Painting A Vintage Sewing Cabinet

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This was a fun cabinet to repurpose. It’s such a cute vintage piece. Perfect to use as a night stand in a small area, or as a small side table.

I have many samples of paint I’ve picked up at Home Depot over time. Valspar is a nice brand to work with and that’s what I used with painting this vintage sewing cabinet. You can see the clean finish of this and how nicely the gold metallic looks paired with this blue. It’s such a pretty piece, it needed that nice gold touch.

Products used:

Cleaner
Base primer
Your choice of paint/color
Paint brush
Rub-n-buff Gold Leaf
Top Coat of choice

Step By Step:

I cleaned this piece thoroughly with dawn and rinsed well with a damp cloth.
The hardware was removed before painting.
Then applied a primer to avoid any bleed with the old shellac/topcoat.
I painted the first coat of Valspar/Hotel St. Francis Spirit Blue (that’s some name.) This was a small 8-oz sample. I love the coverage with this. I applied two coats.
While the cabinet dried, I applied rub-n-buff in Antique Gold to 4-knobs.
Using the Antique Gold, it was imperfectly applied to the legs and trim details below the second drawer. I also put it around the top edges. Such a nice touch.
I didn’t apply a topcoat because this paint has a tough finish with built in top coat. However, I did list one above if your piece will have high traffic.

Painting A Vintage Sewing Cabinet

This was a quick and easy project that turned out beautiful!

Small projects can be easy and fun. That’s what this little old sewing cabinet was. The blue with gold accents gave this little piece true elegance. Sometimes the simple can be more pleasing. Does that make sense to you?