As you can see, I've finally finished the built-in china cabinet in the dining room.
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I completed the shelves and cabinet doors weeks ago, and thought I was nearly finished with it. When I tried to affix the hinges, however, I ran into one issue after another. They really are fiddly little things; here's a picture of one of them photographed with my thumbnail:
I promise you, I do not just have huge thumbs! They really are that tiny. The worst part, though, was getting them to stick to the cabinet walls; I've now learned that even superglue doesn't always like to stick to paint. From now on, I will be affixing hinges first, and painting later.
Anyway, when something is really frustrating me, I've found it helps to take a break from it for a little while, so I spent the last few weeks working on a few other projects, which I'll post soon. Sure enough, when I finally got back to the cabinet doors, they didn't seem so bad after all and I finished in a jiffy.
Oh dear. It looks like Mary has started putting some of the family's tableware away in the cabinet. Don't you think someone should tell her it's likely to get quite dusty from all the construction to come?
I love it! Did you have all those little nick-knacks when I was there last month?
ReplyDeleteThanks! Yes, I had most of them. I try to only buy things on sale, so I have a lot of little things put away in drawers for when I need them. Guess we just never got a chance to look at everything.
ReplyDeletehow did I miss this? wow - the built in is gorgeous!! Oh man... I am about to start paneling my mini-mansion and came back to go through your tutorial on this wall again.... I'm a bit nervous to be honest!!! You must have nerves of steel!
ReplyDeleteAra, you'll do great! If you're nervous, I suggest doing your panelling on a separate sheet of paper, then gluing it onto your walls. I've done mine on thicker posterboard because I have hollow walls, but I think you could do it on thinner paper, too. Linda over at Une Petite Folie glues her panelling onto graph paper first, to make extra certain she gets everything straight. See http://une-petite-folie.blogspot.com/2009/04/wall-panelling-for-little-girls-room.html
ReplyDeleteI like this idea a lot and may use it in the future.
That's a great idea... i just found her blog yesterday but hadn't read through that post yet! Thanks for the encouragement and suggestions. Hopefully I'll have something to show soon! -ara
ReplyDeleteI have tried to glue hinges to doors too, but I ended up with glued fingers rather than hinged doors. I managed in the end, but not as nicely as you! So beautiful!
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