Ya’ll remember the wooden beast?
Yup, it was a hand-me-down from my boss (dinner went great by the way! YAY! And a huge bear hug to all of you praying for me!). I just knew that this soon-to-be-fab-cabinet would be perfect for storage in our first floor bathroom. At first I was totally inspired to paint the beast a nice clean white just like Eddie Ross did his fantastic secretary.
First, I popped off the flowery wooden emblems on the drawer front. Since they were ornate and the bathroom is sort of simple, they just had to go. A chisel, a hammer, and some screwdrivers to remove the drawer pulls made it a snap. Althought it was easy – the front veneer sustained some damage.
To be quite honest – it isn’t a high class antique piece of furniture. Obviously the veneer was damaged but the overall quality of the cabinet is not high. But it was free. And personally I don’t look a gift horse in the mouth (can you believe I just found out what that saying means?!?!).
Enter Pro-Bond. I love this stuff. Shmear some on sanded wood for a new finish. Fill holes. Smooth gnashes. Then let dry…it’ll bond to the wood and harden up. Then sand it with medium sandpaper till smooth. Paint over and wahLA!
And here is me – on the coldest day that Atlanta has seen all year – and I am freezing my patooties off painting the beast. Yes, I am wearing three pairs of pants…and three shirts plus a sweatshirt. scarf. hat. And no makeup. That’s right folks – I am going el naturel…and posting for all to see. When I show up on uglypeople.com I am going after that blasted Anonymous. He has had a bone to pick with me since day 1 🙂
And here she is after priming. She is drying in our garage. I can’t wait to move her into the bathroom and put all the chotchkies and towels and extra toilet paper in it. It really will help complete my need for extra storage in there.
Ok – but now I need your help. Desperately. The walls in the bathroom are a grey with a hint of blue (represented by first paint color). The plan is to paint her a plain white (represented by the second paint color). And I got to thinking that maybe the inside of the cabinet should be a punchy color. But I don’t know. So in true Bower Power fashion – I am gonna put it to a vote.
Vote for one of these three options. And remember – you are voting to see this color on the INSIDE of the cabinet. It’s an accent color – like a sexy James Bond accent color.