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Paintless Transformation

China Cabinet


I inherited my dining room set from my parents. They bought it at an old antique barn in South Carolina in the 70’s.
I have loved the wood graining and the lines. Last year, I transformed the chairs and the table – 


they either needed to be refinished or painted after long years of hard lovin’. I did both to the table and painted the chairs.


I am reluctant to paint the hutch. It is in very good condition, but I wanted to do something to brighten the interior.

before

So, I came up with this solution. I took an Elmer’s Foam Board – easily found at craft stores – measured the back wall to each shelf and cut a piece to fit within using a blade.
I chose a solid, sage green fabric to complement the fabric used in the dining room and on the dining chairs.


I used a Fiscars Rotary Blade to cut premeasured strips of cloth. I steamed each strip of cloth to remove any wrinkle. I then applied Spray Adhesive to the Foam Board aligning one edge at a time and rolling out the fabric as I went. The foam board easily slips into place and can be removed using a butter knife.


The possibilities are endless – you can use any color or pattern of fabric, wall paper, craft paper even paint to apply to Foam Board to change the background to your hutch. 


I can see now that I may change these out seasonally as I change things around in other rooms. 


This application could easily be used on bookcases, open hutches, desks – anything with shelves and a backwall.



Thank you so much for stopping by! 
If you give this a try let me know!



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Home offices with just the right balance of personality and productivity

It's not easy to strike the perfect balance in one's home office. Make it too cozy and filled with personal objects and you might end up using your desk to curl up with a good book or flip through photo albums. Make it too industrial and sterile and..well, feel like you're back in a cubicle. It's important to make your work space pleasing to you, and while everyone's ideal work set up is different, you have to have the tools of your trade on hand and a comfortable arrangement that allows you to hunker down and focus without distraction.

Here are some spaces that seem to have the balance down...

Perfect...beautiful...need I say more?


Plants add some life and homeyness, the ample shelving creates space for supplies, and the unorthodox desk combines function and beauty.

For some people less is more. Give them a huge desk and every inch of surface space will be occupied with stuff, leaving no space to work. This desk is clever because it has minimal surface space for accumulating clutter, but a leaf underneath pulls out for work surface.


I use a table as a desk as in the above image, because I'm able to keep things organized and most of the surface stays bare, which gives me enough room alongside my computer to spread out my magazines and/or sketch.



This space gets it's warmth from a hutch that looks well-loved.

What works for you in a home office?
via LivingEtc.

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