Furniture Flip: Buffet
When we moved from our apartment to the house, I knew we would need furniture. The first piece I bought was a large buffet; it was less than $200 from a local Habitat ReStore. How we managed to fit that thing in my SUV will still amaze me.
The functionality of this piece is amazing; it gets an A in the organizers book. It has 4 deep drawers that are flanked with 2 large cabinets.
My preference are for buffets that donβt go to the floor, but when you need more storage I trend towards pieces that work doubly hard.
Our functional buffet has been sitting in the same spot for 6 years. While I do love all that storage, I was starting to hate the color. Too much brown in the room. It felt too warm.
Originally I had planned to paint it black, but once I realized the color wouldnβt be in stock for months, I decided to just go with white.
All furniture looks good in white afterall.
Painting furniture is one of the easiest things to do! I used Fusion Mineral Paint which requires zero prep work.
Purchased from a local antique mall >> find a retailer here
I did wipe down any dust and vacuum any cobwebs, but other than that, I just laid down the drop cloth and got to painting!
The whole project took roughly 2 days. I decided to work on other projects in between coats (3 in total).
I love the transformation and it makes our room feel so much brighter (and bigger)! We are storing candles and a few extra serving pieces in the buffet at the moment. My plan is to purge our candle collection and just use it for entertaining items.
What do you think? Is this a project you would undertake?
Thrift w/me: part 6 at the Salvation Army Family Store in Gastonia, NC