A small before and after

This little cabinet came back from NYC with us 

She (she is a lady right?) has been sitting in the shed for 6 months

When I bought her she was varnished with that awful yellow/orange high gloss

One day I thought she should be white 

and being lazy, with 3 boys in tow,
couldn't be bothered to walk 7 blocks to the hardware store

I decided to paint her with Milk paint, which was all I had at home.

I love milk paint but this was a BAD idea.

Do not paint milk paint onto a varnished cabinet,

but you probably knew that already 

So there she sat, unloved and unused 

milk paint peeling and chipping,

until last week 

I hauled her inside 

Removed the very pretty handles 

and scraped and scrubbed 

with some paint remover and a lot of elbow grease 

and Now here she is !

I didn't worry about leaving a few spots of paint in the cracks and corners,

that gives her character! 

Now I just need to figure out where to put her