Furniture + Chicken Wire = Winning Combination

Have you ever worked on a project for so long that it feels like eternity? Then once its finally complete you're just so excited not because it came out great, but because its finally over? That happened to us with this piece, and I think Jason was more excited than I was once finished. The reason why is because we had completely finished this piece one way last week and I didn't like it. I had completely sanded, stained, poloy coated and re assembled this bad boy. Only to stand back and say NOPE don't like it so it was back to the drawing board and I was completely blank on inspiration.

 Skip to one day while I was out making my daily rounds at Goodwill I decided to stop at a local used furniture store near Jacksonville Beach. Where something caught my eye, it was a tiny kitchen cabinet attached to a little cart (Don't ask)! Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, and the actually piece wasn't done correctly. But their idea of using a certain material was genius and I wanted to try it!

What was this material? CHICKEN WIRE

In the words of one of our facebook commenter's "I love redneck furniture"

My only problem was If I used chicken wire it wouldn't go well with the stain on the dinning room cabinet and I really wanted to use the chicken wire. We compared different wood stains and paint colors next to some chicken wire we had in our shed (I have no recollection of ever buying chicken wire).

After many attempts at matching up colors I finally settled down with leaving the inside of the cabinet stain the same. I also decided on a white with blue undertones paint color by Behr, but I left with a completely different color than I had originally planned. Say hello to Irish Stone by Behr. Its sooo pretty!

I also needed more chicken wire and they had tiny rolls perfect for this project for $7.99 at Home Depot. I only needed two rolls and some new hardware for the furniture. The hardware and chicken wire needed to be the same metal material. I lucked up and found some pulls and knobs that matched and I loved them!

After a weekend alone with my china cabinet because Jason refused to help the second time till it came to the chicken wire. I cant blame him he was pretty upset that we redid a whole project after completely finishing it one way. Some odd hours painting. Wrestling with chicken wire and losing alot of that battle. Attaching the new hardware. I was very pleased with the new and improved cabinet. Its now sitting against my deep red wall and the contrast of the colors just makes a statement. I love the texture of the chicken wire, and deciding to have the inside of the cabinet a different color was a great touch. Not too much stain but just enough.

Before and how we originally got it from my grandmother. Sorry I don't have a picture after we completed this piece the first go around.

Once completed and looking at it I literally thought I heard The Muses from Hercules harmonizing in my head.

 Next weekend we will be working with the table, then maybe on to building some custom parson style chairs.

My question to you is: What are your thoughts on chicken wire? Have you used it for anything besides it's original purpose?

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