Explosive discovery!

The jury's still out on this old cupboard I painted 

this past weekend.  I'm not sure if I love the color, or if I've

convinced myself I love it because I don't want to repaint it.

Here it is.  The Jolly Green Giant.

I bought my primitive cupboard at a garage sale
over 30 years ago for $10, and it's served me well.
For now, it's tucked into a recessed area behind the door of the
Never Ending Bedroom project.  If you're counting, that's now
two finished corners!!

Here's how it looked one week ago.
  I know!

Who would paint a century old cupboard with black semi-gloss paint?!

Well, that would be me.

In my defense, I painted it over 15 years ago so it would match yet another

old cupboard in the basement, also painted with black semi-gloss paint.

There is no accounting for taste.

 I brought a piece of original trim from another primitive cupboard to be color matched

at Lowe's, and they nailed it spot on!  So, I painted my cupboard with the flat green

latex paint and gave it a raw umber/Johnson Paste Wax aging treatment.

I'm still not sure.

It sort of sticks out like a sore green thumb, but I'll see if it grows on me.
The chair will be used elsewhere in the room,
 but the black pleather seat has got to go.

The top of the cupboard is a good place
 to stash extra quilts for guests.......

...and a state of the art cooling system.

Since the bedroom is where our grandchildren will slumber,

it seems only fitting that  Auntie Googie resides up there, too.

She loves to read bedtime stories to children and I think you can guess 

why The Princess and the Pea is her favorite!

When I removed the three hundred or so decorating magazines
 inhabiting the cupboard, I made an amazing discovery!
 No, not the petrified dog treat crumbs from over a decade ago. (Shame on me.) 

I actually unearthed a piece of local history!

The yellow paint inside has worn away in places from years of pulling

out stacks of magazines out for my daily read. (pre-Pinterest)

It may be hard to see, but the interior shelves are made from

 the DuPont Company explosive/dynamite crates.

The embossed lettering also showed up as I was painting the exterior.

The DuPont explosive plant closed its doors in 1918,
 but the shell of the power building stood as a local landmark at nearby
 Carey Lake Recreation Area, formerly known as DuPont Lake.

 Many of the DuPont buildings were destroyed in a devastating explosion in 1912
and the rest were burned down to prevent further catastrophes
 caused by the ignition of residual black powder left behind
 during the plant's productive years.

Sadly, the powers that be
 had the landmark building demolished this year.

So, I'm assuming whoever made my old cupboard out of DuPont wood crates

probably worked at the plant and brought home the discarded crates, dismantled them,

and built the cupboard approximately 100 years ago!

DY - NO - MITE!!!

Thanks for visiting.  It's been a blast!

Vickie

It feels like I'm sitting on a pea.

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