Bamboo Cabinet

Remember this bamboo cabinet that I wanted my client to snap up?

Well, her hubby is not ready to think about the dining room yet, which is where I wanted to place it. I have been doing some research and have found the exact same bamboo cabinets online ranging from $2400-$9600. It is a late 19th century French design and in great shape. No one that is selling it online has painted it, which makes me wonder if it would lose its value if I did. But I am wondering should I snap it up for my own self and paint it either glossy black or white and change the glass for antiqued mirror? I can get it for about $800 and add mirror and paint and movers to deliver it all for another few hundred. It could be a clothing armoire in bedroom or storage behind desk in living room.
Thoughts, please.
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Slap some paint on it!

One of my blogging besties Erika asked for a close-up of my bedside tables so here they are. I have purchased about half my stuff through my own design showroom and the other half is stuff I find on Ebay or Craigslist and change up. I got these bedside tables on Ebay and they were yellow and covered in tons of varnish. I loved the size of them and the brass handles and base. It definitely needed loads of elbow grease, so I had some local guys clean up the brass, strip the old varnish, and re-lacquer in white. I love them!

Then I have a client who desperately needs this bamboo cabinet. I would have the same guys who did my lacquer job paint it out white for her dining room...

Basically, my motto in life is "slap some paint on it". As long as it has great lines anything looks gorgeous painted white.
Till tomorrow, dumplings!
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