Finally Finished The Pantry!

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Yes, it’s finally finished!

Have you ever taken on a project that ended up being more work than you thought it would be? Then it starts feeling like an anchor around your neck until it’s finished? I feel like a heavy weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Whew, I’m glad that’s over.

If you haven’t seen the previous posts I made documenting the project, you can see them by clicking on my name in the categories list on the right of this page.

I took pictures of the steps as I went along. Here is one panel before painting the sunflowers.

Now, I almost got carried away and forgot to take pictures as I went along. This next picture is after I detailed the leaves and painted the basecoat on the petals of the sunflowers. It took about 3 coats to cover the petals sufficiently.

In this next picture, you can see that I have done some shading of the petals in the main sunflower.

Now, I have to be honest. By now, I am really, really, sick of this pantry, and my painting got worse and worse as I went along. I just wanted it done! At this point, I really didn’t care if it was less than perfect. It’s just a cheap particle board pantry and I’ve already spent way more time on it than I had planned.

If it were a nice solid wood pantry that I knew would be around for many years to come, I would have been more serious about my painting. I still think it looks much better than it did before I painted it.

This next picture is after I did a little more work on the main flower.

And here is the completed floral motif.

Remember, I had to paint this motif, 6 times! I was tired. In total, it took me 3 days just to complete the 6 motifs on this pantry. I was so relieved to finally have it finished.

And, here is the full pantry, before and after. What do you think?

Debra Jennings is a glass bead maker and silversmith, who blogs from her studio in Squaw Valley, CA. about everything from critters, to gardening, to art. Learn more about her by reading her personal blog and see more of her work on her web site.