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This month we’ve added over 100 new products to the site! You can check those out by visiting our New Items Page.

With all of these new items, we’ve also had to do some reorganizing for some of our browsing categories.

First, we’ve added a section specifically for furniture that comes already finished from the factory, called our Factory Finished page. From there you can drill down to further categories.

We’ve also separated our former Dining Room category into two different categories because the number of items in it was beginning to make it hard to browse. We now feature a Dining Room category with tables and other dining items, and a separte Dining Room Chairs page.

Please let us know if you have any feedback on your browsing experience or if there’s anything we can do to make it better. We’re always working to make your shopping experience better!

This is a fun painting project with a JG879 - 8 Drawer Storage Cart with Door.

Painting Process

- I didn’t want my cart to look like a traditionally stained cart, since its purpose it to hold all of my art things, I wanted it to look creative

- I removed all the drawers and hauled the cart outside

- Lightly sanded the cart to remove any small pieces that might snag

- I spray painted the entire cart – inside and out - with a silver spray paint to give it a bit of a metallic feel

- While the cart dried, I painted each on of the drawers with a different color acrylic paint. Each drawer got around 3 coats, allowing each coat to dry before the next.

- Before purchasing the cart, I had gathered all the stickers, photos, magazine clippings, foam letters, etc. that I wanted to stick on the cart

- After all the pieces were dry, I used Mod Podge to glue each piece onto the cart.

- As you can see I have different drawers for Paint, Paint Brushes, Paper, Stickers, etc. For the drawer fronts, I used items from that drawer to make it easy to tell them apart.

- For the Pen drawer and the door face, I used Chalkboard Paint. I applied around 6 light coats of this just to make sure I had an even coverage.

Written by Kim - Customer Service Manager