Sew long snowmen!

It’s time for a DIY Day mini furniture remodel to take this little cabinet from snowy ...

to sunny!

It’s not that I have anything against snowmen. At Christmas time I find myself falling hard for their adorable sweetness, but when I crammed delicately put away all my decorations this year, there was simply no extra room for this mini cabinet. I decided it was the perfect size to hold my thread and a few other sewing machine accessories, but the snowmen motif wouldn’t cut it for something that’s going to sit out all year. Plus, with all the winter weather we’ve been having, I may be feeling just a tad passive aggressive towards snow.

Here's how the transformation happened:

Step One – snow removal. I used a sanding block to rough up the paint as much as possible. Do you ever have conversations with the previous owners of thrifty finds? Mine went: mutter, grumble, mutter, “What possessed you to use so many layers of textured paint!” mutter, grumble, mutter. Needless to say, I threw any ideas of a perfectly clean surface out the window and decided that paint and mod podge would cover a multitude of indiscretions.

Step Two- paint! The body of the cabinet took three coats of Folk Art French blue acrylic paint. I just gave the drawers a little dash of paint around the edges since I planned to cover them with scrapbook paper.

Step Three – mod to the podge. I applied a thin layer of mod podge to both the drawer fronts and the backs of the scrapbook paper, then smoothed the paper onto the drawers.

Step Four – load the washer. Or anything else that takes 15 minutes. The key to perfect mod podge is waiting between coats.

Step Five – more glue and waiting. Apply a thin layer of mod podge over the top of the scrapbook papered drawers. Wait 15 minutes.

Step Six – rough it up. I used my sanding block to rough up the edges of the drawers and show off a little of the blue paint. I put one last layer of mod podge over the top to finish things off.

Step Seven – super cute with knobs on. I put the original knobs back on the drawers. But I think this anthropologie hotness...

... would look even better.

Step Eight – admire your handy work. I love it! If I convince myself to spend 12 bucks on designer knobs, I’ll probably paint the feet orange to match. I do kind of love the red though, who doesn’t love red shoes?

I’m excited to have brought a tiny bit of summer sun into the house, even if it’s only in the form of a little sewing cabinet. Take that snowmen!

What are you doing to warm up your winter blues? Do tell!

Ooooh, and do you think the Anthro knobs are worth it - or would you stick with the originals?

<3
Hattie