I am in the process of making my office a better reflection of who I am.  Lucky me.  I work where I have the opportunity to make where I work look like home.  I spend more waking hours of the day here than I do at home most days.

I need a table for my printer to sit on.  It needs to be narrow and have storage for printer supplies inside.  I happened to have had the exact piece I needed in the garage just waiting for inspiration.  It was designed to be a wall cabinet of a 1980’s Ethan Allen entertainment center.  I bought it as a part a set I bought for $70.00 a while back.  Two of the base sections are now my master bedroom side tables.

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The wall cabinet that was also part of the set is smaller and more narrow.  It was just too short to work for a table.

Fortunately I remembered some legs I bought at the ReStore garage sale last year.  I bought 8 brand new legs for $2.00.  They sort of had a mid-century look about them and I thought they would be perfect for the printer table.

Attaching them was easy with the brackets included.

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I used Rusteoleum Seaside to paint the side table.

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The table is going to go on a wood wall when all is said and done so I wanted to show you how pretty it looks up against my reclaimed wood door.

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The office is almost ready for me to show off.

I hope this inspires you to think outside the box when it comes to remaking items.

 

Have a great day!

 

Blessings,

 

Karen

 

3 responses to “Turning a Wall Cabinet Into a Side Table”

  1. I truly appreciate this blog article.Really thank you! Will read on…
    Patching

  2. Rhonda McSweeney Avatar
    Rhonda McSweeney

    Thankfully, as a student I never made it to the principals office. However, I have a pretty good idea of how they looked, and nothing as fun and inspirational as yours. The cabinet idea looks great with the wood behind it. I think my favorite is the luggage/shelf. The rusteoleum seaside paint that you used is that from a spray can?

    1. Rhonda,
      Yes, it is my favorite turquoise canned spray paint. The only problem is that it is glossy. That means that every imperfection shows.

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