Today’s the day I reveal our corner cabinet makeover! We’ve been working on it slowly over the last few weeks and I’m so happy to finally be able to show y’all the final product! This cabinet is so special to us and we put a lot of thought behind the choices we made to makeover the cabinet. I’m really happy with the decisions we made! Below is the thought process behind each part! There’s also a story behind where this cabinet came from, you can read all about that here.
Cabinet phases from start to finish
Doors
Our first choice was to modify the existing doors but after looking into hinges and talking about how we wanted the doors to turn out we decided to build new doors. We built shaker style doors using tongue and groove construction. Then added soft close hinges.
Base
The base of the cabinet had a scalloped cutout which is cute but it needed a base trim. This trim will hide any dust and keep out Hugo’s dog hair from collecting underneath. To dress up the trim a little we routed a 1/4″ bevel on the top edge.
Belt
The last piece we added was trim between the doors. It’s a 3/4″ piece routed with 1/4″ bevels on the top and bottom edge matching the base. Oddly enough I think this trim gives the cabinet a waist, it needed a little belt around it’s waist for balance.
Paint
The cabinet is finally ready for paint! It took us a few weeks off and on to get to this step so we were pretty excited, but that’s not all we were excited about…. we got to break out our new paint sprayer! So this was our first time using a paint sprayer. After going to the Haven Conference this summer I was given the opportunity to get a Home Right Finish Max Sprayer and a Home Right Medium Spray Shelter. (As always, all opinions are my own.) It wasn’t hard to get started and and once we did it was quick and easy to use. I’d recommend doing a test run to get familiar with it before you start on your project. What I learned during our test run was to make sure you’re starting with light even strokes in one direction, this will prevent any drips and cover evenly. We used the Spray Shelter to paint the doors, it helped to protect our garage from over spray. Below are a few more tips we learned when painting the cabinet:
Paint Sprayer Tips
- Let the paint dry between sprays.
- Do multiple light coats of paint.
- Make sure you have a practice round first to get all your adjustments setup.
- Make sure you have extra paint in the hopper since the white tube doesn’t go to the bottom.
- You will have over spray with this product so plan for that. (tape, drape and cover)
- Eye protection and breathing protection is a must.
- Always make sure the spray tip is clean before you start painting, especially between coats.
- Thoroughly clean sprayer after each use.
- Strain the paint.
After painting our bathroom cabinet, in an earlier project, we decided to use a cabinet enamel over a latex paint. We used Valspar Cabinet Enamel in semi-gloss. The bathroom cabinet took many coats then remained tacky until we added a Polyacrylic for a finish top coat. With the cabinet enamel there was no need for a primer or top coat.
We couldn’t be happier with how this came out, we’re even happier to have it finished! I hope to be able to use this cabinet for many many years to come! Check out my highlights on Instagram to see us building and painting the cabinet. I’m now ready to finish the dining room, I’m thinking we’ll add wainscoting…. I hope you follow along!
Knobs // Hinges // Paint // Paint Color // Paint Sprayer // Spray Shelter
