MacGIRLver: Resting on My Laurels, Part III; Antique Buffet Makeover

This is an old side table/buffet. My daughter also picked this up for me from Kijiji.. She's is great, she ignores her Dad's plea to not buy me anymore junk. She just needs a bigger place to live (to store said "junk") and a truck to haul it.

Before

This project sort of evolved into what it is now. I started out by painting the whole thing a pale lime green, then painted on silver cherry blossom branches on it. I was quite happy with it, then I decided to "antique" it with brown paint. It was disastrous! I was so disheartened after painting on three coats of paint and then the cherry blossoms :( so sad! So I took the spray can to it. I sprayed the whole thing silver (do you see a trend here with the silver?) and wallpapered it with some wallpaper that I had picked up for another project and hadn't used yet. I am thrilled with it! Although I was quite happy with the green and silver I love this so much more! It is very rich looking. I just love it! I sprayed some old brassy drawer pulls silver for the doors, and put crystal knobs on the drawers. However, when I take the 5 minutes it will require to do it, I will switch the larger knobs from the end tables. But that will be another day.

After