Ye Olde Kitchen Cupboard

I have progressed to the point in finishing this old kitchen cupboard that was in the household where I grew up as a child that I am going to publish a preliminary picture. It had all original finishes at that time and was very functional. Now it is as much "for show" as it is "for go." As you can see, the doors have not been added and the insides are sort of exposed. The beautiful golden tones of the original finish have been uncovered on the outside after many coats of paint remover. Before it came back into my custody, the previous owners had painted the outside a sort of military green and the insides of the cupboards had been painted red. I completely stripped the exterior down to original finish. The red on the inside was so overwhelming and difficult to reach for stripping that I made a management decision and decided to make the entire insides white. (Painting it was so much easier than stripping it.) At least the exterior will display the orinal patina. With the doors off, one can see the old metal flour bin still in place. I can still make it functional, but I will not put any flour in it as it is not a practical process to fill it and take flour from it in this day and age. Also I think in due time weevil would discover it and think it would make an ideal home having many years food storage readily provided for them. So the flour bin will be absolutely "for show" rather than "for go." The doors for the top half of the cupboard are all finished except for the hardware. When the doors are added and the exterior is prepared for view, I will post another blog to show the final product.