I’ve seen makeovers of old buffets like this about a million times, (slight exaggeration) and they usually consist of painting and glazing, which emphasizes the ornate carved part (another exaggeration, those things are usually plastic), but here’s a fun idea. Sarah at FunCycled painted it a smoky gray, then popped off the plastic and added sleek new handles and mirrors instead! Oooh, so chic. And like 50 times easier than glazing. (Not an exaggeration. Glazing is hard!)
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Kim
September 19, 2013 at 8:45 AMI think this is the first of this old style buffet I’ve seen in a long time where instead of just paining those ornate details, the person actually removed and modernized. I love the touch of the mirror and it really transformed the piece. I just wish that either the mirrors were antiqued, to go with the distressed paint job or if they wanted to keep the mirrors fresh and new in appearance then do not distress the paint job. That’s my preference but a great transformation and something I will definitely be trying on my own ugly, ornate buffet. Thanks for the inspiration!
amanda
September 19, 2013 at 8:56 AMThis is great but would be even more awesome with more of a murcury glass look. It’s there a way to age glass so it looks all spotted and murcury glass-ish?
Lindsey @ Better After
September 19, 2013 at 9:43 AMYes, I’ve been wanting to give that a try myself for a long time. I found a tutorial here: http://www.17apart.com/2012/05/how-to-diy-antiqued-mercury-mirror.html
G
September 19, 2013 at 10:55 AMI know that I’m in the minority, but I am seriously over the distressed thing with furniture. It doesn’t look fresh or modern at all anymore. I do, however, love that she popped off the ornate plastic stuff on the doors and replaced them with mirrors. Awesome idea.
Karen
September 19, 2013 at 12:55 PMA voluntary “Wow, that’s cool!” popped out when I saw this. :^) Great job!
Anne
September 19, 2013 at 4:53 PMThat is just flat-out gorgeous — and much prettier, to my mind, than the glazed & distressed pieces. I’m going to store this solution in the back of my mind for later… Just to be safe, though, I’ll PIN IT!
Sarah
September 19, 2013 at 8:16 PMThanks so much for sharing our piece, Lindsey!! 🙂
Krista @ the happy housie
September 19, 2013 at 8:46 PMWow is right! Holy the mirrors gave it a whole new look… not just the funky pretty updated painted buffet but soooo GLAM!
Lori
September 20, 2013 at 4:47 AMLove! But is anyone else jonesing for an X-shaped lattice trim across those mirrors?