DIY Damask Cabinet

We bought this lovely little cabinet at a local Amish market.

It had clean lines, solid construction and I fell in love.

Plus, we always need storage.

We brought it home and it found a permanent spot in our entryway.

Then I spent a few months trying to decide

how to finish it.

Paint? Stain? What color?

I tend to waffle, so the best decision was no decision.

Then I saw THIS this incredible tutorial from Twice Lovely!

It was exactly what I was looking for!

It had the added oompf this little cabinet needed.

But I wasn't sure on the color.

Again I waffled.

White with gray? Black with dark gray?

And then I saw this beauty on Pinterest from Joss and Main! 

(Jossandmain.com)

The stars had aligned.

The heavens opened.

I stopped waffling.

I decided to try spray painted the cabinet for a smooth finished effect.

I also decided that I could stencil the damask on with high gloss poly.

Having never spray painted furniture, I did some web research and it seemed

pretty easy and straight forward.

Primer.

Two light, even coats of black Satin Spray Paint and voila!

Yeah, no.

To achieve my sought after look, it took 6.5 CANS of spray paint.

That raw wood sucked up the paint immediately.

At can 4, I almost gave up and bought regular paint.

But I trudged on, and honestly

I was really pleased with the results.

Here I am getting ready to start.

See that one can of black?

Oh how naive.

Primed and ready.

Can #1 of Satin Black.

EEEK!

After seeing this I was a bit terrified.

After cans #2 & 3

A bit better, but come on!

Can #4

Why do I have splotches?

Can #5

Wow, getting better...

Can # 6.  

I stopped here and gave the cabinet a very light sanding.

After 6.5 cans, I finally had that lovely solid black color.

Here she is back in the entryway.

So pretty!

But we aren't done yet.

It's damask time!

I decided to free hand the damask print using my craft projector.

I already had the high gloss poly and just

went online to fine a few damask clip art vector imagines I liked.

I decided on this guy after projecting the images on the cabinet.

I was going to use the image twice.

Once on the top half of the cabinet and 

then invert and for the bottom.

Here you can see the projected image.

I used a pencil to trace the image on the cabinet.

Then I traced with my small paint brushes and filled in with the poly.

Here is the top image all done.

Here is the bottom complete and all done! 

I love how it came out!

Jaime came over and commented on how cool the effect was and that the cabinet

looked embossed/watermarked.

Said it reminded him of the Metallica Black Album.

Here are some close up shots.

Just the right amount of detail.

Here is a view of the inside.

All ready to be filled up.

Now I have to find some new knobs.

I think I want some cool glass ones.  

Not sure yet...Any suggestions?

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