You may remember when I went to San Francisco earlier this year that I went to a tea shoppe called "Crown and Crumpet". I was completely smitten with these little cabinets they had filled with tiny, vintage items. Here is a photo to jog your memory.
It was chock full of fun stuff.
I wanted a similar cabinet at my house in a bad way...
We have a short wall on our upstairs landing and I asked my Dad and my husband if they could do this project, using this wall.
They were going to put each little compartment between the studs in the wall..it would be shallow, but I was pretty sure it would work. Luckily they agreed to it.
My dad is an engineer so he does everything with a plan.
Tom and my Dad have done quite a few projects together and it is really nice to have them work side by side.
We did run into a couple of problems with the project. First off, we didn't realize the wall was lathe and plaster. It made it much more difficult to open up the space. Second, there was an good sized electrical wire that ran through one of the spaces. We did not know it was there. We did not have power to the back of our house until an electrician was called in. This actually was a good thing as the electrical wire would have been in the way, so we had the electrician move it to a better spot.
I didn't really help with demolition. I had the idea in my head and put in my two cents about how to do it. I also did all the painting.
The boxes were finished off.
I painted the whole cabinet with a clean white color and we made shelves to fit. I ordered glass fronted cabinets for each of the 6 little compartments.
Leaving this post as a teaser...wait until you see the finished project tomorrow!!! I had SO much fun adding all my fun vintage items once the doors were on (which are painted pink with mismatched glass pulls). Can't wait to share....