Vintage drinks cabinet with a stylish surprise

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 7a
Once the paint is dry, put all the glass and mirrors back in and reattach the hardware.

Step 7b
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.

Finished cabinet (closed)
A close-up of the finished cabinet project with the doors closed.