showcase display project
We were needing a new display cabinet for the showroom and decided to repurpose an existing sample cabinet we already were using along with…
… this beautiful china hutch that someone didn’t have the space for anymore. Now I just needed to make the two look like they belonged to each other.
I removed and stored the glass doors (not required for it’s purpose) and took out all the glass but left the mirror just because it was to very heavy and I could paint around it.
The buffet base took three coats because of how dark it was. I had left the kick base alone because of the commercial application I needed it for and didn’t feel like cleaning every toe scuff mark.
I had applied 2 coats of Champness both inside and out.
Next I applied some of Fusion’s Antique Glaze with the applicator pad and played with how heavy I wanted to leave it.
I had a couple hours to play with the glaze before it started to dry. I Didn’t glaze inside because 1) I wanted to demonstrate the effect of the glaze and 2) I didn’t want to do all that extra work :)
Added the brass knobs to help tie in with the hutch and get away from the contemporary feel the display cabinet use to have.
Aaaand done!
In place and looking amazing.
showcase display project
prep: just a light sand wash of TSP Alternative. Nothing more.
paint: Champness
coats: 2 on hutch & 3 on base (took up 1/2 pint of paint in total)
finish: Antique Glaze
time it took me: 6 hours from prep to finish (when I wasn’t goofing around)
brush: StaahlMeester #40 Oval brush
new: drawer pulls and led lights for the hutch
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