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Finish Shelves, Cabinets, and Countertops

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How To Transform an old Fireplace On a Budget

What happens here

Apply wood filler to all joints and nail holes on the bookshelves. Once dry, sand the entire surface of the bookshelves and base cabinets using an orbital sander. Clean off any dust with a vacuum. Apply wood conditioner before staining. Apply a coat of 'Weathered Oak' wood stain (Minwax) to the bookshelves. Apply a coat of paint primer to the base cabinets, followed by two coats of white paint (Chantilly Lace). Install the custom-cut quartz countertops on top of the base cabinets and hearth. Finally, attach gold door knobs to the base cabinets and decorate the bookshelves with various items to complete the modern fireplace look.

Goal: This final step involves preparing and painting the bookshelves and base cabinets, installing quartz countertops, and decorating the finished fireplace area.

Tools and materials

  • Orbital Sander
  • Paint Brushes/Rollers
  • Vacuum
  • Gold Door Knobs
  • Paint Primer
  • Quartz Countertops
  • Weathered Oak Wood Stain (Minwax)
  • White Paint (Chantilly Lace)
  • Wood Conditioner
  • Wood Filler

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doing it's looking really good uh I think I I I miscalculated the idea that just filling in the deeper holes or The Wider holes you almost have to commit to either putting grout on or not because it kind of almost a little bit becomes a little more incomplete as opposed to stuff that's already fully grouted it looks full and intentional so I think what I'll do is I'll go to my next step while this grout is still drying using my metal brush that the guy told me to use and then brush off any of the stained grout that'll get on the the stone and then uh I'll go back with my uh remaining grout to fill in all the rest of the stuff so actually looks fuller complete and put together and then we'll start getting ready to get the stain on our cabinets cuz that's going to look freaking phenomenal oh right in the eye it felt grout right in the eye oh it's in there it's in there deep feel all the dust all the sand ah oh there we go I don't know if they tell you to wear glasses when you work with mortar but oh I just found the negative consequences of not doing so now am I going to put on goggles no okay wood fill light sand beautiful stain that exact [Music] order stain stain's going to get a little tricky here the color is an approved color by Irena it's weathered oak by Minwax here's a little problem this is birch this is popular cuz I couldn't find Birch 1 by two at Home Depot this is birch but it's like a red tint it almost looks like it's an oak but it's not so I'm assuming it's going to be a shade variant second issue is she wanted like that brownish Oaky kind of look we'll find out if this gives it cuz this has more of a a grayish Hue but sometimes with pinkish pigment like this it could make it go Brown we don't know so this is part of the excitement here that's not looking good I like how this is turning out but this this is a little [Music] okay very happy with how the shelves are looking perfect State I think arena is going to Pat me on the back but the cabinets that's what we're afraid of dog crap for sure uh I'm going to sleep on it see if we need to paint them cuz that's really our only other option unless ripping them out and building new ones which I'm not doing that so maybe painting them um I guess we'll find out in the morning so I slept on it uh consulted with Arena

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