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 put it on a kickplate, add doors and paint it to match my kitchen cabinets, I need more storage space to hide cookware.
It looks great! I like a more cottage type feel and would probably do a beadboard backing and paint it all a light blue.
I think I’d finish it just like you did…in black. Looks great and I love those legs on it!
It qould be hard to improve upon your version. Adding baskets for concealed storage is a possibility, I guess. Nice job.
I would love to add some baskets or drawers
I would be so excited to have the HomeRight Finish Max that I would probably just paint it over and over again because it is so much easier than regular spray paint. I’d finish with a duck egg blue on the outside and white inside.
The Finish Max would be so awesome to help turn a cubby into a storage area for my yarn!
I have 3. One plan on hanging on wall in bath to house decorations and towels. the other 2 will be hung above desk to hose supplies. Both are backed with backed with beadboard as a stiffener.
I’m a quilter so I bought two of the cubby units and connected them together to make one large top for my cutting table. They are the perfect hight. But now I will add some trim and paint a pretty blue.
I would add the cubby to the top of a chest to make a higher display shelf. Finished in a teal distressed with white showing thru.
Love the chunky feet you put on the cubby. I think I would have put a back on the unit and painted it a contrasting color or covered it with some vintage wallpaper.
gail adding trim and feet turned this into a classy looking piece, i would paint mine red to put in grandsons playroom to corral some of the mountain of toys xx