my parents just arrived from virginia beach so i’m off to indulge in some family fun and away-from-the-computer time. i hope you all have a fantastic weekend and i’ll see you on monday! until then, i wanted to leave you with a fantastic before & after from conn and john in hawaii (you might remember their gorgeous island sneak peek from june). conn and john found this old stainless steel medicine/dental tool cabinet years ago at the 26th street flea market in nyc. after picking it up for $35 it was stripped of its pale hospital green finish and kept a plain stainless steel. but as conn says “[when] we moved to maui the elements took over and my inspiration was to turn it into a rothko painting”. as luck would have it all three paints conn needed were on sale (2 for $4) so he sanded it down with steel wool, applied three coats of each color and voila! a $10 makeover. thanks to conn and john for sharing!
- anne’s regional roundup: brisbane and additional australian links and artists
- diy wednesdays: homegrown honey video
- new sneak peeks: spruce austin, jill malek, and uhuru design
- before & after: summer’s chair
- must see of the week: patterns from allan the gallant
- paper genius: zoe bradley’s paper sculptures at kate’s paperie
- furniture: new upholstered chairs at chairloom
- misc: new artwork (key prints) from dallas shaw, calling cards from avie designs, faux bois wingchair, zig zag towels, sculptural white lamps, new prints from good shape design
- new ceramics: ceramics from mudpuppy, ceramics from lisa bengtsson
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This is an amazing transformation. Great job.
Great colors! I wonder what kind of paint….
love pink and red. love love love pink and red. v. darling.
yes, a seriously amazing transformation… i love it!
That’s an amazing before-and-after
That’s an amazing $10 transformation! Love it!
this is one of myfavorite BEFORE & AFTERS yet! I love the color combination.
wow that really is amazing!
What type of paint did you use? Was it special for metal?
Conn,
LOVE the colors!!!
Best
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Oh my gosh, Mark Rothko is my favourite artist, I WANT THAT CABINET.
As always. So cool. Your creativities never cease to amaze !
Yes, beautiful transformation! Xcllnt color combination!
yess! love the colors and also wonder what kind of paint they used!
What an amazing difference. I love the after look.
I adore the “after” colors!
I like the colours lots. I think it would look cooler with knobs.
Also want to know the type of paint?? Wanting to revamp an old kitchen scale. Brilliant colours!
great job, what a difference!
Aloha and Thanks for all the sweet comments.
The Orange and Red paints were by Kilz: Terra Cotta – Satin Finish, Candy Apple Red – Gloss Finish.
The Pink was by Krylon: Watermelon – Satin Finish.
I wanted one color to be a different finish. Also, the inside is all orange with a candy apple red shelf.
makes me want to go get a cabinet myself! how great.
I never would have thought to put those colors together, but it looks amazing! And from completely rusted over, this transformation borders on unbelievable. I can only imagine how much sanding that took!
Love the combination of pink, red and orange!
It is great !
I like the creativity!!!
Well done!!!
i like the colors very much.
Great!
Now that’s what I call a makeover!
This is my favorite before and after of them all! What great colors and it is so clean looking!
Great job.
Very fun transformation!
What a makeover! Wonderful!
You inspire me soooo much.
Wow!! What a beautiful transformation!
OMG. How can u do that…So great you are…All delivered the rich artistic sense
I NEED this in my house! I’ll trade my husband for it! ;)
I stumbled thru your site and I´m just loving it!! Especially “Before&After”! I’m looking to my furniture thinking what can I do to make them fabulous! Thank you*
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