Retro Diamond Cabinet With ScotchBlue

Oh man have I got a fun project for you today! A little bit ago I scored this cute little mid century cabinet at the thrift store (for $12!!!) As is its pretty cute, but I have been waiting to see what kind of fun inspiration would pop up.

 

One of the really amazing things about having inspiration readily available from sites like Pinterest is that you can always find a project, one of the bummer things is that sometimes the project that you love doesn’t have any info. My girls over at ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape from 3M (blue tape for life!!) emailed me about this exact dilemma. Being the amazing company that they are, they have access to top secret info. Info like which pins are super popular and lead to dead links. So they asked if they sent over one such project if I would be up for reverse engineering a tutorial and put a Vintage Revivals spin on it.

Challenge accepted.

The inspiration picture was this one from Lori Preece from Thee Velvet Glove. More specifically the diamond pattern on it.

 

The challenge was to take something that was completely not my personal style and find as much inspiration from it as I could. I loved the bright colors and the pattern (naturally).

Want to see what I ended up with?

 

Creating a diamond pattern is super simple. You’ll need:

Tape measure
Pencil
Straight edge or ruler
Razor blade
White paint
Paint in any color for each diamond – this project used shades of red, green, yellow, orange and pink
ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape Delicate Surfaces with Advanced Edge-Lock™ Paint Line Protector

Start by measuring the width of your piece (because I was painting my design on the doors that is what I measured.)

 

Take that number (mine was just over 34”) and divide it by the number of diamonds that you want in a row. I had 5 so it came out to 6.85 inches each. Then all you do is measure that number (6.85 in my case) and mark where all of those spots are (you will need to mark at 0)

 

The next step is to find the center between each of those marks. This will make the top and bottom points to your diamond. Once you decide how tall you want your diamond to be, all you do is mark the top and bottom.

 

Then you just connect the dots (la la la la!)

Because I painted on the outside of the diamonds, I put ScotchBlue™ Painter’s Tape Delicate Surfaces with Advanced Edge-Lock™ Paint Line Protector on the inside of the marks that I made.

 

You’ll need a razor blade to trim the excess tape off to get sharp corners (a straight edge like this fabric ruler is perfect for the job!)

 

Repeat until you have all of your diamonds taped off.

 

Paint your piece on the outside of the diamonds.

 

Gently peel up the ScotchBlue™ at a 45 degree angle and TA DA! Perfect paint lines!

 

Once everything is peeled off you’ll want to wait until your paint is 100% dry before you start the rest of your design. This is one of the reasons that I love using the ScotchBlue™ Delicate surface tape (the orange one). It is gentle enough to use of freshly painted surfaces but still give you a clean line.

Now you are going to tape right along the edge on the outside of your diamond. (You’ll need to do every other one because the tape overlaps onto the neighbors)

 

 

Creating the facets is really easy. Measure the width of your diamond and divide that # by 5. (You’ll totally be a pro at this point, this is the same process that you used to create the diamonds.) Mark along in a horizontal line along the widest part of your diamond. Then using a straight edge, connect those dots to the top and bottom points.

 

Then you are going to fill the 2nd and 4th sections with tape. Use a razor blade to create the tapering at both ends.

 

 

Paint and then peel! (Please let it be noted that I used paint testers on this, not the best choice for a flawless paint finish. Though it did dry a little less textured. Do as I say, not as I do.)

 

It turned out so cute right!? Huge thank you to ScotchBlue for teaming up with me on this post! As always, all project ideas and opinions are 100% Mandilicious.