Painting The Back Of A Glass Kitchen Cabinet: a house log
As many of you know, I lately snagged some affordable drinking glasses that we enjoy so much, which spurred a full fledged glass-fronted cabinet makeover here at Casa Petersik.
Here is what our glass fronted corner cabinet looked like before my little spring update:
We enjoy that it was full of plates, glasses and bowls that we use all the time (we are all about enjoying our servingware on a regular basis so nothing feels too precious or underused) so of course when I picked up those new glasses I made a promise to John that they would not be tucked away for “special occasions” and that we’d use them on the regular. And what better way to remember to use something all the time than to have it easily in view behind the one glass cabinet door in your kitchen, right? So here is what the cabinet looks like these days:
Is not it pleasant and fresh and light for spring? We enjoy that you can much more easily see that the back of the cabinet is painted the same blue tone as the walls (the colored glassware truly brings that out). And we also enjoy that our new drinking glasses inspired a whole new palette that still accommodates our white dishes but allows us to showcase a few more colorful glass objects that make the whole kitchen feel a bit more vibrant and cheerful.
On the top shelf you will see our tall Ikea glasses (picked up a while back on a dime) which used to hide in the cabinet to the left of this one. We enjoy that they are out on display and that their soft celery green and yellow designs work so well with our new green and blue World Market glasses. These folks are our oj and smoothie glasses (we in fact use them quite frequently, and surprisingly in nearly half a year we have not broken one yet).
And instead of displaying our initial mugs among our stemless wine glasses, we moved them to another room (stay tuned for those details) since they can function in oh so many ways (as pen cups or q-pointer and cotton ball holders for example). And in their place we plopped some low-cost blue Ikea vases (also purchased a while back on the low-cost) simply to hammer home our cheerful new light and airy palette.
On the bottom shelf you can see that we brought in a few objects that we already had (a green glass votive holder, two mini Pellegrino bottles sans label, and a low-cost-o blue glass Ikea bowl)- again simply to tie into our new lighter spring color scheme. And the basic white bowls that used to flank those plates are now simply stored in the cabinet to the left (along with the clear drinking glasses and wine glasses that we offset with our new arrangement). Thankfully by bringing over those lively skinny glasses on the top shelf we freed up sufficient room for those other items in the nearby cabinet so nothing is left without a designated “spot.” So that is how our kitchen got a bit of a pick-me-up for the mere price of our six new drinking glasses from World Market.
Sometimes I get too busy to switch things out like this, but whenever I take the time to play around with the items that we already have I am consistently amazed by how fresh and lively it can be. There is nothing like a work-with-what-you-have makeover. We’d enjoy to hear what you folks are swapping out now that warmer weather and sunnier skies are upon us. Any spring makeovers going on in your house? Any new dishware and glassware coming out from hiding (or being introduced on the low-cost thanks to stores like TJ Maxx, Target, World Market, and Home Goods)? Do any of you have a glass fronted cabinet (or some open shelving) in your kitchen that is begging for a little presto-change-o? Let us chat.
