Inspiration: Vintage Tea Packing Chest Kitchen Cabinets

Discovered in a three floor Victorian house in Shoreditch, London, the exterior of these kitchen cabinets are actually lids of vintage tea packing chests...

Tea packing chests date from the 1930s-60s and these chests, complete with old pressed metal handles, were turned into a veneer and applied to cabinet doors and drawers. Currently, the cabinets are unfinished but the builders have plans to finish balancing the graphics and then seal them in a thick gloss finish.

Styling and Salvage via Dornob.

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i love this. if i coiuld only find a treasure like this to refinish my lousy kitchen cabinets.

posted by carolynapplebee on September 11th 2009 at 5:55pm
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I *love* this!

posted by ShellyIN on September 12th 2009 at 10:54am
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This with white terrazzo counters and a black rubber floor would look amazing!

The handles do nothing for this look. A rough hemp rope handle would work better.

posted by Comicgeek on September 12th 2009 at 5:28pm
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Looks nice but isn't it a bit splintery?

posted by hrhprincessfiona on September 14th 2009 at 10:42am
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