I had my 10 year high school reunion last Saturday. It was pretty much as expected: I think I repeated the phrase "so what have you been up to?" 50 or so times, even though we've all pretty much Facebook stalked each other anyway.
So two of my out of town best friends and their husbands stayed the night after, and we woke up Sunday morning to more of the same weather we had on Saturday----overcast, muggy, and drizzle-ly. Yuck.
After the crew left, I decided to take advantage of the early start (I knew we were old when we all woke up at 7:30 am regardless of the previous day's drinking festivities).
I'd been contemplating a project with a wine rack my hubby acquired from Craigslist over a year ago, but only decided about a week or two ago what to do with it. He's a craigslist phenom when it comes to finding good deals and interesting pieces, but this one was his 1/10. It was dark plain oak and just ugly.
We only have one full bathroom in our 1940's home, so space and storage are at a premium. The wine rack seemed to fit perfectly on the wall next to our tub and with a little help from Pinterest, the idea to create a towel rack was born.
The original lattice in the rack was too small to fit a rolled towel, so I had to cut a few of them out to make them bigger. I taped off the lattice so I wouldn't get confused on where to cut and not to cut, but I think I got a little saw-happy because I still messed up once----
You can sort of see where I cut through the wrong piece on the right side---that's why they make glue!
I used a reciprocating saw to cut the wood, but a hand saw would have worked just fine. I have a new addiction to power tools :-) I know, I'm crazy.
I used a power sander to sand everything down. If you like refinishing furniture it is a GREAT investment. We had to cut down a door in the kitchen after installing our new floor and were able to use the power sander instead. Like I said, great investment and easy to use too!
I primed using a combo of hand painting and spray painting. It was hard to get the back behind the second set of lattice. So the spray paint came in handy for that.
I decided to go with teal as an accent color on the front. Our bathroom is black, white, and light yellow (its very 1940s/50s) so I thought it would go well with the theme. Another motivating factor was that this paint was left over from our dining room...what can I say, I'm a #ThriftyB
I used the power sander and some hand sanding to rub off some of the paint and get an worn look. I just changed the sandpaper on the power sander to about a 220 so it was finer, and it worked pretty well.
The final Product!
Looks much better than the before if I do say so myself.
As a reminder, this was my FIRST piece of furniture I finished. So if I can do it, anyone can. It just takes a little bit of time and patience. (I'm really impatient so I had to fill my time with other projects while I waited for coats to dry...so more projects to come!)
On other note, I'm setting a new goal for myself to post every week, either on Fridays or Sundays. Mark your calendars #CraftyB's!
