I know, I’m several months behind on this one, but I just discovered Nesting Place’s31 Days of Lovely Limitations. And I am excited about it. Day 2 was about reusing dressers with missing drawers and it reminded me of our living room media cabinet. Originally, the one I really wanted for the living room cost more than I wanted to spend, so I complained for a couple months before deciding to just save up for it. By then, it was too late, and they didn’t sell it anymore. So I headed to Craigslist and found this not-so-pretty thing:
This was the listing photo, unfortunately it’s the only “Before” I have.
I can’t remember exactly how much it was, but I know I made an offer and she accepted and it was under $100 (a savings of over $250 over the original one I wanted).
So I removed the pulls and handles, filled the holes, sanded, primed and painted it white. Now, this sideboard wasn’t already missing a drawer, but I did remove the top one and replace it with plywood so we would have a spot for the TV components that needed remotes.
We drilled a hole through the back of the cabinet to fish all the cords to the through and mounted a power strip inside the cabinet so the cords would all be hidden inside.
And I painted the inside red, because it’s just more fun that way. It would also be really cute as extra storage in a nursery or girly bedroom.
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