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This is my Ikea HEMNES cabinet-turned-pantry. You may remember it from such posts as this one from October.
I'd gone back and forth with the idea of painting it for months before I frosted the glass in October; but once that was done, I was sure, and I was just waiting for a chance to get to it.
Enter Thanksgiving weekend. I don't celebrate it, myself, but I had five days off of work, and my roommate was out of town for one of those days, so I prepped and painted this thing in about eight hours.
Here's the whole thing after painting. *drooool* I LOVE IT.
There was barely any finish on this thing to begin with, so all it took was deglossing and then sanding very lightly to get a good surface for the paint.
The paint itself is a 50/50 mixture of plain black semi-gloss latex and black latex chalkboard paint. I guess that makes it quarter-gloss? I don't know. But the texture and sheen are really nice. I love a piece of furniture that feels good.
For the first few hours I worked on this, I was listening to Hamilton, which is one of my favorite things in the world. Every time I look at this picture in particular, I get Wait For It stuck in my head all over again.
I almost painted the inside of this unit a pale muted blue. I'll be honest with you, the reason I didn't was that I didn't want to go to the store to get blue paint. There are days when you just don't want to put a bra on, you know?
The knobs and drawer pulls I used on this unit are Ikea's FAGLAVIK, which, sadly, was discontinued about three years ago. They're so smooth and soft and pretty. They had a brushed nickel version, a chrome, and a brushed brass - these guys. I looooove them .
I mean, that's just sexy.
I love this cabinet. I love the color. I love that it didn't become a big black hole like I was worried it would. I love the way the glass and the black look together.
But wait til you guys see my other Thanksgiving weekend project. I'm almost done with it, and I'm crazy excited to show it to you!
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