We've been working on another one of Ana White's amazing plans. The Apothecary Media Console. I originally wanted it in green, but after the amount of work that I forsaw with the painting, I went with a safe antique white. I don't regret it. It's a lot easier to change accessories than to repaint a massive piece like this. Shane modified it to fit our needs. It's longer than Ana's plan and the center cubby in the top is wider to accomodate a sound bar in the future. Also, we went with 4 cupboard all the way across, mostly because he didn't want to tackle drawers. He used wood and mdf. I love that the top portion is hardwood so that we had the option to stain where the baskets and sound bar will go. The top is made of 4 beams stained to match the interior.
I painted the outside with white paint that matches our baseboards. The glaze made it look a little more creamy.
The faux drawer fronts were painted, then lightly sanded. . . this process repeated twice and then twice more with the polycrylic. They're as smooth as butter!
Take a look at the pb version, then ours. Can you tell the difference? I can't. This project took so much more patience than we expected. It payed off.
I love ana-white.com!
10 comments:
EEEEK!! I LOVE IT!!!! You guys did a great job! It's gorgeous...I can't say enough!
You inspire me.
Wow! Great job!!
WOW. I thought the second picture WAS the original. (And then I saw the picture of Paige, hehe)
What a TALENT you have, Kayleen! This is gorgeous.
Wowie, Wow, Wow. So Shane is a carpenter also.
okay i totally meant to put a comment on this post but put it on the prior one. it looks awesome!!!!!!
I have been waiting to see the finished project and am so jealous! I love love it. It's perfect. If I had any patience in me I'd tackle it with Clint. But, um, no.
Beautiful!!! That's my next project, too, but I haven't convinced Richard! Ana White is great, isnt' she?!!?
That looks Amazing, job well done!!!
it looks great, so crafty!!
What color white did you use?
Thanks!
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