The Green Thing

Here is the end result. I was contacted by the relative who gave this to me that there is a bottom piece to this card catalog that has bigger drawers. I will be adding that later. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I cleaned and sanded everything. It was very dirty. I then primed everything using some acrylic gesso. I had to drill holes for the knobs, used a ton of wood putty for the cracks, and improvised on the keyholes using the wooden flowers to cover it up. I used spray paint, and it was not as easy I thought. It might have been easier and cleaner to use regular paint. I kept having the paint run and had to go over bubbles. I finished the top with a nice stencil design. I am trying to learn freehand, but I am very far from perfect and wont be posting any of that any time soon :-p. I now use it for all my everyday items and LOVE IT. Its lovingly called the "green thing" by everyone in the family. Tell me what you think? Does it look much better?

3 comments:

kuhreztal said...

wow..
very pretty..
i love the color..
u did a very good job with "The Green Thing.."

Real World Martha said...

Thanks for coming by my blog. you have a true gift of turning what someone would throw away or give away into a treasure!!
Blessings
Debbie aka The Real World Martha

Sarah C. said...

Beautiful!! What a treasured find. You've done it great justice w/ your wonderful makeover.

~Sarah