Put those wall cabinets on the floor!

Every morning I sit at the computer with a cup of coffee, like a lot of other people in Blogonia (it's my new cool word, spread it like wildfire)- that by the way, is my favorite movie quote from Never Been Kissed, because well it's so ridiculous!- I'm searching, looking hard for the next kick A idea. I was doing just that the other morning when I found my next inspiration; drinking coffee and reading This Old House online. That's when I stumbled upon a great article about re-purposing wall cabinets into window seats- GENIUS! I have a bunch of wall cabinets in the garage left over from our kitchen renovation!

I went to my garage, excited to pull out those wall cabinets and get started. In my mind I imagined the dinning room table pushed up to those window seats and the family sitting down for a meal...how romantic! But it always is, in our heads isn't it? When I pulled the cabinets from the garage, reality set in as I tried to sit on the wall cabinets and instead of feeling like I was in a Louisa May Alcott novel I felt more like Norm from Cheers when I sat tall enough to reach a bar counter and have a beer!

Well, I pulled them out of the garage, I had to do something with them. Here's just the something I did.

Look at this Beauty!!

I removed the door.

Then I flipped this bad boy upside-down.

Sanded up the surface.

Primed it.

Painted it grey.

Cut the center from the cabinet door, then primed, puttied and painted the frame.

I polyurethaned the table top that I cut and added hinges so that the top flip open for extra storage!

Screwing in the hinges.

Attached hinges on the other side of the cabinet door frame.

I used push pins to put fabric in the frame. Now I can switch it out when I want to change it up a little  bit.

Backside of the door.

Notice the gap between the fabric.

I used brown ribbon to cover the gap.

A wall cabinet happily situated on the floor!

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