Hi! I was looking at my small black china cabinet that’s in my dining room and realized that I hadn’t changed the flowers in the planter on top of it since last fall! It still had fall hydrangeas and bittersweet in it. So since we had a few days of stormy afternoons I thought I’d do something fun for a change and fix up my china cabinet! Painting walls & scraping wallpaper is not as much fun as it used to be 🙂
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links to Amazon and/or Etsy, which means that I may earn a small commission from some of the links in this post. Please see our Disclosure Page for more information.
So this cabinet is narrow and the shelf space is teeny. You can only get small things in this cabinet which is ok because small things don’t cost much and small things are easy to store.
My eagle eyed daughter found this plate at TJMaxx while we were supposed to be shopping for a Father’s Day present and insisted that I get it (no argument from me)!
I have lots of faux hydrangeas in every color. I always buy them at the end of season clearance. By lots I mean I have a large plastic bin full of them! I pulled out all my white hydrangeas and went to work on my red planter box.
I really don’t have a clue about arranging “arrangements”. I used every white – whitish hydrangea stem that I had and re-did this planter a few times until I got tired and decided that this looked just fine.
I also moved one of my lithographed trays over the cabinet (I had a thrift store picture in a black frame before which you can see in this post). I thought the background of the tray played off the wrapping paper I used for the back of the cabinet. Plus the yellow of the lemons reference all the yellow I use in my home.
Here are a few more photos:
I like red and yellow but I also like black!
Back to painting!
You always do such a nice job with your cabinets, Manuela! This one is no exception and looks great. Love the Nest plate. This cabinet looks like a great size, too, if you wind up down-sizing.
Looks great! Now I’m understanding the size of your cabinet because I saw those little Nest plates at HomeGoods the other day. They are so cute!
Very pretty! The plates are precious Manuela.
I love it. The first full shot you gave made me do the little heart skippy thing.
It looks fresh and summery, love it! Those little numbered plates are adorable , as well as the nest plate. You find the cutest things!
That was a lovely diversion for all of us! The combination of whites looks delightful in the red planter.
It is SO cute. I love how you take the ordinary and change it into something fabulous.
Also love the look of the blog!
How pretty! It looks just like summer with all white.
That is a darling little cabinet! Love the paper in the back – perfect background for all of your white and black pieces. Great job!
Judy
Thank you Judy! That paper is some wrapping paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby a few years ago. They have the best papers!
Your arrangements are always so pretty! I love all the black and white and silver. Your collection of silver-topped salt and pepper shakers are beautiful…I love how you have them all arranged on a white tray.
Thanks Melanie! I love those shakers – some were gifted to me from readers back when my blog was The Pleasures of Homemaking.
That is a very cute little cabinet. I love black, red and white together. I’m not such a huge fan of yellow but it looks Great with your theme! Nice pieces! Blessings, Cindy
Thank you Cindy!
I am so loving that little cabinet, you dressed it beautifully. Have to tell you I want your buffalo check red white curtains. Buffalo checks in just about any color always appeal to me. Among many other things you have in your home. Always have to look around when you post photos, get very inspired.
Enjoy your week, a little bit anyway.
Thanks so much! The curtains are tablecloths. I used curtain rings that have clips. Much more affordable than buying buffalo check curtains!
I love the hydrangeas in the red planter! Gorgeous! And pssst: I read about your checked curtains in an older post and copied you. Mine are tablecloths as well!
Looks GREAT! Love your collection of shakers…
Blessings,
Cindy
What a delightful cabinet. This is so pretty. I hope to see you at My Dream Canvas 🙂
What gorgeous changes to this beauty. you may not think you can do flower arranging but this is gorgeous to me for sure!!! Love the salt and pepper collection!!
Cynthia
LOL! Thank you. I keep thinking I went overboard (as usual) and I should remove a few of those hydrangea stems!