We love it when a creative DIYer is able to think of new ways to rework existing furniture to better fit a changing lifestyle. Rachelle originally purchased this credenza off of Craiglist to use in her son's nursery; the original dark walnut finish was painted white to brighten up both the piece and the space. In her old house, this big piece stored all her son's clothes, but her new house has ample closet space so it was unnecessarily eating up valuable floor space…
Rachelle realized that this piece could solve another decorating dilemma — what to do with the TV in her new living room. Given the higher mantle and her status as a renter, hanging the TV over the fireplace as she had in her old house was a non-starter, so she reworked the old changing table into a modern style media stand.
Rachelle stripped and sanded to remove all the old paint and finish from the drawer fronts and doors before sealing them with clear poly. She lightly sanded and repainted the body of the credenza, before drilling the necessary holes for cords in the back. Finally she spray painted the original hardware to match the new look of the credenza.
For more details and lots of pictures, check out the full post on Rachelle's blog — Adventures in Creating: Out with the Old and In with the...Old.
Image: Rachelle at Adventures in Creating
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Lovely! I did a similar project in my living room with a vintage credenza...I'm always amazed at what a little paint can do :)
I love repurposing things rather than tossing them. HOWEVER, I'm not thrilled about that one-odd pull on the left. The one on the right should have been replaced as well to give symmetry. And re-painting those top center sliding doors the same white as the outside is worth considering, seeing as you can still see the old paint that I can totally understand would be totally impossible to strip out of those folds.
*correction, I now see the doors are not sliding. Either way.
Lovely! I love the mix of the white with the wood.
A client gave me an Ouef changing table that is now our dining room sideboard. No DIY on my part - they'd already taken it to a business that paints cars and had it blasted white. I also found a toddler dresser on CL and painted it a similar bright white to utilize as - a bar. Perfect - the lesson for me was that children's furniture is the best option for smaller spaces. Both items are workhorses- deep drawers that we couldn't live without.
It annoys me that there is no pull on the top left drawer!! Nice job otherwise.
Great job! Sometimes a missing pull is just what you live with - I highly doubt she notices on a daily basis!
I think it would look strange with the middle two top doors painted white, don't listen to mouthy up there. Looks SOOOO much better now. Good job.
As for the broken pull, I'd hate to have to see you replace all of them just so they match (I like those MC-looking ones). So if you can't find a single replacement, I'd grab one off the bottom two drawers and move it up there. Then I'd find knobs for the bottom two drawers and maybe math them to the middle tops, too.
MATCH them, not math them.
I reckon round wooden knobs would suit it better
Thanks so much for featuring my credenza and thanks for all the comments! The credenza came with the broken knob; it doesn't bother me that much. I've been meaning to change them out for a while but I haven't been able to find anything that I really love within my price range!
Good call Elisha, Et Cetera on the knob options. I do agree, the middle doors white would look odd. I love this piece and wish I had it in my house!!
This is so wicked. The overhaul shows off the original design better than it likely ever was. Kudos to you on a beautiful finished product!