Up-cycling Mid-Century Furniture

When I look for furniture pieces to paint I usually try to find  antique dressers, hutches things with lots of detail and character.  Sometimes all I find are fake wood 80's pieces ( yuck) Other times what I find are classic, real wood mid-century modern pieces (yea).  They remind me of my grandmas house and even though they are not everyones style they can be very attractive.  I have at times chosen to go against there true character and try to disguise them into being more distressed or rustic. Other times I work with the furniture and try to bring back is original beauty.

This first one was neglected left out in the rain and sun.  The wood was warped and gray faded full of cobwebs and leaves. 

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Mid-Century Credenza

#2

Clean and Simple Hutch

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Not so impressive hutch freshened up with white paint and turquoise on the inside and new hardware.

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Smile It's Almost Spring

Delightful Antique Dresser

A redo of an antique dresser I thought it needed a little cheering up it was looking a bit drab.  I used a combination of several colors by Behr- hilltop, scotland isle and painted turtle. 

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Evolution Of A Stereo Cabinet

An old stereo cabinet gets a modern makeover.  We have all seen them, they are discarded, deemed useless filled with old speaker boxes, slots for all your albums.  All that can be removed from the inside and what you have left is a great little storage cabinet.  I've seen them used in small apartments for wine bottle storage or cocktail bar, bedroom storage, shoe cabinet, office filing organization, toy storage the possibilities are endless.  

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Mid-century Shabby End Tables

A pair of end tables the kind you might see at any and every goodwill store.  Now redone into lovely, shabby grey tables.  

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Aviary Cabinet

Have you ever wanted to know what to do with a cabinet with broken glass, replace it right? Well not if its curved it makes it a little more difficult.  The easy fix is to replace it with wire, chicken wire to be specific.   

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Now all is needs is a little paint, I thought I would keep it simple and go with white.

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Two Hutches Two Different Styles

The first hutch was just a plain old wood hutch and needed a little pizzaz  to  I used black to give it that classic finish and Scotland Isle green by Behr to  give it some interest and brighten it up.  

Botanical Hutch After

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Second Hutch Farmhouse Style 

This cabinet came out of old house here locally and was in sad shape.  I cleaned it up and used Venus Teal by Behr on the outside then lightly dry brushed it in white.  I then sanded the whole piece to bring out some of the white underneath while keeping some of its aged patina.  

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