furniture refinishing tip & local hardware source find

Found Cabinetmaker's Hardware Store on Cleveland St. in Virginia Beach. I was looking for the dry sink hinge hardware and probably returned 20 styles of hinges from Home Depot and Lowe's, no joke. Cabinetmaker's were so, so helpful, reasonably priced.  I will definitely recommend them and will be going back!

TIP: Keep all old hardware! Often it will be much easier to spray paint to the desired finish. Even though I didn't reuse the hinges, I was able to take the extremely unique hinge in and Cabinetmaker's found what I needed immediately! They truly were a godsend after all the exchanges I'd already done, internet searching, etc. etc.


Samples from their store...

liquor cabinet redo: before/after

I purchased a dry sink at the Habitat for Humanity store in Norfolk, VA at 40% off for ~$40. Solid wood, not sure of the age but definitely several decades old. I knew I wanted to use this a liquor cabinet/bar for the hallway opening into the family room. No garage = living room workshop! Three coats of oil based primer, and several coats of satin white. New Martha Stewart pulls which I love and have already used on the bathroom vanity...

I also cut target wrapping paper into the exactly shape of the dry sink basin and had plexiglass cut to the exact measurement from Lowe's to set on top. Now it's interchangeable into any design or color scheme...