This old, discarded jewelry box will fit into our doll's dining room perfectly. Our twelve inch dolls will love displaying holiday dinner selections on this upcycled, sideboard for all their friends to admire. The grey distressed paint on this pretend sideboard looks classy in a formal dining room setting too!
A sideboard, also called a buffet, is an item of furniture
traditionally used in the dining room for serving food, for displaying
serving dishes, and for storage. It usually consists of a set of cabinets, or cupboards, and one or more drawers, all topped by a flat display surface for conveniently holding food, serving dishes, or lighting devices. The words sideboard and buffet
are somewhat interchangeable, but if the item has short legs, or a base
that sits directly on the floor with no legs, it is more likely to be
called a sideboard; if it has longer legs it is more likely to be called a buffet.
Supply List:
- sandpaper
- masking tape
- grey acrylic or enamel paint
- paint brushes
- acrylic clear sealer
- old, dark stained jewelry box
- terry cloth
- Rub down the surfaces of the jewelry box with an old terry cloth towel. Make sure that you remove dust and dirt from the box's surfaces.
- Wrap the handles of the box doors with masking tape in order to protect these from paint.
- Brush on one layer of enamel grey paint.
- Let the paint dry thoroughly.
- Use a relatively smooth sandpaper to remove paint from the edges and some flat surfaces of the jewelry box.
- How much paint you remove is entirely up to your own sense of taste. You want the surfaces to look older and worn, as though the piece were an antique.
- Rub down the box again with a towel to remove sawdust.
- Seal the "sideboard" or "buffet" for your Barbie's dining room with clear acrylic.
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