Our New Cabinet!

So a couple of months ago Covey and I decided to take on a project.  It all started when we found our new apartment and realized that we were going to need a little more storage space than what was currently there.  We looked around a few places to see if we could find something but didn't see anything that was a reasonable price.  Then we went to Savers where we found this base cabinet for $24.99:

It wasn't the color we wanted and it didn't have a top but my creative juices started flowing (greatly inspired by all of the HGTV I'd been watching) and we decided to tackle our first big furniture refurbishing project.  There was a lot of learning to do along the way because neither of us really knew what we were doing, we just had an end product in mind.  Thankfully, Covey's dad has all the tools we could ever need (and then some) to do this kind of a project.  So here is the progression from beginning to end of our newest addition to our furniture:

First, we had to cover the inside so that it didn't get spray painted.

Shaking up the spray paint

After the first coat of spray paint

To paint the cabinet doors, we hung them from a tree and sprayed them.

Spraying on the second coat of paint

Covey and his dad had to cut a big piece of board for the top of the cabinet so we could tile it.

Cutting the tile for the top

We got the top all tiled and grouted then we had to let it dry before we could tile the top edges.

The finished product!

We are so proud of ourselves!

Overall, the project took us about two months and about 20 hours.  We learned a lot and did many things the hard way, but I tell you what--if we ever do another cabinet like this, we are going to know exactly what we're doing.  We can tell you about grout and cutting tile and spray paint and all sorts of fun stuff.  :)  It was a really fun project and I wouldn't be surprised if we undertook another project in the future to try out our creativeness. :)