DIY Painted Antique Cabinet Makeover

Pushing up my sleeves, and getting my paint game on! Sharing the difference a coat of fresh paint can make on this antique cabinet makeover.

Today felt like a good day to finally makeover this antique bead-board cabinet I picked up for our living room. I’d like to tell you a little bit about this piece, share all about the paint I am using and take you along to see it transform.

PAINTING AN ANTIQUE CABINET WITH CHALK PAINT

I selected this color called “Evening Shadow” for the outside of this cabinet, because I felt it went really well with the color “Ashes” on our contrasting trim.

For the inside of the cabinet, I selected a slightly darker color called “Earth Stone”.  Both colors seem to have a bit of blues and grays.

ANTIQUE CABINET PREP WORK

When it came to the prep work for this piece, I did not do a whole lot except for scrub it down really good. This piece was pretty dirty and grimy.

Pure and Original sent me some of their non-toxic, all purpose Super Cleaner, which I diluted and used to help scrub off a lot of the dirt and grease.

CABINET PAINTING BRUSHES

I used a couple of Pure and Original brushes to apply my paint. I felt a brush would help me paint in the crevices of this bead-board better than a roller would.

 I used a nice thick fat 2 inch pure bristle brush, and a pointed one for the corners and edges.

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