If you have lived in India, you have probably owned the monstrosity of a Godrej Storwel! I do, and somehow the household unanimously decided against giving it away. So we were stuck with it, and I decided that if the ugliness was so hard to live with, I had better try to liven it up!
Before
After
I used a simple stencil and acrylic paints. As you can see, it still has some work left over on it. I guess I will have to wait until my little bundle of joy arrives, because I really shouldn’t be messing with paints and turpentine now. Despite being incomplete, I am really happy with the way it looks now because it doesn’t feel like a Godrej anymore! I also know that in all probability I will be repainting it soon to try out other designs on it. So really, the sturdy old Godrej has also become my experimental art canvas!
If you have attempted something similar do write in with pics. We would love to feature your DIY on The Keybunch!
nice makeover…we had one from our parents wedding and it had a hammered finish on it..we stripped it out and painted it to look like wood..but somethingz better than a chipped look i guess 🙂
wow this looks so good,…
Looks good. Take Care 🙂
My god…most of us get stuck with one of these…nice creative work…shud do something in these lines..
Wow, Sharon..you are on your way to becoming an artist and looks like another future artist is going to finish this work! 🙂
Nice! Like the idea of Godrej turning into an empty canvas!
How fun, Sharon! Happy experimenting (once it's safe to do so!)
That sounds fun… Keep away from smelly paint love.. for a while.. (naughty lady)…
Are you featuring my cabinet.. this one – http://coloursdekor.blogspot.com/2010/08/project-1-cont-cabinet-painting.html Let me know.. I'll send you some new pics.. 🙂
wonderful idea! Hug
Wonderful!!! Just today I told my guys in India about an old godrej almirah in the house to get rid off. Now I know what my next call to them tomorrow morning is going to be :-).
Thanks you everyone for your comments!
@Sudha – that's a great idea!
@not yet 100, LG, GB and Design Elements – Thank you…I am feeling the love!:)
@Sanctified Spaces – thanks!
@ Rekha – I can't wait for next month when we will see so many more DIY's
@ Patricia – yes, your DIY will be featured on our blog – it will all happen next month!:)when we have something really interesting planned here on TKB!
@ Shanthi -yes, ask them to hold on to it for your next trip there, so you can supervise the makeover 😉
What a makeover! Wish our Mothers knew about something like this when every home had at least 1-2 Godrej almirahs.
Nice idea.. who thought a boring Godrej storwell can become a canvas for beautiful stencil work… Wonderfully creative.
Way to go Sharon! Can't wait to see the final look
Great work. I just love the makeover. I will try it at my home. Thanks for posting :))
great idea..its looking much better after
just came across this, what a wonderful idea ..i have 4 of these at home and i forsee lot of project around those 🙂
Very nice blog for almirah.
thank you so much Akriti!
Very nice blog about wardrobe.