When a project goes from good to "yeah!"

I let my Fira unit sit for a few days following last weekend's completion and kept having a feeling that I wasn't quite done with it. This is where I had left off:

I was happy with the overall look of the découpage that I had done, but I kept wanting something additional to be done to the top of the unit. The trouble was that I didn't want to actually do anything about it for a few days.

I left it on my work table, just in case...

Then came Wednesday, when work began in the basement of my home. I couldn't really go anywhere during the couple of days that the plumbers were here. Finally, on Thursday, inspiration returned. I think the overall look is more balanced now that I've added details to the top of the unit, and I like it even more!

The 2-hour...euh, no... 2-year project.

Just over two years ago, I came across this Ikea Fira unit at Value Village and though I wasn't sure exactly how I would use it in my craft room, I bought it and planned to modify it. It was one of my spring break projects.

I painted it with a $1.00 mistinted paint from Home Depot.

I découpaged the drawer fronts (one of the first projects I ever did with Mod Podge).

I découpaged the top of the unit.

And then I put the unit to work.

It was so much fun, that I was ecstatic to find another unit, two weeks later, on Kijiji.

I painted it.

And it sat on my shelf for two years, containing glue, fancy scissors, etc. Looking rather forlorn.

Until now.

I FINALLY added some interest to the drawers. I did 5 coats of Mod Podge in a matte finish.

Two years later, here it is!

It's unfortunate that the Fira is no longer sold at Ikea. It became the Moppe, and then got dropped from Canadian Ikea stores. I'm happy with the two that I have, especially now that they are colourful additions to my office/craft space.