On Friday I shared my mini Welsh cupboard makeover.

I really enjoyed the process of painting up this little cupboard, and I had some ideas for other color combinations and transfers that would work perfectly for more of them.

But I can’t put four or five of these in my own dollhouse, right?

Well, I suppose I could, but I’m not going to do that.

Instead, I decided it was time to see whether or not I can find a market for my painted mini’s (and I’m willing to ship them!).

I figured I was comfortable with investing a few dollars in a stock of pieces that I could experiment with, so I went ahead and ordered four more of these unfinished Welsh cupboards online from Hobby Lobby.

For my 2nd Welsh cupboard makeover, after removing the knobs from the drawers, I gave it a light scuff sanding to smooth out any rough spots.  Next I applied a base coat of Dixie Belle’s Coffee Bean.  The purpose of this base coat was to provide something to distress my final paint color back to other than unfinished Basswood.

Then I painted the upper shelves in Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth and the rest in their Dried Sage.  Once dry, I sanded the edges ever so lightly to distress them back to the darker color of the Coffee Bean.

I then pulled out the Vintage Post transfer from Dixie Belle.

Sadly, this is another transfer that has since been retired, but you can still find it online on Etsy or eBay.  There are a lot of bits and pieces to this one that can be trimmed out to fit a miniature piece of furniture.

Isn’t that just perfect?!

I also replaced the drawer knobs on this one with some fabulous miniature cup pulls from MforMiniatures.  FYI, I tried to order more of these a few weeks ago and they were out of stock in this color, but they did have them in black, silver and a shiny gold still.  I used some Dixie Belle Bronze metallic paint on the remaining door knobs, much like I ended up doing on my first Welsh cupboard.

To finish off the cupboard I applied some of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

Today’s q tip, if you have anything to glue in place, like the cup pulls in this case, be sure to do that before applying wax or Butta to make sure they’ll adhere well.  Glue doesn’t always stick to a waxed surface.  I used a super glue to attach mine.

So that’s cupboard no. 2.  What do you think?

I used most of the same techniques to prep cupboard no. 3, except I skipped the base coat of Coffee Bean.  I still painted the upper shelves in Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth, but then I decided to experiment with using Fusion paint on the rest of the piece.  I had been to a shop that sold Fusion recently, and they had lots of the little tester size jars for $4.95.  I really wanted to try out the color called Oakham, so I purchased one and used it on the exterior of cupboard no. 3.  Spoiler alert; Oakham is nearly the same color as Dixie Belle’s Gravel Road, so I needn’t have bothered.

Full disclosure, I was once a content creator for Fusion, so I’ve used lots of their paint on full sized furniture in the past (like this one, or this one).  That was back before they had this particular color though.

I have only good things to say about Fusion Mineral Paint in general and all of their products are very high quality.  Their wax is one of the nicest waxes on the market, in my opinion.  But their paint is an acrylic paint, not a chalk style paint, and ultimately I just prefer working with a chalk paint and I was reminded why when working with the Oakham.  I find that I get more visible brush strokes with an acrylic paint (even in miniature), and it doesn’t distress as easily as chalk paint.  You also need to distress it fairly quickly after it dries because after it starts to cure it becomes difficult to do.

This is all a matter of preference really.  Many furniture painters I know much prefer using an acrylic paint like Fusion or the Dixie Belle Silk line (also an acrylic paint), especially if they don’t distress their pieces.  One bonus is that acrylic paint has a built in top coat thus saving you that last step of adding clear coat or wax.  But for me, I always keep going back to the chalk style paint.

Anyway, enough about that, back to cupboard no. 3.

After my Fusion paint was dry and distressed, I added another section from the Dixie Belle Vintage Post transfer.

This piece would be adorable turned into a coffee bar for one’s dollhouse.

Next up, cupboard no. 4.  The upper shelves are painted in Dixie Belle’s Cottage Door, and the rest of the cupboard is in Drop Cloth.

With this one I tried something a little different and I simply removed the drawers turning them into little shelves at the bottom instead.

Once all of my paint was dry and distressed, I added some bees from a re.design with prima knob transfer to the doors.  Then I added one of the small roses from the I.O.D. Rose Botanical transfer inside the upper shelving area.  I finished that off with a little bit of wording from that Dixie Belle Vintage Post transfer.

I cut a few scraps of some floral bark cloth, folded them and added a little glue to help them lie flat so that I could add them to those lower shelves.

Sweet, right?

I mentioned that I purchased 4 more of the Welsh cupboards, but I’ve only shown you three, plus the original one I painted earlier.  That’s because I’ve decided to sell the earlier one, and will be painting up the last new one to keep for myself (you’ll have to stay tuned for that one).

To recap, I have four Welsh cupboards for sale, and the even bigger news, I’m willing to ship them!

This will be a bit of an experiment for me and I’m not at all sure how well it will work out.  Will anyone even want to buy these?  Will shipping them be a pain?  Is it worth the time and effort?  That’s what I’m hoping to find out.

For now I can only accept Venmo or PayPal as a form of payment for shipped items, and I can only ship to the lower 48 states.  The cupboards are $50 each if shipped, or $40 if shipping is not required.  Each cupboard comes with the items shown in the photos below.

Cupboard no. 1 (includes clay pot, seed packets & trowel):

Cupboard no. 2 (includes trio of mini books):

Cupboard no. 3 (includes trio of mini books):

Cupboard no. 4 (includes clay pot, seed packets and folded fabric):

I will be listing these on my ‘available for local sale‘ page (but they can be shipped this time!), and I’ll mark them sold once they are spoken for (first come, first served).  If interested in purchasing one, please email me at qisforquandie@gmail.com to make further arrangements.

P.S.  I also ordered several of the dining room sets that I used in my dollhouse dining room.

I’ll be painting these up and offering them for sale as well, so stay tuned for that!

So, let me know what you think of my Welsh cupboards.  Which one is your favorite?