Salvaged Shutter Cabinet with Doors

Dimensions: Height: 45.25 inches, Width 29.75 inches, Depth 17 inches, Spaces between interior shelves 14.5 inches, Weight 42 pounds. Back, sides and doors have gray antique/crackle finish with white underlayer; shelves vice-versa. Great for living room, dining room, bedroom, entry way, office, den. Ideal for storing and displaying books, collectibles, dishes, special items, whatever. $225. Click here to purchase.

The Story

I found two pairs of two-panel bifold shutter doors in an alley of the Burleith neighborhood of D.C. The semigloss white paint was in decent shape, needing only a good cleaning and minor touch-ups. I removed the hardware, cut each door across the mid rail, sanded the edges, and filled the screw holes. I applied a clear layer of Folk Art Plaid medium crackle substance, and then a layer of Behr eggshell “Barista” paint for an aged, antique look on all the shutter pieces. I bought new pine lumber to create the shelves. For an interesting contrast, I gave them a gray basecoat, then added the crackle layer, and finally a white top layer. I assembled the 10 pieces with a little glue and many screws. I added new, but somewhat old-looking, black hinges and knobs on the doors. This was the first set of shelves like this I’d ever built like this, and they were not modeled after anything I’d ever seen before.

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