Recently I found this beauty at Goodwill for $20 in all its crusty glory. It was very well loved, but the solid oak made it impossible for me to just keep walking.



After sanding it down I took my trusty foam roller to it with Behr's paint and primer in one. Now that I've used that paint for a couple of projects I swear by it. Since the cabinet was missing its shelves, I had the saw guy at Home Depot cut some for me (about $5). It looks like there used to be glass shelving since there's lighting at the top of the cabinet, but the idea of glass pretty much freaks me out considering curious little hands are lurking about. I decided to go with wood.

And here it stands...

Lucky for me, the existing hardware looked a million times better after the paint job so I didn't even have to switch it out.



Love it!

And just for fun, I'm going to show the little makeover of that star sitting on the shelf. It used to be brick red. It was really starting to bug me.  I used to have this thing with brick red and it began popping up everywhere in my house.  Everywhere.  And when I say "used to" I mean like last year.  I know, I know...I'm very noncommittal when it comes to color.  Some might think it's a problem.  Say, like a husband who keeps hearing about new ideas for rooms that he thinks were just recently redone.  It's never too soon for a little makeover, honey.

Anyway, now I'm getting bored of red...brick red, not red red. I like red red.  In fact, red red is part of my new plan for the toy room, which I hope to be starting soon.  Sorry brick red.  You were a good friend for a while, but it's time for me to move on.  Unfortunately, I'm going to be un-brickredifying my house for a while. 

The star used to look like this: a lot of red and a lot of boring.