This vintage drinks cabinet has a stylish surprise

08 Sep 2022

Having friends and family over for drinks? Surprise and delight them with the cheerful wallpaper inside this drinks cabinet. Fleur gave this drinks cabinet a tropical twist with Resene Wallpaper Collection 807509, but you could use an Art Deco design or a metallic wallpaper for a more classic look.

You will need

• Drinks cabinet
• Screw driver
• Sandpaper
• Cloth/rag
• Paintbrush
• Resene Quick Dry
• Resene wallpaper of your choice, Fleur used Resene Wallpaper Collection 807509
• Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel paint in the colour/s of your choice, Fleur used Resene Warrior and Resene Sunglo
• 1200mm of untreated pine 45mm x 45mm
• 3 brass knobs

Step 1: Start by removing all the glass, mirrors and hardware from the cabinet.

Step 2: Use a medium-grit sandpaper to sand down all the areas inside the cabinet that will be painted.  Wipe the dust away with a slightly damp cloth.

Step 3: Use painter’s tape to cover up anything that needs protecting or can’t be removed and apply Resene Quick Dry to all the surfaces.  A lot of the areas will be covered up with mirrors and wallpaper so there’s no need to paint the entire surfaces.  Once the primer is dry, lightly sand it with a fine sandpaper and then remove the dust with a damp cloth.

Step 4: Paint two layers of your favourite Resene colour, Fleur used Resene Warrior, allowing for the first coat to dry before applying the second coat.

Step 5: For the lid,  cut a piece of wallpaper to size and then use wood glue or strong PVA glue to glue the wallpaper down.  Fleur used Resene Wallpaper Collection 807509.

Step 6: For the bottom cupboard, paint in a contrasting colour, Fleur used Resene Sunglo and applied more Resene wallpaper to the back of the cupboard and to the back of each door.

Step 7: Once the paint is dry, put all the glass and mirrors back in and reattach the hardware.  Fleur added new knobs to the front and made some new legs from a length of 45mm x 45mm untreated pine and painted these in Resene Warrior.

Enjoy your new drinks cabinet, let’s drink to that.

Published: 08 Sep 2022