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.
Nice job! Spinning off your creativity I would like it cottaged up a bit with added tongue & groove wainscot for the back with a short spindle leg. And then there could be an industrial look painted gray & added casters, possibly added metal for a back. (corrugated or tin) Wow I need a Homeright Finish Max to make things happen!
I would have added doors and then added small pieces of wood to each door to look like a card catalog. Then painted the whole thing white, distressed and then used dark wax to age the white paint.
wow!! I think I would have completed the project in black also using the Finish Max…..Black against a lighter wall always looks so classy! Great project Gail!! BTW –the feet–AWESOME!!
I’d use the cubby as a shelf in a bath we are updating at our beach house. It looks to be the perfect size and would look great with the insides painted a different color than the outside pieces. I’m going with sea colors , so a sea glass blue on the inside and a sea green on the outside would look great with the towels and toiletry bath items. It could be hung or sit on the bath counter for easy access.
Nice job! I especially love the wood effects on the sides. I’m loving shutters and pallet wood right now. Probably would have made it rustic with a chevron design on the sides.
That turned out gorgeous!
If I had to do one I would have painted it yellow and put on some rounded feet.
I’m a little bohemian. I would use color: several varied. I love the feet idea, I may use lager or even legs. But I would most definitely apply/draw/use a mandala patterns here and there.
I would have painted this piece a blue color to put in our family room! Love how you added feet to yours!!
I am re-doing my playroom to a study room for the kids and would use it to spray this bookcase and two desks to coordinate!
Whoa. That’s looking pretty nice! I would use that attached securely to studs to use as a cubby for a mudroom / dog organizer that I desperately need! Less the legs, but that are cool on your project.
Nice Job, Gail!
I have sooooo many things that need paint! Dressers, a desk, a large shelf unit, drawers, a bed frame, picture and mirror frames, 2 fabric chairs, a fabric headboard, and a large old fashioned 3 piece sectional couch! I need a sprayer! lol