Ikea Fira Drawers

[rtoose]

The top of our microwave has become the junk collection centre of the house. We have an old basket there with everything from keys, change, shopping dockets and bills. So the last time I went to Ikea, I bought a set of Fira drawers for about $24.99.
This is what I got when I opened the box:


After throwing the instructions out as they confused me more than anything, I had this after about 30 mins:



I painted them inside and out with Kaiser colour Crafters Acrylic Paint in Mauve. I used 3 tubes (75ml retailing at Spotlight for $2.99. Unfortunately they no longer stock the bigger bottles). After the first coat was dried (thanks to the heat it didn't take more than 30 mins), I put another coat on as the raw wood soaks up a lot of the paint.



I measured the drawers and made clipping masks in Photoshop Elements for the patterned papers for the drawers, using Lina's Funky Love Rocks kit (LDrag Designs). Then I sized some of the elements and printed the pages on Whisper White Cardstock (Stampin' Up).





As my printer isn't big enough to print 12x12 sheets, I used two pieces of patterned paper with a gap down the middle for the two long drawers. For the three smaller drawers, I used a 1 1/4 inch circle punch to punch around the finger holes. I coated four of the small flowers in Crystal Effects (Stampin' Up) to give them a shiny epoxy sticker effect and attached them to the two longer drawers on pop up dots for extra dimension.



I then stuck the flowers and hearts on the top and sides of the box using double sided tape.



As the box is in the kitchen area, I wanted to seal it so it could be wiped down, so I coated the whole thing in Mod Podge. Mod Podge is a water based sealer, glue and finish and I used the matte finish, which gives it a really nice look without being too shiny.

So here is the top of my microwave before ( I admit I did give it a little clean up before taking the photo )



And here is the after!



Watch this space, as I have a pen holder to decorate in the same colours, but I need more paint!

[maz111]

Fabuloso Pene. What a fantastic set of drawers, and L.O.V.E what you did to them!!!!

[marianne]

ooohhhhhh!!!!!! Chantel's gonna platz when she sees this!!! I think she's got the same set of drawers?! and now she's not gonna rest until she's done something like this to them!!

you're an inspiration Pene, that really does look cool!! I just wanna know how long it takes you to cut the flowers out?

[marianne]

oh and also, is someone putting this on the blog? 'cause it needs to get linked to FB ...

[rxdawg97]

Wow-so cool Pene! I am amazed you assembled that in 30 minutes w/no instructions! And gorgeous job on the decoration too!

[rtoose]

Originally Posted by marianne

ooohhhhhh!!!!!! Chantel's gonna platz when she sees this!!! I think she's got the same set of drawers?! and now she's not gonna rest until she's done something like this to them!!

you're an inspiration Pene, that really does look cool!! I just wanna know how long it takes you to cut the flowers out?

Without my two.. ahem..."helpers" it only took me about 25 mins to cut out all the flowers!! I left that part for when they'd gone for a nap!

[KD Designs]

WOW!!!! That is so neat!!!!

[zet]

Oh yeah!!! I have that exact set of drawers, and yes, painting them is still on my to do list. I'll have to try this out!!!!

Stunning Pene!!!!!

[~Scrappin'Mint~]

That is fantastic! I so need something like that! Thanks for the inspiration Pene!

[Breeza]

Wow Pene!! That is Awesome!! You're such a clever little chickie.....I'm going to add this to the Blog tonight for sure!!!