Colourful Improvement! :)

Remember this and how I said I was going to revamp it?:

If not, you can read about it here!  Well, I painted it! I know, not very crafty, but I like it!

First, I took out the drawers so that I could paint the outside of the unit (makes sense right?! ;) ).

 

I used paint that I had left over from various crafts.  For this project I used both acrylic and 3D paints, although  I prefer acrylic paints and use them more.  The acrylic paint worked a lot better than the 3D paint, but the 3D paint gave a nice shine as you'll see.

I used an Antique White acrylic paint to cover the outside.  It took about 3 coats.

I left most of the inside green because I wasn't sure if the drawers would fit back in there and move smoothly with paint covering the tracks.

Next I moved on to the drawers.  I decided to paint each quadrant 2 different colours.  The bottom two colours would be the same and the top two in the quadrant would be the same.

Such pretty colours :)

The yellow, light blue (looks kind of grey in this picture) and the dark blue were all the 3D paint.  The yellow and the light blue had 5 coats of paint on them and the dark blue had 3 coats.  The green, gold and bronze were all acrylic paints, which went on smoother and took only 3 coats.  The 3D paints were pretty tacky, so I would suggest waiting a little bit longer before putting your pieces together (for whatever craft you're using them for).

Are you ready for it? The final piece de resistance!:

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out! Now I just have to figure out what fun things I'm going to put in the drawers!

What have you worked on recently that you're proud of? Training for a run? A craft? A school project?