DIY Thursday: File Cabinet Makeover Pt 2

Its DIY Thursday!

Today's project continues my file cabinet transformation. I am LOVING the way that the cabinet is turning out! It looks so much better in the office, and I am not even finished yet! Head on over to EAD Designs to see how I did it!

File Cabinet (maybe?)

So at the urging of myself and several of you all on here, as well as my husband, I mustered up all my strength and lugged the stupid file cabinet from its home in the dark dingy workshop with multiple colors of artificial light. I moved it to a much happier place. The bright sunshiney corner of my girl cave. And I have to admit, I am actually pretty happy with the paint color now. Guess I shouldn't knock it til I try it!

 Please ignore the unfinished chair and boxes! I will be putting my cute little renovated damask chair there..I was just trying to get a feel for the layout of the room.

Overall, I think I am liking it. I am going to sleep on it a few more days and if I still love it, I will go ahead and finish the paint and clean it up a bit. What do you think? Better in the room? Still ugly? Maybe with some work? I think I like it. But I don't know!

File Cabinet (fail?)

So, in my weekend project list I mentioned that we have an old file cabinet in need of a makeover so that I can actually start using it. Well...I did that this weekend. I did not finish it completely though, because I am trying to decide if it was a fail. Here is the original cabinet. (all of these photos are in our workshop so please ignore the bad lighting and mess in the background)

 I have been storing this lovely free quart of "lime sorbet" paint for just such an occasion. I was thinking how cute that it would be to have a fun, lime green file cabinet in my teal girl cave. So I busted out this can and started painting.

As I painted, I was a little concerned, but decided that it should dry a little darker/more green. Well, it dried. And I can't decide if I think its fun and cute or if it looks like one of those funky greenyellow fire hydrants. My hubby and I have been debating if we like it or if I should scrape it all off and start over. I need to scrape the paint off of the handles, etc. and may paint that part black.

So, friend, I need opinions. Should I keep it? Is it terrible? Should I lug the sucker into the room and stare at it for a few days to decide? Help! Because I am having a very love/hate relationship with it. I look at it and am so tempted to scrape it all off right then and there. And then I come back and see it with hsome natural light and its a pretty light green. Its driving me batty!