Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Quick Hardware DIY

The media cabinet in our LR was a very generous gift from my grandparents. Okay, well, actually they were going to throw it in the garbage and I protested profusely, so it came home with us. Originally I wanted to restore it and get the radio and the record player working again, but apparently this is not going to be possible. Mister is an electrician and said someone had simply cut off all the wires when they had removed the television. So my plan is to eventually gut it and paint it white with silver details. To tide me over, I spray painted the hardware silver.

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AFTER
 

BEFORE

AFTER


I am not sure it didn't look better before... Oh well. Mister says they look like cake decorations now. LOL

2 comments:

Jordan said...

I like it. It gives it a more modern look and makes it seem like you have it in your room purposefully instead of just old hand me downs sitting around(like what our LR looks like right now!!)

Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...

Hmmm, I don't really like it. Have you thought about just updating those pulls to more mid-century modern ones in a nickel finish?