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Sorry, it's been a while since I last posted anything. I have been busy getting our new company off the ground.

My wife spotted a cabinet at Home Sense and took a couple of pictures (see below) and asked me to make one for our family room to put the DVR and Blue Ray in along with some books and such….
I went back and took a few measurements and got to work.
This is another Palette Wood project. A few months back I found a large palette at a company called Felder Equipment it was 4' x 8' and the boards were 4/4 thick. I don't know what species it was but it cleaned up nice and the price was right.
All I have left to do is the chicken wire in the door, I'm having trouble finding the wright size to look good.

All in I have spent about $25 bucks on this project everything except the crown and the hinges was palette wood and leftovers including the paint.

HOME SENSE

HOME SENSE


OLD KRANKY


OLD KRANKY


Leftovers from palette


Leftovers from palette


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Darn nice reproduction! Wife should be happy.
 

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Thanks Guys!
Clay: I painted two layers below the top layer one red and one black and let them dry between coats.
I mixed up a batch of home made Chalk Paint (two parts paint and 1 part baking soda) in the cream color for the top layer. and applied it to the cabinet liberally and let it dry.
The chalk paint sands easily so all you have to do is sand it smooth and sand it through here and there depending on how you want the under colors to peak through.
When you are finished sanding you apply two coats of Minwax Paste Finishing Wax and buff between coats.

Thanks for looking.
Jim
 

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I prefer yours to the store cabinet and at $25 its the perfect price, well done.
 

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Great job!
 

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Dont suppose you have pics of the pallette? Always makes a huge impact showing the dirty and abused pallette before and after…

Awesome job replicating and improving on the original. I'm gonna have to try this chalk paint mixture of yours. Baking soda? Why not?
 

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Sixstring: I forgot to take a pic of the palette when i started normally i do. I will take a pic of the leftovers and post it later.
 

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Great job using a pallet! My favorite projects are the ones where people take the time to create something beautiful out of what most people would consider trash. I appreciate more than the projects that use $1000 worth of some exotic wood.
 
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