2011/01/black-and-white-and-ridiculously.html

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2011/07/appliques-from-garbage-my-blue-china.html

And finally below a link to my tutorial sharing easy tips to

fold and cut drawer liners using wallpaper.

http://4theloveofwood.blogspot.com/2011/04/origami-for-your-drawers-drawer-lining.html

START MAKING THE WORLD INSIDE YOUR FURNITURE
A WONDEFRUL PLACE TO ENJOY!

HOW TO TAKE BORING TO BEAUTIFUL - tall white sideboard

I get asked often where I get the appliques I use on my furniture projects.

There is no one answer other than everywhere. 

This fabulous piece above was bought at a yard sale last summer.

It is a flat backed picture frame.

The hanger was unscrewed and the cardboard that was in it was removed,

then simply screwed to this door panel from the back side.

I customized this door panel for this vintage sideboard, it seems someone had an accident with

the glass that use to be there.

Minor repairs where needed from top to bottom on it but it is was a great find.

With my refined taste (wink) the interior of the full length drawer just wasn't going to pass muster.

Ink stains on plywood to the right and red felt sheading on the left, it was gross!

Never mind the large number of leftover sewing pins wedged in the corners,

that I did get attacked by.

I told George it was a rattle snake bite but he didn't buy it.

But when this is the finished result I'll let the snake bite fade away in my memory.

All the doors went from flat to fab with a bit of simple molding trim

and perfectly placed appliques.

The 2 side door appliques were found at a local RE-STORE.

The drawer and cupboard all got a pretty blue and white damask wallpaper lining.

This damask print can be found at Home Depot in BLACK, LIGHT BLUE, and LIGHT GREEN.

HEATHER's CABINET

The back was falling off so I decided to take it all the way off to line the interior.

Much easier this way.

More rogue sewing pins came out from every corner to play.

I was having none of it this time.

 

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CUPBOARD WAXING - shabby chic cupboard nightstands

We found a great little pair of bedside tables while we were

second hand shopping recently.

This is one of those deceiving before photos where the items look better then they actually are.

Why doesn't that happen when we want it to?

I removed the hardware and gave them a good cleaning.

The doors have glass inserts which come out very easily making painting

a lot smoother.

I spray painted the handles bright white.

I chose to paint the inside of the cupboard which taught me,

waxing and buffing the inside of cupboards isn't a lot of fun.

The glass insert in the doors have a pretty white boarder detail which accents the handles nicely.

I used old white chalk paint in the sprayer and hand sanded to distress these little gems.

I added a soft rose printed paper for a drawer liner.

 

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A LITTLE BIT OF WILD INSIDE - european desk finished

You might recall the other day I showed you this little desk vanity I saved from our yard sale.

Notice the angle the above photo was taken has lined up the tree lines on both sides.

Almost like magic, you could step right thru into another world.

WONDERLAND or maybe NARNIA?

So in keeping with the wild side of fantasy,

 she got some fun zebra, snake skin, and polka dot drawer liners.
This was a trio of wrapping paper I found at HomeSense last year.

The whole piece received 3 sprayed clear coats outside with the spray gun.

This created the rougher textured surface I want to match the rustic feel on the body.

 Then the top surface got an additional 2 clear coats brushed on to finish it.

She turned out perfect, better then I could have imagined.

She sold to a great couple with in hours of advertising.

If you missed the *before* you can see it and a few more pics here.

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