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Glossy Navy Blue Bar Cart

by Jennifer

A lot of you asked about the bar cart that was shown in my post a couple weeks ago about the DIY rope mirror I made and hung on our screened porch.

It’s actually been around for a long time in one form or another.
It started as a rather sad little TV table from Ikea 20+ years ago, then became a bright blue bar cart last year when I gold dipped the legs and added little wheels (details on how I did this part of the transformation HERE), and has finally landed in its current place as a glossy navy blue bar cart.
DIY navy blue bar cart by The Chronicles of Home

I didn’t not like it in bright blue but it was showing some scuffs and needed some paint touchups, and I decided to try a darker shade.  And I LOVE it.
DIY navy blue bar cart by The Chronicles of Home
The darker shade of blue is still striking and colorful but it feels a lot more sophisticated than it did before.
DIY navy blue bar cart by The Chronicles of Home
The bee tumblers are my favorite glassware and the gold edged-agate coasters (currently sold out, but I got them HERE) get moved around pretty much wherever I am!
DIY navy blue bar cart by The Chronicles of Home
I also updated the hardware with these bar pulls from D. Lawless Hardware.
DIY navy blue bar cart by The Chronicles of Home
I’ve been sort of leading you on with all the allusions to the previous bar cart, so here’s the full transformation.
Pretty dramatic, right?
How to easily turn an old TV table into a stunning bar cart!
In unrelated news, my biggest little girl finished her last year of preschool last week.
It was raining as all the kids and their parents gathered outside the school for the traditional “boat launch” where the children put little boats they made into a stream by the school as their official launch from nursery school to kindergarten.  I think I would have been teary had it not been so funny watching one of the teachers standing in the stream in fishing waders because of the rain!
Can’t believe I have an almost-kindergartner.  Even with the rain, it was a sweet day celebrating our children.
Thanks for letting me share!

Filed Under: Decorating, Furniture Plans

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Meet Jen

I'm a design and DIY lover, decorator, modern home-maker, foodie, fashion enthusiast, and jill-of-all-trades when it comes to home improvement. I'm slowly but surely adding classic-contemporary style to my early 90's colonial home one inch at a time and I'm taking you along for the ride.

It's often messy - there are usually project remnants and toys strewn about - but the making of a home isn't always tidy work and I love showing you how you can make and style and organize your way to a home and a life you love!

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