So... I've written about our basement update several times... first about painting the dropped ceiling grid, then the basement bathroom re-do, then the laundry room makeover, and most recently the pop of turquoise over the sink.
Our most recent project is transforming the basement bar. You can see it in the picture below from the laundry room makeover post:
You can see part of the bar on the left. We've been wanting to replace it, and we couldn't figure out what we wanted to do that would be budget-friendly.
Then it hit me - we could just "wrap" the bar in beadboard. I was inspired by THIS kitchen island transformation over at remodelaholic.com. I told Hubs about it, showed him the blog post pictures, and he was all for it. We looked in our storage room, and we had enough beadboard left over from our basement bathroom make-over that we didn't even have to buy any! Score!
We took all of the doors off and removed the drawers. We're leaving one side open with shelving, and the other side is covered with beadboard. The picture above is just after we nailed on the trim pieces (1x4 on the top and sides, and 1x6 along the bottom edge) and filled all the holes with wood filler.
We also had a piece of plywood cut at the store to fit the top with an overhang on one side. We have a friend whose family owns a company that works with stainless steel and we are going to have him to fit a stainless "cover" to the plywood which will be our new bar top.
I also had to share a new favorite painting tip!
I've read about this painting tip, but had never tried it until this project. I didn't have any paint tray liners, and I knew I would need some for the primer and for the gloss paint, but I was eager to get started without another trip to the store. So I tried lining my paint tray with aluminum foil. It worked like a charm! When I finished, I just balled up the foil and threw it away and put more in for the next paint. Have you tried this before? I highly recommend it.
I will be sure to update you on our progress. In the meantime, enjoy your holidays!
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