When we first looked at our current home, my husband and I made a typical pros and cons list. Pros- amazing windows and lighting, original wood floors, plenty of space. Cons: the kitchen. The kitchen was no good. It had its fixable cosmetic problems, but the greater problem was storage. There just wasn't much. So we became determined to find creative ways to add extra pantry storage to our space.
I had these lockers from my retail store(s) I decided to bring home. They are the perfect size for extra non-perishable food storage. I also plan to use them to store extra props for photo shoots. They were painted hot pink, which is cool but not a match for our home. I wanted something neutral. My first thought was white, but then I had the idea to paint the doors and the frame mismatched neutral shades. Fun!Colors I used: (Valspar) Turkish Coffee, Bistro White, Wet Pavement, Madison Avenue, Porcelain Shale. We used regular satin latex paint and then several coats of polyurethane to seal them.I added a few baskets from the flea market to the top. These will probably be used to hold extra kitchen linens and glass bottles (I have too many).I am super happy with the result of this restyle! The lockers are located in our mudroom, just one room over from our kitchen. I'll probably spend some of my weekend organizing the cabinets. Hooray! xo. elsie
Did you take the doors off when you painted or just cover them?
cute! what did you do on the inside? did you build shelves?
Oh I love this so much! Great job!
That’s an amazing idea! I love old school looking things in a home, it feels so cozy. My mom thinks it’s horrible though haha! Lovely inspiration xoxo
Very Unique!
XO Nat
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Love it! So innovative! xxx
Great for storage.
xo
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This is an awesome addition to a mudroom. I’ve always wanted lockers in the house too! Great post!
Fantastic color choices! I refinished a set of lockers too. They are the PERFECT solution for taming my craft supplies. Hope your food is now tame too 🙂
I love coming up with new ideas for storage, I’m getting better after having started university and being given next to none. I did a lot of reorganisation at home over Christmas too – I find the creative aspect really therapeutic 😀
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Cghenley, I used satin latex paint (wall paint) with a sealer. I chose this because I wanted more color options and it is too cold to spray paint outdoors (most days) where we live.
XO!
Can I ask what kind of paint you used (spray paint, or paint in a can)? Love this – I’ve been searching for the perfect lockers to re-do…the search continues!!
Beautiful! I love old lockers!!
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The lockers look great, what a fun solution!
That’s a great idea for storage! Will you be adding shelves inside them?
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I love this. It is a fabulous storage idea too. This would fit well in my shop.
Alicia,
Yes- I chose latex for the color options. Also, it’s too cold to spray paint most days where we live. Since this piece won’t get too much wear (besides the doors rubbing on the frame- which was probably hopeless no matter what paint we used…) I think it will hold up just fine.
this is lemonade,
i have a lot of bottles for food blogging props & also i just always keep the really cute liquor bottles for crafty reasons. they add up quick!
glad someone else shares my glass obsession. :))
Haha! Glass bottles.. I caught that mention at the end of the post… (I LOVE the subtle colour variations by the way…but back to the glass bottles…)
What do you do with them? I also have too many – I have an obsession with interesting glass bottles, I just love glass and when it comes free as a beautiful drink wrapper, what’s not to love? 😛
Don’t worry, I have not developed an irrational delusion that we could be twins, based on this common ailment… I suspect you have a perfectly normal reason for why you have too many glass bottles lol!
I’ve noticed a few projects online where metal objects were painted with regular paint instead of spray paint. I never would have thought of doing this. It definitely opens many more options for color. Do you use rollers to apply the paint?