Homeright Cubby Organizer Challenge
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Homeright has issued another challenge to the Brand Ambassadors. Our mission, should we choose to accept it was to get our hands on a regular ole cubby and work our magic with a Finish Max and paint from Lowe’s.
Homeright sent me a gift card to purchase a Closet Maid cubby and paint. Off I went to pick up what I needed. 
This is what we had to work with-a simple cubby organizer made out of mdf.
While assembling the cubby, I chose to use Gorilla Wood Glue to strengthen all of the joints and dowels.
Here is the simple cubby organizer all put together. At this point, I was still unsure exactly what I was going to do. I was hoping for some big LIGHT BULB moment, or at least a THOUGHT bubble over my head—nope, a big fat nothing. Were my creative juices drying up? Or was this the hardest challenge I ever took on? You may remember the IKEA challenge from Homeright.com last October. I actually won that with my dresser into a hutch. Furniture is definitely my strong point . . . but I moved forward.
Thinking back on my challenge from last year, I decided to go the same route with this simple challenge. The plain cubby needed a little something.
I added some smaller trim pieces to beef up the front of the cubby a little—to make the boards look a little more substantial. (I actually added these boards to the back of the cubby where the rougher mdf was showing, so the Gorilla wood glue would adhere better than to the shiny laminate of the front boards.) In addition to gluing, I used my brad nailer to secure the boards on the front and on the sides of the cubby.
This is after I’ve added all the extra pieces to get a new look on the cubby organizer.
I filled all the small holes with some spackling—as I was sanding that, I also gave the entire piece a light sanding to allow the paint to adhere easily.
I set up my Homeright Spray Shelter, and rested the cubby on some sawhorses so I could paint the bottom of the unit first.
After the bottom dried, I set the unit upright and continued painting all the way around. Using the Homeright Finish Max on this project made painting a breeze! Getting into all the little cubby holes was easy and as always the overspray was minimal. TIP set your project up higher, off the ground for better coverage and ease of painting.
I was hand painting some other projects, so I used some leftover paint out of my Finish Max paint cup to do a couple of quick coats on these chunky feet I picked up over the Summer at a yard sale.
I used some Gorilla wood glue to add the chunky feet to the Closet Maid Cubby organizer.
TIP: use a brad nail gun to temporarily secure chunky feet on the cubby unit until the Gorilla wood glue sets up. Think of it as a way to clamp where you really can’t use a regular clamp. After the glue set up, I then secured the feet with two long screws on each foot.
I love the flawless finish I get when I use my Homeright Finish Max, isn’t it beautiful?
I love how the feet raise it off the floor, don’t you?
see more great Finish Max projects here
gail
disclaimer: I’m happy to be a Homeright Brand Ambassador which allows me to share great projects and products with you. Homeright furnished me with all of the products for this project and I have been compensated for my time. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I would add a larger piece of board to the top (longer and wider) to use this as a small TV stand for the kitchen or a bedroom. I would also add wheels at the bottom of the “feet” for easy movement. Otherwise I would use the trim just as you did because it’s a great project! Thank you for sharing.
I love what you did! The feet really make the piece. I would like to do something similar, but put the cubbies on their side to make it taller and thinner, then put a door on one or both sides.
Love your project. If I was doing it, I’d have painted it with some fun colors and added some vinyl inspiration and used it for my kid’s toys.
I would love to see if I could turn it on its side, adding a cabinet underneath to create more of a hutch. As a lover of wine, I would add some diagonal pieces in 4 of the cubbies and create wineglass hangers in the remaining two.
Love this! Love your site & projects!!!
This would be perfect! I want to make my daughter a barbie house to use with my childhood barbies. I would add legs, a wall anchor, and create a rooftop party deck. Each of the wall areas can be covered by ‘wallpaper(scrapbook paper).
This would be a fun project and Christmas gift.
Wow Gail, the cubby organizer looks GREAT! Love the chunky feet. I’m all about things on wheels these days so I would like to beef up the bottom and put some oversize black wheels on it. ๐ Maybe use the HomeRight to spray through some stencils ๐ Thanks for the opportunity and inspiration! ๐
I would have painted inside & outside of cubbie different colors (cordinating colors but different)
Gail, I love what you did with the cubby! I just moved with a limited amount of furniture and am going to purchase one as soon as possible. I will beef up the cubby much like you did, but I will attach it to an old dresser I have and use it as a hutch on my dining room. I may purchase several and duplicate your for my living room and also come up with an idea for one in my bathroom with some additional long shelves on the bottom for towel storage and use the cubbies on top for toiletries and knickknacks. Love this project!!
I would paint living room one black, dining room one a green, bedroom one white with stencils and bedroom one black with stencils. I plan on doing 4 versions of it!!
Sorry bathroom one white. My mind is buzzing with all the things I can do!
I would have added a hinged piece that could be raise as a table with hidden storage. Then used The Homeright to match the finish all around.
I love this project! I would love to be able to build a set of bookcases around my fireplace and be able to paint them to match the mantel.. Kewl idea for the legs. Who would of thought. Awesome job. And awesome color!
I love the color and the feet. I think I would need to add a back to it! I would choose some pallet wood sanded down but left natural. Some old tin roof might work well too, but then I would change the color – I’m on a red kick right now!
I’d like to paint that cubby a dark gray with turquoise on the cubby interiors!