Sideboard

One of my favorite transformations. I love decoupage and in case of this piece the decoupage elevated it to a totally different level. My idea when starting this project was to preserve bare wood on the top and along the legs to create the frame. And to dress up the rest using decoupage: Blue Flight rice paper from Decoupage Queen. 

I sanded the top, edges and the legs and used the primer in the areas where I was planning to apply the decoupage. I painted those areas with a white paint too, to make sure I got totally white background. Once totally dry, I continued with the decoupage.

Final step: I stained the top/edges and legs to get the warm - not too dark but contrasting wood color.

Since the original hardware was a perfect fit to the style of the cabinet, I refreshed it - sprayed it and kept it.