Kitchen Island Make-Over / Styling my own Painted Furniture

Yesterday I searched, purchased, sanded, stripped, painted, re-placed knobs, added fabric, photographed, transported, priced and staged this Kitchen Island. Can you tell I was excited about it? 

 

I can only hope this piece was used in a garage. Preferably a dimly lit one at that.

Here is how it looks today:

I added burlap to the front panels with a jute rope trim. 

The classy football knobs were replaced with glass ones.

The top was a labor of love.

 I used minwax's gray stain once I had all the orange removed.

This piece is full of great features. Room for bar stools, pegs for hanging pot holders, a towel bar and the obvious drawers and cabinet (the interior even has a shelf) for storage.

It would look great in my Kitchen, so someone better run to the flea to purchase it before I change my mind about selling it..  The metal bar stools are available too

And in the event that I don't keep it, I found some fun accessories that would be cute with it.. 

better known as:

 "styling my own painted furniture" 

I've limited my Kitchen finds to products on etsy this time-

because there's nothing better than supporting small business and creative artists!

1. branchhandmade 

2.1100treasures 

3.juliapaulpottery 

4.premiumolivewood 

5. susannewberrydesigns

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