we've had this gun cabinet of my grandad's for quite a while. when we moved him out of his house and into a nursing home about five years ago my mom, aunt, sisters and i were able to keep some of the things from his house that we liked. at the time we thought we would use it to store griffin's guns. we havent been able to find a place for it in any of the three homes that we lived in and we realized it was more logical to put his guns in a safe than out on display anyway.
after pondering what we could do with it for a bit, we decided we could turn it into a bookshelf for the millions of books my mom keeps buying baird haha! i haven't mentioned it before but my mom's thing is buying books for baird. of course i love it since im an english teacher but, nonetheless, we need a place to store all of them. because we arent in a super hurry to get this project done, we are doing it in phases. phase one, which we completed tonight, was deconstruction and clean-up. we removed all of the parts that we didn't want to include, making the back open and ready for some shelves that we are going to put in. we took off the doors, although we might put them back on, not sure yet. we took out all of the screws, all of the brass details, and the cute little deer. after doing all of this, we cleaned it all up with a rag and some wood cleaner. i also borrowed some brass cleaner from my mother-in-law to clean up all of the brass. stage two will consist of retrofitting the empty cabinet with some wood shelves and sanding the entire thing to prepare for paint. its nowhere near done but at least we finally started it.
also, i need your help: i'm thinking about doing something fun along the back of the shelf but i can't decide what yet... leave me a comment and tell me which you like best :)
wallpaper?
stenciling?
a pop of color with paint?
map-backed?
beadboard?
as far as the color of the book casing, we are thinking sherwin williams cherry tomato...
tell me what ya' think :) happy thursday everyone!
love,
tell me what ya' think :) happy thursday everyone!
love,
5 comments:
Ok well I loooove the stenciling, but I'm not sure if it would be right in a little boys room. With that color, I think a vintage map background would be cool - like the brown and tan ones? Or a color one! It seems very Baird - or at least very Baird's mama :)
Ok well I loooove the stenciling, but I'm not sure if it would be right in a little boys room. With that color, I think a vintage map background would be cool - like the brown and tan ones? Or a color one! It seems very Baird - or at least very Baird's mama :)
oops :)
I love the map! Super fun, and it also adds a pop of color. It just reminds me of a little boy too...discovering new places/exploring/etc. Cute! Cute!
You may already know, but I'm pretty sure SW is having a 40% off paint sale this week. Best of luck!
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