To go along with my new desk (see post below!), we purchased a little set of three drawers in the same finish. See how the drawer fronts are white? I don’t really care for that and I thought I could dress it up a bit with something pretty!
I spy!
My first thought was fabric. But I didn’t want to mess around with glue. Ah-ha! Scrapbook paper. Lucky me, I have a book of Amy Butler papers in my stash. I used my paper cutter and went to work.
There is my paper cutter and adhesive on the desk.
My paper was two-sided: the small floral and stripe were opposite, so I used that for the two small drawers. Then I used the green lotus design for the big drawer. Being that the big drawer was a bit taller than 12 inches, I added a strip of the striped paper to the bottom and a bit of ric-rac to the top. Perfect fit!
I attached the papers with Xyron permanent adhesive (it’s in the orange dealy on my desk in the picture above). I just made especially sure to get along the edges and bit where the screw holes for the handles were. I went this route because I figure I’m not using much of this adhesive, so if I ever want to take the paper off , I can get the adhesive off with a goo-remover.
It didn’t take very long. Voila!
Happy, isn't it?
April 6, 2009 at 2:59 pm
You are SO creative!! I totally LOVE the new drawer fronts! Come pretty up my kitchen!