Before and After: Record Cabinet from Cucumbersome

Britt of the DIY and design website Cucumbersome bought this shabby piece off of Craigslist for $40. With a little bit of elbow grease and a can of paint she was able to breath some new life into it, and ended up with a perfect cabinet we'd gladly make room for in our home. See the result after the jump...

060209 cucumbersome after.jpg We never cease to be amazed at what a coat of paint can do to an old Craigslist find. Nice work, Britt! You can read more about this project here, from Cucumbersome.

(Images: Britt McMaster of Cucumbersome)

Comments (21)

love it! looks fabulous.

posted by sunnyvolvo on June 2nd 2009 at 7:52pm
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Very nice. A great, modern, clean transformation.

Laura
http://www.grafxnerd.net

posted by grafxnerd on June 2nd 2009 at 8:14pm
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Argh, that's exactly the style of a piece I've been looking for! Want one!

posted by McBadger on June 2nd 2009 at 8:18pm
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Well done!

posted by medusa12120 on June 2nd 2009 at 8:24pm
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I want one! Nicely done!

posted by suzy8track on June 2nd 2009 at 10:37pm
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OOoooo... i like

posted by wampler on June 2nd 2009 at 11:36pm
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Thanks for posting this - what a nice surprise!
And thank you, everyone, for your kind words. I'm so glad you like it.

posted by cucumbersome on June 3rd 2009 at 12:18am
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NEVER underestimate the power of paint... Bravo! Well done! I like how she just kept it simple and let the architecture of the piece speak for itself...

posted by bittergaymark on June 3rd 2009 at 12:35am
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Nice job, the miracle of paint !!

posted by antb on June 3rd 2009 at 2:05am
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Wow! didn't even notice the neat detail before. Excellent!

posted by quiltmaster on June 3rd 2009 at 7:01am
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Great job! It looks so nice!

posted by jessimarie33 on June 3rd 2009 at 8:16am
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i actually loved it before.

posted by Kumquat77 on June 3rd 2009 at 8:59am
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5

Good job.

posted by ErikTheRed on June 3rd 2009 at 10:11am
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Nevermind the AMAZING transformation, I'm just excited to see someone using a record cabinet for actual records!

Great job!!

posted by DialJforJake on June 3rd 2009 at 10:29am
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I checked out the cucumbersome site... very cool.

posted by StudioStarter on June 3rd 2009 at 11:29am
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Looks beautiful! Congrats.

posted by queenbee1230 on June 3rd 2009 at 11:35am
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why must everything be painted white? i really don't like this trend of painting everything white. in fact, im sick of it. to me, when something gets painted white in a an effort to "breathe new life" into it, it ends up looking like an old piece of furniture that was painted white-- no soul, no character and ultimately kind of cheesy. i liked it better before.

posted by apbs on June 3rd 2009 at 12:52pm
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apbs -
it's actually painted gray :)

posted by sflily on June 3rd 2009 at 1:01pm
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Same, for me, Kumquat.
Right on, sflily

posted by ce_pelle on June 3rd 2009 at 3:11pm
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it looked much better before than after

but very nice find non the less

posted by ideaprison on June 5th 2009 at 10:02am
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I like the weathered dark wood better too, but it might not work in every space. Even so, if this were mine and I wanted to paint it, I think a stronger color would work better due to the size and shape. The pale gray makes the cabinet sort of fade away against the wall.

posted by slowdown on June 7th 2009 at 10:19am
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