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January 15, 2015 · 12 Comments

Cabinet Refresh – Painted Interior

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I have an old cabinet that I refreshed with a little interior paint.

Brown cabinet with wire baskets on top.

My dining room is done!

 It’s only been forever. I never think that you should rush decorating especially when you love vintage and junk or antique items, those take time to find.

Next week I’ll be giving you the dining room source guide and a run down of all the items done off the list.

Today, I’m showing you my final project, a cabinet refresh. I painted the interior of this cabinet and it looks amazing!

Wooden cabinet with china on shelf.

First, remember when I did this post and asked my lovely readers if I should paint the interior of this cabinet like the one at Ballard Designs?

Well, so many said to go for it (woohoo! you brave people, you!) and many came up with some fantastic alternatives.

I decided in the end to be brave and to just go for it.

So here is the before cabinet with the inner shelves gone.

Drop sheet on floor with cabinet on it.

This Pottery Barn cabinet* is modular so you can order different pieces for it and build it how you want.

I took the wine boxes out and got them ready to paint. I just painted the interior of the boxes and large interior space of the cabinet.

The drawers taken out of cabinet on drop sheet.

There were a bunch of holes on either side and middle of the cabinet. It bothered me (because I’m anal like that) as I never used the shelves that it came with.

So I added some putty to the holes so you can no longer see them.

Arrow pointing to the putty in the holes.

Allow them to dry and start painting.

I decided to use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint because I was lazy and didn’t care to sand or prime.

But once I painted it white (Pure White) I didn’t like it. It looked a bit too stark.

(the photo shows wet paint)

Wet white paint on cabinet.

So I painted over it with a combination of Paris Grey and French Linen. I couldn’t decide which grey to use so I combined half of both.

The cabinet with a grey color over the white on back behind the china.

Okay, now I’m happy.

Silhouette picture on wall above a striped chair.

The cabinet is nearly the same color wood as the floors so it just seemed too dark together.

Now my china just pops.

Cabinet Refresh Painted Interior / china collection & painted cabinet - So Much Better With Age

Silver bowls on cabinet shelf.

Wine racks on shelf.

Wine bottles in wine racks on shelf.

The cabinet in dining room.

The cabinet in dining room behind dining table.

Be sure to come back next week to see my entire dining room source guide.

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  1. Janet says

    January 15, 2015 at 5:53 am

    It looks beautiful Jaime. You did a great job!

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    • Jamie says

      January 15, 2015 at 9:06 pm

      Thanks Janet 😉

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  2. Shawnna says

    January 15, 2015 at 7:20 am

    That looks alot better painted white!! You did a good job!! Pretty ,Pretty

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    • Jamie says

      January 15, 2015 at 9:06 pm

      Thanks Shawnna 😉
      Hugs, Jamie

      Reply
  3. Dianne G says

    January 15, 2015 at 8:01 am

    Looks lovely.!

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    • Jamie says

      January 15, 2015 at 9:08 pm

      Thanks Dianne 😉
      Hugs, Jamie

      Reply
  4. Debbie says

    January 15, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    Love it! Glad to hear that you have second thoughts about projects, too…I’m bad to talk myself out of doing them. Like the mix of paint colors.

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    • Jamie says

      January 15, 2015 at 9:10 pm

      haha of course! A lot of my projects take a long time to start because I think about them too much sometimes. I’m so happy I do though them 😉
      Hugs, Jamie

      Reply
  5. Shal Grant from Spools And Bobbins says

    January 15, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    Looks fabulous and love the baskets too!

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    • Jamie says

      January 15, 2015 at 9:11 pm

      Thanks Shal 😉
      Hugs, Jamie

      Reply
  6. Angela @ Simply Beautiful By Angela says

    January 16, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    I love it! It makes it so much more bright and airy. 🙂

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    • Jamie says

      January 20, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      Thanks Angela 😉
      Hugs, Jamie

      Reply

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