Final product without curtain in front. Doors are possibly not going back on so I can add a splash of fabric to the mudroom. I'm thinking of adding fabric in front instead of doors. The doors did run into a mishap with a chainsaw. This cupboard has been on this property since well before Terry's parents bought the farm and was left for done until I found it and fell in love.
My mom decided it needed to be burned. I had to strongly disagree. She just wanted to make things tidy and clean up.
Her mess was my treasure.
Really how do you explain to a practical Dutch mother that this really is beautiful and I will be using it. So needless to say I felt it imperitive to get this going immediately in order to show her I was truly serious about this restoration.
So very carefully and with as much muscle as I could muster it was moved from the milkhouse to the porch to get some serious work done on it.
I took all of it apart and had to cut off the bottom that had rotted away but was able to keep the rest of the piece. Altough I'm still not sure about that one door that has a nice cut through it. Maybe it just adds more character or I can use it as an accent on a wall?
As I looked more carefully I saw that is had been lined with paper on the interior. Last spring I had found some very old newspapers from 1948 & 1949 on the property so I covered the shelves and inside sides with the papers. There were some great pictures of tractors, chickens, pigs, old ads etc. It was great. I love the way it looks.
Now once the walls are painted and I get a big mirror print on the wall above it will be perfect.
Fabulous!!
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