before and after: antique pie safe complete!

And the pie safe is finished except for a few touch-ups. Oh, and Steven is going to adjust the door that doesn't want to close up straight. I think it came out very nice for a $20 find! The pie safe was quite old. The shelves in it were not original... they were tongue and groove panels of some sort. They were badly warped and falling apart, so we made new ones. I also picked up a new knob from Hobby Lobby. The paint was all leftover from previous projects. Less than $20 in supplies invested brings our total to $40.

So the Before picture is directly below this post. I don't miss the royal blue doors at all!

Here is the After:

Here it is from the front. I wanted something simple and understated. And I am not fond of attacking all my white furniture with sandpaper. It IS old. It deserves a nice, clean paint job!

And from the side. We re-drilled the pie vent holes. I did a layer of black paint, and then a layer of white so that the holes would stand out more. In person, it really is more striking.

I just adore this little knob I got on sale! It is a frosted glass knob with silver hardware.

I love the little wooden latch!

OK.. now in person, the panel insets are robin's egg blue... the flash made them look more sky blue. The shelves are black.

My pretty dishes now have a home in the dining room. I will tinker with the arrangement later. But they are really pretty for a bargain find ($16 at Good JuJu).

Oh, and those new to the blog... my dining room is IN PROGRESS. The nasty sponge painting? Not mine. I swear. I did NOT do that! :)