5.29.2012

My Happy Place

Above you'll see my little studio with its latest addition, my print cabinet! A friend's frame shop was closing down, and he gave me a great deal on this piece of furniture....

Here's what it looked like before:


And here's what it looks like now after downsizing, sanding, paint, and new hardware:





I'm in love. That's all.
Hope you're having a lovely week...

11 comments:

  1. Looks great! I know you will enjoy and use it for years! Yay!! {Happy Dance}

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    1. Thanks! Yes, I definitely will.... finding the perfect storage solution always warms my little OCD heart... ;o)

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  2. awesome! Great job redoing the cabinet :)

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    1. Thank you! I'm really pleased with how it turned out... always nice to have something both functional AND beautiful!

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  3. That is awesome!! I love the new hardware you put on it. Looks fantastic and I know it will be so useful! :)

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    1. Thanks, Jennifer! I love the hardware too - it just makes the cabinet... And yes, it's already coming in very handy!

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  4. Thank you all! Yes, I am really excited about it - it's perfect for storing all of my papers, mats, clear bags, etc.

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  5. oh wow , an artists dream to have a place to keep paper flat organized and out of harms way...you did a great job tweaking it...

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    1. Yes - it's worked out perfectly for my watercolor papers, clear bags, etc. I'm really thankful to have found it for such a great deal.... Thank you!

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  6. What a sweet studio! I love the chair. I have one like it, vintage editor's chair from 1910, a score from the dump! And the piece where you can store your papers, perfect for storage! I never had the space to store mine flat, nor have them separated and organized like yours. You did very well to snap up the furniture.

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    1. Thanks, Elizabeth! It's definitely my favorite little room in our house. :o) I love the chair too - that was another refinishing project. My brother found it at a flea market, and I repainted it to go with my desk. I also have another one very similar that came from the factory where my Papaw used to work, which is fun to have. You were lucky to score a free one from the dump! One man's trash is another man's treasure, I suppose. :o) And yes, I'm really glad to have the cabinet where I can store things flat - that was becoming a huge problem with all of my packaging supplies for my prints - everything was getting wrinkled and crunched up because I was storing everything upright in a Rubbermaid bin (eek!). So this is working out perfectly.... Thanks for stopping by!

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