Computer cabinet

This ended up being one of my main projects. After helping my wonderful friend move, I was given this baby.

I didn't really need it for a computer but I knew I could narrow down some of my craft stuff into a smaller cabinet. Of course I need every inch to count. So there are a few fun ideas to come in another post.   

 Since I can't always leave well enough alone I did a little makeover. 

As I painted this I realized I need to step back from turquoise (not happening just yet). I have had a bit of turquoise in my craft space for almost 9 years now.  It still works. I was going to paint the whole inside but realized that would get overwhelming and might throw me off when working with colorfull fabric so I decided to use it more as an accent. 

I bought a roll of cork and glued it into place. It's quite thin so my pins won't stay in. I plan to add another layer. I have a magnet strip from Ikea that will go on the other door. (I recently found a magnet strip at Harbor Freight for much less, it's lighter in weight too). 

I spray-painted the hinges, just because.

I then found some wonderful knobs at Hobby Lobby. I ended up with the painted white detailed one at the bottom of the photo.  

I'm sure I saw the idea on Pinterest but I liked the color/pattern in the back. I debated how I would do it and settled on fabric. I kind of dig it. 

I liked the fabric on the back so much that when I wasn't liking the plainness of the front doors, I added some fabric there too. 

Doing this project made me really clean out my craft stuff. I have been collecting things for years. I made sure I really wanted the item before it was given a home back in my craft space. 

As I said above, every inch needed to be useful so I had to come up with some ideas to best utilize the space. That post will be coming soon…

I swear...

I really will get it in here before two more months have past…