Home Interior: How To Spray Paint a File Cabinet (and the occasional ceramic duck)

I've been inward love with chalk pigment for awhile now, always since using it on the insides of my kitchen cabinets.

This week, I discovered closed to other smashing chalkboard pigment idea.

always since using it on the insides of my kitchen How To Spray Paint a File Cabinet (and the occasional ceramic duck)

I painted my file cabinet alongside it.

Well, sorta.

But, earlier nosotros speak most the makeover, yous should belike know how I got it.

I was exterior the other solar daytime checking our post service as well as I spied something silverish sitting on the destination of our neighbor's driveway. Of course, beingness enamored alongside all things silver/free, I crept downwards the street to banking concern check it out, and I works life this lilliputian fella alongside a free sign on it.

It was instantly from the Seventies as well as it weighed most 100 pounds, hence naturally I tried to lug it downwards the street past times myself.

I wiggled it most iv feet as well as and it got stuck.

In the middle of the street, people.

So, I left it inward the middle of the street as well as ran dorsum habitation as well as made a sign that said 'The vecino is taking this. SOLD.' or something to that effect. And hence I nervously peeped out my window for the adjacent iii hours until Jesse came habitation as well as could assist me movement it.

It was yet inward the street when he got home.

And that, friends, is only a totally normal even out most how to procure a filing cabinet.

Am I correct or am I right?

Anyways, here's what the file cabinet looked similar when I starting fourth dimension wiggled it home. It was actually beaten upward as well as dirty. However, it was a full marking because I've been needing a file cabinet for awhile. It was definitely made backintheday when they made things well.

It's super sturdy as well as burly, similar the Paul Bunyan of file cabinets.

Meet Paul.

So, I cleaned it off actually good as well as then I removed the drawers. Then, I used 2 low-cal coats of last disaster.

While I was letting that dry, I painted the drawers alongside dark chalkboard paint.

This is what the drawers looked similar later on only 1 coat. I ended upward doing 2 coats. In my experience, chalk pigment adheres actually well, hence I didn't bother priming. You may desire to...it's upward to you. I likewise covered the hardware alongside closed to masking record as well as used my silver leaf Rub n Buff (affiliate link) to construct all the hardware hold off novel as well as pretty.

When everything was finished as well as dry, I pose it all dorsum together as well as labeled the drawers alongside my favorite Bistro chalk pen (affiliate link). It writes similar a pen, but looks similar chalk, as well as it's awesome.

I accessorized Paul alongside a cute silverish tray as well as closed to fresh flowers.

Just what every Paul needs.

All inward all, I'm loving Paul as well as finding him to live quite useful.

He fits correct inward alongside all of my other dark painted thrifty furniture.

Oh, as well as Paul wasn't the alone recent improver to the office.

I likewise works life a wooden organizer at the thrift shop that I spray painted white, as well as piece of job for all my envelopes as well as paper.

I likewise works life the coolest lilliputian duck ever. He's proven himself to live a actually smashing pen/scissors holder.

Look out, Paul.

If yous come upward across fun ceramics at a thrift store, yous tin pigment them alongside a high gloss white spray paint and they'll hold off only similar the construct novel ceramics yous run into all over the identify correct now!

Here is the duck before.