Today, I’m sharing with you our chalk painted media cabinet. I’m one of those people who doesn’t care for a TV sitting out in the open in the main living area of a house. I hate for it to be the “center of attention” in the room.
We only have one living area in our home, so when we bought the house, we bought a media cabinet for the black box. We found this one at “Kiss it Good Buy” in historic downtown Grapevine, Tx. If you ever get a chance to shop there, you should! There are so many great higher end items on consignment (we also got our antique dining set there). Anyway, this cabinet was white and I was in love with red at the time, so I painted the cabinet “Emporer’s Silk” by Annie Sloan. No judging here, please, as this was my first ever piece of furniture to paint! I look at it and cringe. Anyway, recently, she got an update in white chalk paint and I’m loving it!
Do you ever do something with your home decorating that you love at first, but then tend to hate? That’s what happened with this cabinet. It didn’t take too long for me to wonder what in the world I was thinking with painting it red. Here’s a before pic in the red that I was so sick of. This picture was taken 3 Christmases ago. That’s the last time I intentionally photographed the cabinet. Since then, it’s mostly been left out of photos!! It’s amazing how styles and decor tastes change over time!
The painting took me a while, and I had to do 3 coats just to cover up all the dark red, but it was worth it!
Now, the cabinet is a pretty shade of white! I’m still contemplating whether I want to distress it or not, and I need to add the finishing topcoat of wax. The new look is wonderful and I couldn’t love it more!
I’ve been waiting for months to dress the cabinet up with these beautiful knobs from Anthropologie!
The chalk painted media cabinet still has a rustic feel, but the pretty knobs with the gold pattern add just the right amount of classiness. It definitely adds more cottage charm to our living room.
Maybe one day I’ll have a second living area the TV can find a home in, but until then, a pretty cabinet will do just fine.
Till the next time,
Kassie
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