My kitchen decorating project continues to crawl along. Hopefully by the time spring is here and I can get my cabinets painted, I will have all my decorations ready. At least that’s what I’m hoping. We’ve had warmer weather lately, and it has been awesome because I’ve finally been able to spray paint again. Woohoo!
I’ve been meaning to transform my knife block for weeks, but just haven’t had the time. I finally got around to it. It’s amazing how even simple changes can make such a difference!
It started out like this:
As you can see, it is old and worn out and has some water damage from sitting a little too close to the sink. I knew it needed a facelift.
The first job was to use spackling to fill in the letters on the front so I would have a smooth surface.
If I have an area this large that is covered in spackling, I like to prime before I spray paint. I’ve found in the past that if I don’t, the spray paint covers differently over the spackle, and you can see it in the end result. So I brushed on a layer of Kilz primer.
After that, it was a couple coats of black spray paint. I let it cure for a full two days. Then I cut a monogram with my CraftRobo, and adhered it to the front.
A quick and easy job, but my monogrammed knife block looks so much better than she did before. And I made sure to give her a new home farther from the sink! 🙂
(And yes, now that she’s pretty, she is a “her”.)
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Lee Ann
August 3, 2012 at 4:45 pmThat really looks good! Much better than the plain wood that they come in. One question- how do you keep the paint out of the holes for the knives? I want the knives to stay clean and not be exposed to the paint.
Kara
August 6, 2012 at 7:56 amI used spray paint, and I did light coats, so the paint didn’t go into the holes at all. Easy peasy!
Joe
March 23, 2012 at 8:57 pmHey Kara, if you ever want to finish that Cutco set and fill up that block, shoot me an e-mail and I’ll help you do it :o)
Joe the Cutco Guy
Chiara
March 3, 2011 at 11:34 pmUm. LOVE this! What a great idea–and I love the black and white! I shared this post on my Friday Favorites over at Calico and Cupcakes. Thank you for sharing the creativity and explaining how you did this!
Kara
March 9, 2011 at 10:50 pmThanks so much Chiara. I just went and checked out your blog and I love it!! Glad you helped me find you. 🙂
Designs on 47th Street
March 2, 2011 at 6:17 amWhat a simple but brilliant idea!! I think I even have an old “Cutco” utensil holder myself. Your blog is so nice. I’m glad I ran across it. I just printed off your recipe for orange zuccinni cake. Sounds really good. Wish I had a piece with my morning coffee. 🙂
Nice to meet you ! Donna
Kara
March 9, 2011 at 11:00 pmGlad to meet you too Donna! That orange zucchini cake is one of my favorites. So stinkin’ yummy!
Amanda
March 2, 2011 at 12:46 amIts amazing what some paint will do, it looks fab!
Melinda
March 1, 2011 at 8:20 pmThat looks awesome
Charlotte
March 1, 2011 at 4:17 pmWow, that looks great. I got rid of my knife block when I moved and need to find something to hold my knives. Now I know the direction I want to go!
Kara
March 9, 2011 at 11:00 pmYou can pick up great knife blocks at DI, I see them there all the time. 🙂
Pati @ A Crafty Escape
March 1, 2011 at 3:00 pmI love it! This would make a great wedding gift!
Karen Weight
March 1, 2011 at 1:59 pmI love how it looks! I have a really old set of knives and I would love to redo mine. Thanks for sharing:)
April
March 1, 2011 at 10:08 amVery cute! Don’t you just love your cutco knives? I love mine. 😀
Kara
March 1, 2011 at 11:43 amOh my yes. They are sooo awesome!
Ashlee
March 1, 2011 at 10:04 amI love it! It looks great. Want to come do my knife block too?
Kara
March 1, 2011 at 11:42 amAbsolutely. You shouldn’t be near spray paint fumes in your condition! 🙂
Brittany Glenn
March 1, 2011 at 9:55 amwow! What a transformation. Looks so much more uniform too. Very cute.
Kara
March 1, 2011 at 10:43 amThanks Brittany!