Finished Project

When we renovated Tortoise Cottage I was the only one who didn't want a cabinet in the bathroom.  I wanted SPACE, clean space.  After all the hall closet was just 10 steps away outside the door.

We have been here since the last few days of July, so a full six months and a few days.  I like it, but I can see the good of having a tiny little cabinet that can hold the few everyday things we use.

So I began looking and Sunday I found a great little cabinet, like new for $14.99 ...you guessed it...in a thrift shop.  Did I take a picture?  No, I forgot but you can picture it, dark brown.  It has one door, a space for a pull out tote (which I may have to make myself) and a flat surface.  It is the flat surface I was missing.  Where to set the hair spray can?  The brush? The flatiron?  I found I was juggling these things all the time.

I sanded the beautifully smooth surface so it would accept paint but to no avail, the painting was horrendous and took double the amount to look acceptable. It also shows the scratches from sanding. 

I struggled with replacing the hinges putting them on several times chipping the paint a bit as it wasn't dry enough.  I'm so impatient.

I decided to copy the shower curtain on the door for fun and a little color.  So I took the door in and painted some sprigs.

Then discovered I painted it upside down on the door when I went to put it back on.  So I took the hinges off and put them on the other side again.

But now they didn't close.  There was this large gap.  What was I doing wrong??  I tried every way I could think of but to no avail and I called in reinforcements.  Bill knew exactly what I was doing wrong.  But by then I  noticed at the bottom, one of the leaves ran....OH NO!

So I, once again, took the door off, and went back into the bathroom to put a second layer of sprigs over the first.  I wasn't going to do this earlier because I was nervous it wouldn't work.  But needs must and I was forced to do it and it looked much more like the curtain after all.  Not exactly the same though...which is even better.

So I put it in place.

And ...  Viola! A finished project!

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