All I can say is that vintage cabinet looks fantastic !!! LOVE the beadboard. I'm going to add beadboard to my open cabinets...SOOOO glad I didn't order from the dealer. My local BM store matched the cabinet paint after seeing this may decide to go with a color.
Also SOOOO glad I didn't order the light rail, I'm going to get some inexpensive pieces of molding and have a handy person put it up at a small fraction of the dealer price.
Another job(s) well done ! Yeah ! You are our inspiration. :)

WOW I second ERF. Great job of all of it. I can feel your satisfaction in your last comment. I bet it does feel good. I so love those cabinets you bought from the school ,was it?, and you have really made the perfect spaces with them. It all looks so matched and beautiful. Now I am going to go explore your link. You are amazing Mama_Goose.

YW mama g! did that inspiration come from a fallen shelf knocking out another shelf and everything sliding off? lol!

you just wanted to join in the fun? lol!

all those shelves look great and will be so much storage for you. I like your storage of the folding table and chairs too.

It doesn't matter that the wood doesn't match - they'll be behind doors. It isn't like an open bookcase. It's a good way to use up that leftover wood - I did it here and still have a few smaller pieces that I'm hanging on to for now in case I can find a use for them.

If the unmatched shelves would make a difference they could covered with something like oil cloth.

It looks like a different room! I can't really see the wallpaper in the before photo but I can tell the after is so much brighter. I love how you fit the folding tables in the bottom of that closet. Folding tables are such a problem.

Thank you all!

EATREALFOOD, I used the inexpensive beadboard sheet, left-over from the kitchen, and painted the pieces before attaching with construction adhesive. The beadboard is one of my favorite things about the cabinets.

Shades, we bought the cabinets from a flea-mkt dealer, advertising on craigslist, but the cabinets had come from an old school. They had been reworked at least once to fit into a teachers' lounge, and it must have been the 'shop' class that did it, because they were rough in some places. I forgot to mention that I had to rebuild the left side, as I had to rebuild the right side on the kitchen cabinet--they had been set up in an ell layout. If you check the link, you can see that there was a rickety extension on the left side--it fell apart while they were being delivered. I know it looks strange to have one section shorter (not centered over the base), but I don't notice it unless I look at a pic.

steph, nothing fell down, lol, but in closet#1 there were no shelves, with the same amount of stuff piled up, which meant that if I wanted something from the bottom (e.g. paper shredder), I had to unearth it and rearrange. If I have enough left-over paint, I'm going to paint the edges of the shelves to match. Or, maybe I'll find a mis-tint in a really funky color--as you said, it's all behind closed doors.

It's so nice to be able to pull the tables and chairs out and set up in that room, without dragging everything into the LR.

marti, the wallpaper was on the stairwall and the outside wall. It was the same print that was in the before kitchen. I found a pic of the back wall, taken after I had stripped off the top layer--I had to use water and liquid starch to remove the bottom layer. And, after it was removed, I remembered why I had papered it 18 years ago--I had to patch and sand some bad spots.

Do you see the Chinese coin hanging in the window? That is my sister's feng shui cure for the construction mess bad energy!

Oh, mama!! I LOVE the new hutch style cabinet! Ahhh, I never tire of seeing your kitchen. It's so dreamy.

young-gardener, Thank you! It still makes me smile every day.

Wow! It looks great...and that beadboard in the back of the cabinets is perfect. And, I like how you see the fireplace from the dining area and kitchen!

I would definitely paint the spindles white...I think that will look great with your beadboard, shelves and other farmhouse/cottage details...as would the checkerboard floor :)

If the coin works, let me know!

Just another voice saying that, as before with your kitchen, you continue to set the standard for do-it-yourselfers. Thanks for posting.

"young-gardener, Thank you! It still makes me smile every day."

This is the most important. Smiling is so good for you. I so admire your workmanship and ability. WOW so impressed.

lavender, thank you, and thanks for the vote on the stair spindles. When I have a free minute I've been taping off where the spindles meet the treads, so after the ceiling trim is up, it's a go.

marti, I think she was more than half in jest, but the room is painted, so it must have worked!

shadygrove and shades, thank you. Do you all realized that you get to see my new stuff before almost anyone else? I just want to say that I really appreciate everyone's encouragement.

I've been busy the last couple of days, routing and painting the new ceiling trim. I put up the filler on the top of the DR cabinet this morning, then my father wandered in with a bucket of cherry tomatoes. Lol, any idea how many cherry tomatoes one has to halve to fill a dehydrator? A bunch--but aren't these the cutest little things?!

Yum! I love cherry tomatoes. I swear you are the busiest woman I've ever seen. How long did it take you to cut all those tomatoes?

Oh they are lovely. We are just starting to get pink tomatoes. We had one ripe one early. About a month ago. Then nothing.

Forgot on the white spindles. I also vote for that. Will look great. Taping is such a pain and I always kick myself when I skip it. I am skipping it less as clean up is worse.

marti, these are so good--like candy! It took about an hour to rinse, cull, and halve them. I started with two full mixing bowls, but I couldn't resist popping some of the split ones in my mouth as I worked. I tossed the remainder of the splits with Italian dressing, basil, and shredded mozzarella cheese, for lunch and supper tonight. My tongue will probably fall off 'long about tomorrow morning.

shades, I had never used painter's tape until last year, but it does make the job easier in confined spots. I still like a nice, sharp brush to cut a line.