Lockers: The Right Combination

When the going gets tough, the tough get the paint out!  That's my mantra right now as I work towards giving my craft room a complete overhaul.



I'm happy with the way I transformed the Industrial Chic Cabinet, so I got started on this old school locker.

First things first, it got a much-needed cleaning.  Just simple dishwasher liquid and hot water did the trick.

I wanted to keep the handles in their original gray finish, so I taped them before painting the rest of the locker.

First, I sprayed a quick heirloom white metal primer onto the entire locker [inside and out].  To achieve some level of cohesiveness in my craft room, I decided to paint the locker the same color as the Industrial Chic Cabinet, a seafoam-aqua hue.  I again mixed the paint with some Plaster of Paris to create chalk paint. I used a small foam roller to easily apply the chalk paint to the five compartment doors.   I used a small painting brush to get inside all the nooks and crannies of the air vents.

Here is the newly-painted locker:

 Of course, I can't just leave well enough alone, so I lined the shelves with coordinating scrapbook paper.

I decided the front of the locker needed something extra as well, so I printed out numerals 1-5, and using my Xyron, turned them into stickers, and adhered them to the cabinet faces.

Help me say good riddance goodbye to the plastic bins:

And hello to my transformed locker:

I've been collecting vintage, rusty and old graters (and anything that resembles a grater), so now I have a place to display them.

Two graters hang on the side of the locker; one holds a memo pad.

Also displayed on top of the locker is a smaller version of my 

Chicken Wire & Burlap Painted Frame.  

Here is a photo of two 2-drawer file cabinets.

 One is painted; and the other one is on the waiting list.

[Blame it on the locker.]

As you can see, my craft room is slowly being transformed 

from a bunch of plastic storage containers into 

Vintage Industrial Chic 

 How do you store your craft supplies?

You may be interested in these projects:

From Plastic Bins to Industrial Chic

Framed in Chicken Wire & Burlap


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