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Vintage Painted Blue Buffet

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Vintage Painted Blue Buffet

One china cabinet into two makeovers!  Woohoo. There is something special and regal about a painted blue buffet.  I can’t quite put my finger on it but I love it none the less. This buffet was originally part of a full-size china cabinet.  I separated the top from the bottom for two completely different makeovers.  If you missed what I did with the top half you can check it out here.

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Decisions, Decisions – Inspired by Blue

Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of both custom work and non-custom in all neutral grays, creams, whites, etc.  I’ve started to crave color and was completely inspired by these other pieces finished by other talented artists at Modern Vintage, Poppyseed Creative Living, and The Turquoise Iris.  Aren’t they gorgeous?  I posted them to my facebook page to see what others thought before taking the leap.  Just about everyone loves blue!painted blue buffet, painted furniture, staten island, vintage furniture, just the woods

Replacing Felt Liner in Cutlery Drawer

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Like many other vintage buffets, this also had a worn out velvet liner in the cutlery drawer. Luckily it was easily removed.

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Out with the old and in with the new!  The old worn brown felt was removed and replaced with a clean new black felt liner.cutlery drawer, black felt liner, new liner, vintage buffet

Painting a Vintage Buffet Server Midnight Blue

The rest of the buffet was then hand painted in layers.  I started with a navy blue base and then added subtle layers of a custom mixed deep teal, black glaze and even a subtle metallic giving just enough depth.

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I wanted to layer the colors without making it very obvious if that even makes sense.

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The original hardware is gorgeous and even better once it was cleaned up and refreshed to black! You can see my process for cleaning, prepping and painting hardware.painted hardware, how to paint hardware, vintage hardware, painted furniture

The Result – Vintage Painted Blue Buffet Server

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As it turned out this piece inspired a few other custom requests in the same finish!  You can see those makeovers here:

Custom Thomasville Angelic Blue Sideboard
Custom Mixed Vintage Painted Blue Buffet

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  • Cast iron keys

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Comments

  1. Jessica says

    March 1, 2016 at 12:22 pm

    Great color! Good job.

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    • Kandice says

      March 1, 2016 at 8:36 pm

      thank you !!!

      Reply
  2. Angela says

    March 1, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    I really love how this turned out. You did such a great job! Thanks for sharing at Merry Mondays!

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    • Kandice says

      March 1, 2016 at 8:36 pm

      thank you so much!

      Reply
  3. Christine says

    March 1, 2016 at 5:27 pm

    Beautiful color! Loving what you did with it

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    • Kandice says

      March 1, 2016 at 8:35 pm

      thank you Christine!

      Reply
  4. suzan says

    March 2, 2016 at 1:05 am

    What a gorgeous piece – you did a beautiful job on it !

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    • Kandice says

      March 2, 2016 at 1:19 am

      thank you so much suzan!!

      Reply
  5. CoCo says

    March 2, 2016 at 12:40 pm

    As always your pieces are ah mazing Kandice! love love love what you’ve done with this one. The layers of blues are total perfection and I’m pretty sure that horse is screaming “ship me to Florida” ha ha! Great job lady!

    Reply
    • Kandice says

      March 2, 2016 at 5:09 pm

      haha thank you so much! Id like to be shipped to Florida myself 🙂

      Reply
  6. Lori says

    March 3, 2016 at 3:02 am

    Great piece! Love the depth of the blue! Great job! Thanks for sharing at Dishing It & Digging IT!

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    • Kandice says

      March 3, 2016 at 3:13 am

      thank you so much Lori!! Have a great week

      Reply
  7. Lara says

    March 4, 2016 at 7:10 am

    The color is so beautiful!! Great job!

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    • Kandice says

      March 4, 2016 at 9:59 pm

      thank you so much!

      Reply
  8. Tuula @ Thrifty Rebel Vintage says

    March 7, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    The layering of all the blues really turned out gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing this fabulous makeover at Vintage Charm.

    Reply
    • Kandice says

      March 7, 2016 at 11:10 pm

      thank so much, thanks for a great party

      Reply
  9. Shellie says

    March 8, 2016 at 11:44 am

    Wow, you really did breath new life into this piece. Thanks for adding this to the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop!

    Shellie
    http://www.thefabjourney.com

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    • Kandice says

      March 8, 2016 at 10:47 pm

      thanks so much and thanks for stopping by 🙂

      Reply
  10. Our Home of Many Blessings says

    March 9, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    So beautiful!! I envy your talent!!!

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    • Kandice says

      March 9, 2016 at 10:55 pm

      thank you!!!

      Reply
  11. Anita says

    March 10, 2016 at 5:13 am

    This is a great idea! Thanks for sharing. Visiting from The Pin Junkie.

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    • Kandice says

      March 10, 2016 at 6:01 am

      thank you!

      Reply
  12. Mary Vitullo says

    March 10, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Beautiful transformation. Love the patina.

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    • Kandice says

      March 10, 2016 at 7:08 pm

      thank you so much! and thanks for stopping by, enjoy your week 🙂

      Reply
  13. Nadia says

    January 30, 2017 at 9:58 pm

    Kandice, I love your layering technique! Looks gorgeous and it is hard to believe it is the same piece of furniture! 🙂 Have a great week!

    Reply
  14. Marie from The Interior Frugalista says

    February 1, 2017 at 10:34 am

    Kandice, what a stunning makeover! Love the layers of color and subtle hits of metallic. Swooning over that amazing backdrop too.

    Reply
    • Kandice says

      February 1, 2017 at 11:57 am

      thanks so much Marie! 🙂

      Reply
  15. Jaclyn | One Thousand Oaks says

    February 1, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    I love this! Blue is my favorite color to decorate with! I love how your layers look!

    -Jaclyn

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  16. Elizabeth says

    April 19, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    How did you separate the two pieces?

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    • kandice kullmann says

      April 19, 2018 at 5:05 pm

      They were 2 separate pieces. The top lifted right off

      Reply

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