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Jewelry Cabinet Makeovers

How to Paint a Turquoise Two-Door Jewelry Cabinet

I’m excited today to be joining in with Jen Goode from 100 Directions and LOTS of other bloggers to celebrate National Craft Month!   This week’s theme is color so I’m sharing a project using my favorite color — TURQUOISE! Here’s what it looked like BEFORE painting with my homemade chalk paint.

BEFORE - This is the two-door jewelry cabinet I found at Goodwill before painting it with my homemade chalk paint

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Supplies Needed for Turquoise Jewelry Cabinet Makeover

  • old wood jewelry cabinet
  • homemade chalk paint
  • polycrylic
  • paint brushes
  • sandpaper or old rags
  • metal sheets
  • extra fine Sharpie marker
  • tin snips
  • staple gun & staples

After two coats of homemade chalk paint... not finished yet

For this project, I used an Ace Hardware paint called Turquoise Bay.  I used my recipe for homemade chalk paint to make it a little easier to use.

The photo above shows how it looked after two coats of paint.

Then I distressed it with a wet rag.  Sometimes I use sandpaper, too.  If distressing is new to you find an old piece, or even just a piece of wood, to practice on.  It looked like this after distressing:

My thrift store find jewelry cabinet after painting with homemade chalk paint and a little distressing

Then I covered it with one coat of polyurethane.  Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of that step.  So we’ll skip over to the doors…

I store my metal sheets on a pant hanger.  As you can see, I can hang opened and unopened packages along with smaller pieces leftover from previous projects this way.  (I also store my stencils this way, too.)

How I store my metal sheets for replacing the glass in thrift store jewelry cabinets

To get the size just right I save the glass from the jewelry cabinet door to trace around with an extra fine Sharpie.  If there are two doors I make sure the pattern matches on each side.

Trace around the old glass so metal will fit jewelry cabinet door

Then I cut it out with my tin snips and stapled it in.  (Make sure you get the 1/4″ staples.  Even with that length you’ll sometimes have to angle them so they don’t stick out the front.)

Finished jewelry cabinet makeover. Found at thrift store

Ta da!

Finished turquoise homemade chalk paint jewelry cabinet found at thrift store

Here’s a close up of the distressing.

Close up of how homemade chalk paint distresses

More Upcycled Thrift Store Jewelry Cabinet Makeovers

If you enjoyed this post, you might also like these:

  • Ten Tips for Jewelry Cabinet Makeovers
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  • How to Paint a Jewelry Cabinet with Spray Paint
  • How to Spray Paint Jewelry Cabinet {VIDEO}
  • Pink Jewelry Cabinet

I’ve been sharing my jewelry cabinet makeover projects for a while now.  Please leave a comment and let me know if you still have any questions about them.  Maybe I’m not making something clear or you want more details about a certain step?  Would you like a video of a jewelry cabinet makeover?  Leave a comment and let me know.

‘Til the next project,

 Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim

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Featured on: Anything Blue Friday, Roadkill Rescue. Originally published on March 7, 2016.


12 Comments

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Comments

  1. DazzleWhileFrazzled says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:30 am

    Love the transformation. I have a jewelry box that I really want to give a facelift to so you’ve given me some inspiration. Visiting from Blogtalk.

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      March 10, 2016 at 1:33 pm

      Great! I’d love to see it when you finish.

      Reply
  2. Carolyn Clarke says

    March 22, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    The turquoise cabinet looks great. The best part is the step by step process. I would bookmark this blog for more inspirational ideas like this one.

    Carolyn Clarke
    http://www.southwestsilvergallery.com/

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      March 23, 2016 at 5:49 am

      Thanks, Carolyn!

      Reply
  3. Kathryn Griffin says

    April 2, 2016 at 5:12 pm

    Oh, it’s so pretty! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features at the Anything Blue Friday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to this week’s blue soiree. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2016/04/anything-blue-friday-week-107.html Have a lovely weekend! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      April 2, 2016 at 9:16 pm

      Thanks, Kathryn!!! I’ll go check it out right now. And I’ll share it on my FB page.

      Reply
  4. Jess says

    April 2, 2016 at 7:35 pm

    OH my gosh…this is so pretty!

    I would love for you to share this with my FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      April 2, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      Thanks Jess, I just requested to join your group. I look forward to sharing with your followers!

      Reply
  5. Florence says

    September 6, 2016 at 4:34 pm

    An inspiring makeover Ann! I look for jewelry cabinets to makeover, but everybody else must be doing it too…LOL. They are getting hard to find in my thrift stores. But I like what you did here, especially replacing the glass. I found one recently that had nice lines, but the drawers were missing. I didn’t know what to do about it so I left it. What do you do if it has missing drawers?

    Reply
    • ducttapeanddenim says

      September 6, 2016 at 4:40 pm

      Florence, I haven’t made over one without drawers yet. But I do have one in my closet waiting for a makeover! Keep watching the blog. It’ll probably be a few months before I get to it. And I’d love to see pictures if you paint one!

      Reply
  6. Michelle says

    December 27, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    I’ve been loving these jewelry box makeovers. I have one that I’ve never liked and you’ve inspired me to give it a facelift! Thanks.

    Reply

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