Vegetable Bin Makeover

I'm still working on our kitchen.  I received an email over the weekend letting me know that the tin for my new back splash had been shipped and should be here by Wednesday.  I guess that means I need to start ripping down the tiles.

This is what I did over the weekend.

 I have had this vegetable bin for a very long time and I really like it.  It was screaming for a makeover.

I removed the hardware and those lovely apples.

 It was so easy.  They were just screwed on.  Anyone need any plastic apples?

I washed the bin and doors to remove any dirt and grease.  I then mixed up some homemade gray chalk paint and applied two coats, letting it dry in between coats.  I love using chalk paint.  You don't need to sand and prime the wood.  So easy.  I really like the look too.

I sanded to give it a distressed look, put the doors back on using the original hardware and gave it a coat of wax.

I thought I was done, but then decided to add some chalkboard labels.  I had these, which I had purchased from Oriental Trading quite a while ago.

These are quite thin so I trimmed the top of the tag off with my cutter.

Using my Crop-A-Dile I punched new holes.

I attached the labels to the wire using metallic brads.

I think it turned out pretty good.

Let's take another look at what it used to look like.

 I was originally going to paint it white, but didn't want white against a white wall.  I think the gray looks great against the wall.  A shelf with hooks is going on the wall above it.  The hubs built me a replica of one I found on another blog.  I'll be sharing that soon.  Have to paint it first.  The shelf is going to be gray also.

Thanks for visiting.