the patisserie cupboard.

Published on by Quandie

Today I’m sharing this adorable miniature cupboard that I picked up on my visit to Miniature Crush.

I didn’t have a spot in mind for it in my own dollhouse, but I knew it would be a fun painting job regardless.

To start, I removed the gold knobs.  That was easy enough, they pulled right out.  Next I gave the piece a light sanding all over just to smooth out any remaining rough spots.  Then I gave it a base coat of one of Dixie Belle’s newest colors called Thicket, a medium grey-green shade.

I really could have chosen any number of colors for that base coat, it’s just something to distress my final color back to without it just being bare wood.  I wanted to try out this new color to see what it looked like though.  Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take a photo of the cupboard in this color.  Oops.

Next up I painted the shelf area of the cupboard in Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth.  Once dry, I painted the rest of the cupboard in their Midnight Sky.

I then pulled out the I.O.D. Brocante transfer and cut out this section from one of the pages …

I thought it would fit perfectly inside this cupboard, and it almost did.  The widest lines of wording were just a tiny bit too wide.  So I ended up cutting the individual lines apart and modifying them as needed to fit.

Once I had that in place, I used a damp terrycloth rag to wet distress the edges of the cupboard.

It can be easier to control your distressing when using the wet method v. sanding.  My goal was to distress back to the Thicket color without going all the way back to bare wood.  I achieved that better in some spots than others, for example at the bottom of the curved apron or on the front foot shown here.

However, I went too far on the drawers.

I still love the results though.

Once I had the cupboard distressed to my satisfaction, I replaced the original knobs on the drawers with some Craftsman style pulls, also from Miniature Crush.  Then I lined the drawers using some of the Tim Holtz Curator Snippets.

I finished off the cupboard with a coat of Dixie Belle’s clear wax.

Now, if only I could figure out a spot for it in my dollhouse.

I’ll keep looking.  But in the meantime, what do you think of the Patisserie cupboard?  Leave a comment and let me know.

17 thoughts on “the patisserie cupboard.”

  1. Love it! The colors are perfect! Hope you find the perfect spot! May need to put on an addition offf the kitchen!🤣
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  3. such a cute cupboard. Where did you get your jars from? Also you had an ammonia jar in one of your dollhouse bathroom pictures where did you purchase that from? Julie

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    1. The crocks or advertising pots all came from Etsy. Two different vendors, Woodland Trail Whimsy and MiniMercCo. As for the ammonia jar, the jar itself is from the Tim Holtz “Corked Glass Vials”, and the ammonia label is from an ancient set of labels from 7 Gypsies and I don’t think it is available anymore. I added the label to the jar.

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  4. Everything about it is perfect! I’d love one just like it (bigger) in my kitchen! You accessorized perfectly too!

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  5. That cupboard is definitely a keeper! Love the new color. You may consider an extension on your dollhouse to accommodate.

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  8. Your talent for furniture painting and restoration is unmatched with this project! Love these posts on your dollhouse.

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