30 Responses to “IKEA Leksvik Buffet Before + After”

1. 1 San commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
   
   

   Oh, this is absolutely beautiful!! ;)

2. 2 Luciane at HomeBunch.com commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 5:53 pm
   
   

   So cute!

   Love the color especially!

   xo

   Luciane.

3. 3 Elena Ferrer commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
   
   

   THANK YOU VERY MUCH HOLLY!!!!! I’m so happy to be here. Really my cabinet is now much beautiful and personal. I have enjoyed a lot painting and decorating :D
   Thanks again for the chance to show it to so many people :)

4. 4 cafenoHut commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 6:12 pm
   
   

   colors and especially flowers on the bottom lids are wonderful

5. 5 Ana commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
   
   

   So adorable!

6. 6 Kristina - ingen vanlig dag commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
   
   

   Wow, I love this! You can do so much with imagination, paint and some work. The color is perfect!
   /Kristina

7. 7 Izabella Dennis commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
   
   

   What a wonderful and cozy piece that has been transformed from Ikea to personal, heirloom. Great job!

8. 8 Katie Truelove commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 7:56 pm
   
   

   What a difference some color makes– I love seeing projects like this where someone has re-imagined something they already have! So lovely:)

9. 9 Tove commented:
   June 30th, 2011 at 8:06 pm
   
   

   Yes, that’s really a big difference, loved the afterversion:)

10. 10 Naomi commented:
    June 30th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
    
    

    Great job! So inspiring – makes me want to look at everything in my house with new eyes.

11. 11 Ada @ New York commented:
    June 30th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
    
    

    Beautiful … including the cat : )

12. 12 Kristin Johnsen commented:
    June 30th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
    
    

    What a lovely idea – and it turned out so well! Thanks for sharing!

13. 13 Kristi commented:
    June 30th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
    
    

    I love this! What a great idea and I love the paint color she picked.

14. 14 Sandy commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 12:36 am
    
    

    I have never been to an Ikea, but want to! Love to see where a good imagination can take you….

15. 15 Sarah commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 12:46 am
    
    

    Simply beautiful! I love that colour:)

16. 16 Mariela commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 1:33 am
    
    

    Great idea, is beautiful. Also, I just got your book, every page is an inspiration. Thank you for this great book.

17. 17 Maria commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 2:49 am
    
    

    I love this too. Do you know if she had to use a primer first? I have an old IKEA computer desk armoire, but I’m not sure what it’s made of. It may just be cheap particle board, but I’d love to paint it. I just don’t want to make any mistakes and ruin it in the process, no matter how inexpensive it is.

18. 18 PriscilaPetersDecor commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 4:19 am
    
    

    Wow. Adorable cabinet & fabulous color! Ikea is great!

19. 19 Jenni commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 7:53 am
    
    

    This is actually a great idea! Ikea is very affordable and this goes to show that you CAN personalize their pieces too – though probably should stick to the bit higher end pieces, like this one. ;)

20. 20 Far and Away commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 9:07 am
    
    

    Leksvik is pretty on its own but this colour makes it pretty even more! Nice job.

21. 21 nnes commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 11:53 am
    
    

    really really nice

22. 22 decor8 commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 1:22 pm
    
    

    @Mariela – Oh thank you, I’m so happy to know you like Decorate and are finding inspiration from my book! :)

23. 23 Asiye commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 1:36 pm
    
    

    this is amazing!

24. 24 Alysha commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 5:10 pm
    
    

    So wonderful! I love seeing the little factory from Etsy as well–I have that shop listed in my favorites.

25. 25 isabel lampreia commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 5:44 pm
    
    

    I love the site this is beautiful!

26. 26 Elena Ferrer commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 5:44 pm
    
    

    HI!
    Maria, I didn’t make anything before the painting, Leivsvik has a wood touch so I considered there were nothing to remove before. Maybe it had a little varnish layer but seemed invisible to me.

    And Holly of course I had read your book. :) And I did it very slowly. I had a special time before going to bed every day to concentrate in the photographs and its fantastic sense of aesthetics. :)

27. 27 decor8 commented:
    July 1st, 2011 at 6:20 pm
    
    

    @Elena – Oh how nice, I love to hear this. :)

28. 28 Haust commented:
    July 2nd, 2011 at 10:27 am
    
    

    I love it! Beautiful colour!

29. 29 Sarah commented:
    July 6th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
    
    

    I just painted my same exact hutch white. i removed the glass doors on the top.

    http://lalalandhusser.blogspot.com/2011/07/dining-room-update.html

    I LOVE the color you used. I might have to re-makeover the hutch again

30. 30 evaone commented:
    July 8th, 2011 at 6:48 am
    
    

    I admire you for your creativity and i definitely try this on my own..

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