G!B - finished
Ta-da.
A badly lit, unfocused, nighttime picture of the finished product. I can has camera skillz. Not.
I'll take a better one in daylight (if we get some this week). Dunno what I was thinking last night.
I was worried that this darker color would make the unit take up more space, visually - but the more I look at it, the more I think the opposite is true: that the darker color kind of makes it recede, so that it doesn't look so big. I think it also helps that I lightened up the books and accessories on it, so that it doesn't seem so solid: fewer books, more dynamic arrangement, and lots more glass to catch light and move it around. (These things are backlit, too, so as soon as I get some light bulbs...).
Here are the knobs I used - a smoky-quartz-colored glass knob from Hobby Lobby. Usually $4 apiece, but I waited until they were half off to go get them. Cha-ching! I'm actually short by one, because they didn't have enough - two, actually, since I took one from the guest bath cabinet to use here, hehe.
I like them. :)
Hints of blue (teal) that show through the dark brown "wood" finish (you can see them in the drawer above, too). Very subtle, kind of a surprise. I love little color surprises like that. That's the reason I paint the insides of my closets and cabinets. :)
This was a surprise to me, too, considering that I'd originally planned to paint the whole shebang teal and then "stain" over it with the dark brown to mute it and make it look old and patina'd - but playing with the colors and the finish Saturday morning, I hit on this and decided I liked it a LOT better. It's also the safer choice - I'd love a little blue dresser or cabinet or something in the living room, but not something THIS big. I think I did the right thing.
I didn't end up putting new lining paper inside the drawers - I changed my mind about the stuff I was going to use, and I don't have anything else. I'll keep an eye out for something, though.
.
A badly lit, unfocused, nighttime picture of the finished product. I can has camera skillz. Not.
I'll take a better one in daylight (if we get some this week). Dunno what I was thinking last night.
I was worried that this darker color would make the unit take up more space, visually - but the more I look at it, the more I think the opposite is true: that the darker color kind of makes it recede, so that it doesn't look so big. I think it also helps that I lightened up the books and accessories on it, so that it doesn't seem so solid: fewer books, more dynamic arrangement, and lots more glass to catch light and move it around. (These things are backlit, too, so as soon as I get some light bulbs...).
Here are the knobs I used - a smoky-quartz-colored glass knob from Hobby Lobby. Usually $4 apiece, but I waited until they were half off to go get them. Cha-ching! I'm actually short by one, because they didn't have enough - two, actually, since I took one from the guest bath cabinet to use here, hehe.
I like them. :)
Hints of blue (teal) that show through the dark brown "wood" finish (you can see them in the drawer above, too). Very subtle, kind of a surprise. I love little color surprises like that. That's the reason I paint the insides of my closets and cabinets. :)
This was a surprise to me, too, considering that I'd originally planned to paint the whole shebang teal and then "stain" over it with the dark brown to mute it and make it look old and patina'd - but playing with the colors and the finish Saturday morning, I hit on this and decided I liked it a LOT better. It's also the safer choice - I'd love a little blue dresser or cabinet or something in the living room, but not something THIS big. I think I did the right thing.
I didn't end up putting new lining paper inside the drawers - I changed my mind about the stuff I was going to use, and I don't have anything else. I'll keep an eye out for something, though.
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