Meet Ruby - Jazzy Cocktail Cabinet Refurb

Ohhhh, I do love to get dramatic and this wonderful Cocktail Cabinet gave me such an opportunity!

Next time you see brown, dull and done-for furniture DO NOT GIVE UP!  .. Here's what was delivered to the shop....

The glass has been separated and is wrapped up on top, but SERIOUSLY... black and white check backing paper???  Who would have thought? A bit too masculine?  Huh, time for a gender-change!

This is a beautiful and interesting piece of furniture.  The red, gold and silver combo on the original piece  was a bit of a challenge but this is what I did...

I painted all over with Autentico's Nearly Black chalk paint and painted the inside of the lower cabinet with Red - fittingly, this is called Ruby (baby).  I used a matching the gold gilding for the cabinet and left all of the bottom cabinet black, but put some sneaky silver gilding on the rims of the doors, et Voila!!

Lovely claw and ball-foot tootsies here.  This cabinet is step-ping out!

No more hiding in the corner for Ruby!  So when do you think she was originally made? Art Deco?

When I first saw her, I thought 1930s but noooo, 1960s!  The British Safety Kite is there.

I just love that jazzy silver-work on the doors :-)

I kept trying to get a pic that worked with the lighting...

It doesn't matter, she'll light up your room day and night.