Hi everyone! I’m honored to be guest posting today for Gail over here at My Repurposed life! I’ve been a huge fan of her blog, so it’s got me doing a little happy dance! ANYwayssss…. Lately, I’ve been ITCHING to do some spray painting!
Here’s what I WE did!
(WITH ALOT OF my husband’s MAN-POWER!)
This is a record player I got at the goodwill. Do you remember it from this post? Well, It doesn’t work because of a few reasons. long story. But what a great opportunity to up-cycle it!
DEMOLITION! …we decided to gut it so that we could make it a DVD storage unit 🙂
…peek-a-boo!
Here it is just about all gutted out!
Honestly, we just unscrewed, pulled out and yanked out…there’s no How-to instructions for this…just…improvise!
I got smart this time: $6.00 spray paint handle from LOWES=totalllly worth every penny. The spray paint I used was from Lowes, It was just a simple Satin Finish… “Valspar Interior white spray paint”(Hindsight, I probably would have chosen a semi-gloss finish. This piece collects dust, and the satin just isn’t cutting it.)
I just lightly sanded the edges by hand..taking a fine grit sand paper, and going over the edges until I liked what I saw. It was super easy. It didn’t need much at all… I had to stop myself. 🙂
Having too much fun!
The Lamp was a project I made as well…you can see how I did it by CLICKING THIS POST HERE. 🙂
…and inside?!?!?! My favorite part is being so organized! (that never happens with us creative gals.) I just bought some baskets on sale at our local Michael’s Craft Store.
wah-lah!…
I had debated finishing off the hole…but then all that space would have gone to waste since the front “doors” were fake (they didn’t open)…so instead, I just spray painted inside and measured the space so that I could find baskets that fit!
I could have put a piece of MDF (wood) on over the hole to hide it, but the basket was big enough to sit on the hole easily, without falling through. so no worries here!
& wah-lah again!
Seriously one of the best, most fun, and cheapest projects I’ve done. I have it sitting behind my couch right now, holding some flowers on top..It’s such a great storage piece! I love it!
Be Blessed!
The DIY Wifey,
I love a great repurpose! This was a fabulous project, very pretty AND practical! Didn’t Brittany do a great tute? I know you’ll find lots more great stuff when you explore her blog! Go! gail
Gail Wilson is the author and mastermind behind My Repurposed Life. She is obsessed with finding potential in unexpected places and believes that with a little hard work and imagination, any old thing can be made useful again, including herself!
Gail reinvented herself during a midlife crisis and has found purpose again. She hopes you will find new ideas for old things and pick up a few tools along the way.
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We had a vintage record player I wanted to do the same thing with. It had beautiful scrolled lattice work on the front, adorable spooled legs….but, sigh, too many moves and nobody to help me with the woodworking part, so it only got the demolition step. LOVED seeing your finished product! You always make everything look so easy, it gives me more confidence to conquer and create things.
Looks great! We have a few of these in the works as well.
For those of you that decide to tackle a similar project, I encourage you to find a local audiophile to donate/sell your cabinet’s guts. We gave our turntable parts to a fellow in LA that restores old record players.
Wow! I actually have one of these in my house right now… I’ve gutted it, but haven’t gotten any farther. Thanks for sharing, I needed some inspiration for my project. Your cabinet turned out great!
We had a vintage record player I wanted to do the same thing with. It had beautiful scrolled lattice work on the front, adorable spooled legs….but, sigh, too many moves and nobody to help me with the woodworking part, so it only got the demolition step. LOVED seeing your finished product! You always make everything look so easy, it gives me more confidence to conquer and create things.
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I like it, works good for the storage of cds and is cute.
Van- GREAT idea! I wish I would have thought about that while doing this project!
Looks great! We have a few of these in the works as well.
For those of you that decide to tackle a similar project, I encourage you to find a local audiophile to donate/sell your cabinet’s guts. We gave our turntable parts to a fellow in LA that restores old record players.
-Van
Nicely Done…I love that you used spray paint!!
Denise
Wow! I actually have one of these in my house right now… I’ve gutted it, but haven’t gotten any farther. Thanks for sharing, I needed some inspiration for my project. Your cabinet turned out great!
Wow! I love the transformation! The cabinet looks beautiful painted. It’s a fantastic way to store things!
Dee