Legend of Zelda fan asks for cabinet flip of his dreams ✨ | Love it or Thrift It

[@spiderhero]

Jason from the video here - this cabinet is my favorite piece of furniture and I really think Danie went above and beyond anything I could have ever imagined. THANK YOU

[@KelseyDrummer]

Your face said it all Jason! I'm so happy for you two!

[@LynneCooney]

My 60 yo rock-n-roll nerd self grinned at the “Machine Head” album. An all time favorite.

[@apr2110]

not sure if you'll see this, but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate this channel! so many DIY channels are so cookie cutter and follow the IG Influencer aesthetic that makes you feel like you're a failure/slob for not having everything "just so". I'm so glad I can watch your videos for lightheartedness and to see design with actual personality! (also, you made me a fan for life after the community center remodel!) In case no one has told you lately, thanks for being you and sharing your gifts!

[@amyworman4196]

LOVE love love!!!! The 2nd poster was definitely MUCH better than the first. I have one crafty tip. You can put ModPodge down, let it dry, then iron your poster (or whatever) on top with no wrinkles! I put parchment paper on top to make sure it doesn't stick to the iron. It's like magic! Keep on DIYing :)

[@DIYDanie]

Great TIP!!!!!!!! ✨✨✨✨✨

[@jessicahites871]

That's genius!!

[@erikas974]

Wow thank you so much for your idea. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shimmyshookmybones]

Oooohhhhhmygod. OMG. This is such a good tip my head's gonna fly off lmao. The bubble/wrinkle struggle I endured every time I tried a project like this with the poster...!!! I just went from "yep never doing that again" to "I can't wait to try that again" in the span of time it took me to read your comment😅

[@sarzbeth]

THANK YOOO

[@FrylockGroupie]

This makes my nerdy heart SING! Your creativity is insane.

[@DIYDanie]

💕💕💕✨

[@jo4vt]

My first reaction to the reveal was also, “This is insane it’s so good.”

[@donnabacon4681]

Insane is right!!!

[@jo4vt]

Or, “this is so good it’s insane.”

[@LadyLJOII]

I love his face when he opened his eyes. Both of them. Fab job. That piece will never leave their family. 🎉

[@gracesix]

Yes!! His face was the best part! 😁

[@raeperonneau4941]

Hi Dani, just a suggestion from a wallcovering rep, prime the wood before you add wallcovering or “posters’. When you add adhesive, the raw wood will expand and contract, leaving you with bubbles. Primer will seal the wood and make it more stable. If you still have a bubble here and there you can often release it with a pinhole. 😊

[@CallMeHabi]

I'm pretty jealous of : 1/ Madison, whose parents kept a boxed 1999 cabinet around (the fax part was the most pre-2000s thing ever) ; 2/ Jason's collection ; 3 / That they have a bangin' DIY piece from you! 😉 I chuckled at their reaction but you can really see how they've fallen in love with this cabinet!

[@amyweaver7413]

What an amazing job! I’m not a Zelda nerd but I’d totally have this cabinet in my home. Beautiful - and you could totally tell how much they both loved it. Bravo Dani! 👏❤️👏

[@vegancatmom]

Upside down Sheika is the Yiga symbol! 😂 Loved the Zelda sound effects and the Korok details 🥰

[@sarahcsontos5047]

Little Makar being included with all the Koroks made me so happy! Not sure if anyone here played Wind Waker.

[@julieforan3559]

This is one of your all time best projects!!!! Nerdy and elegant at the same time! Zelda and Link are proud of you. 🧝🏻🧝🏻‍♀️🏹🗡️🎮

[@Barribam]

More "Nerdy, but make it beautiful" stuff please!! 💕

[@Minxable24]

Love it or thrift is is my favourite thing you do. I am so in awe every time! 💕💕💕

[@DIYDanie]

It’s my favourite series to create!!! 💕

[@random_hurricane]

Missed opportunity to have the drawers have a integrated sound effect going “ya ha ha! You found me!” 😂 but seriously amazing piece! Love everything about it! Great job!

[@sherrygiambalvo2288]

Perfect comment ❤

[@mellissarondinelli9682]

I love how excited they were when they saw it. It looks amazing!

[@stefaniedee2969]

What a cool piece! I'm not a Zelda person but I really enjoyed the thoughtful way you incorporated the Zelda theme into the MCM design style and put the little pictures up of what you were referring to. The little creatures in the drawers are so cute. I was translating everything into doing a Harry Potter cabinet and having pixies in the drawers and a Knockturn Alley cabinet vibe with an dark academia style.

[@DIYDanie]

That’s a fun idea!!!!! I would love to see your HP version 😍

[@judymcinnis]

I am 61 years old and I am familiar with Zelda via my 2 kids (now 36 and 32)🏹🗡️. I loved this cabinet. FANTASTIC JOB!❤ P.S. my heart broke💔 for you when you left the backing out in the rain. But as I always say "there was a reason for that".

[@sherrygiambalvo2288]

I just turned 60, and I used to play The Legend of Zelda with my now 38 year old son. I love this cabinet!

[@julianne089]

Designing “Nerditure” is your calling! ❤

[@Jj85741]

Does anyone wonder how this channel doesn’t have many more subs? Why?!! Danie is so good and also so much better than others

[@TapperPlushMom]

This was incredibly fun, I love it! (It was also fun how it's the Sheikah on the inside in the visible place and Yiga Clan on the back where nobody's going to see it unless they move it, because that's just how the Yiga Clan are, staying hidden in the shadows while everyone sees the good guys the Sheikah.)

[@jessicab6177]

Honestly this is such an amazing piece. You definitely had all the happy accidents. And it's very fitting to have the Shika and Yiga clan symbols back to back like that. 💖

[@hiddenhearts13]

Oh my god! Thank you for inspiring my fiances Christmas present! He's a massive Zelda fan, and while I'm not, I think that turned out so well aesthetic wise that it's a big win. Maybe a thrifted china cabinet could be repurposed 😊😊

[@evelyn_r]

To be honest, when she showed the inspiration colours…… I hated them, thought they were horrible but when she showed us the backing with thicker print… damn, I had to eat my thoughts! They turned out amazing! Just hoping you put a protective seal on the drawers so the little fellas don’t chip away with use. ❤ turned out amazing!

[@justg1226]

You always work so hard. I am so impressed with your crafty skills.

[@mrscb5303]

I love the nerd themed DIYs. I found your channel 3 yrs ago because of the Adult Harry Potter bedroom….I haven’t been disappointed since 😉🥰

[@marycoffee7366]

Wonderful, beautiful, unique👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@adriennedull332]

Love that you show the process, even when it doesn't go quite as planed. Its so cute that he really was shocked by it's coolness.... yay nerds!

[@SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb]

That cabinet is a work of art👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@synaloepha]

The "ya ha ha!" korok sound will forever play in their heads every time they open the drawers

[@finnegan517]

My childhood Nintendo heart absolutely love this cabinet! Great job, Danie!

[@LolaRabbit]

You certainly made his day. This was an amazing diy. I would never throw it away

[@delphinelavendermorgan4627]

My nerdy heart just stopped and I'm in heaven

[@DIYDanie]

I feel you girl! I SEE you haha ❤️✨

[@dorothytackett9943]

Don't know Zelda, but you made her come to live. Love that you keep in the oops. I have watched you for years and have never been disappointed.

[@lechatbotte.]

This is better than an IKEA hack. Brand new wow. I’m so glad you’re taking a break for all the garage hard work and do this episode I can’t get enough. That glue is great for small craft projects furniture not so much. I’m so stoked to see the finished piece. Is that a new table saw? If so I’m jelly

[@lynnraley7896]

That is AMAZING!!! How on earth did you create that master piece? My inner need is screaming

[@TheHarvestGoddessChloe]

That was really cute. I especially love the hidden Koroks. Plus his face when you revealed there's a light to illuminate the things inside. Love this.

[@r0na]

You are THE BEST at making fandom furniture!!! It’s obvious what it is but without it looking like merch. Love this intersection of interior design!

[@marissabulso6439]

The hidden Koroks are GENIUS! I half expected to hear “yahaha” when you opened them. 😂😂 I don’t normally go for a busy backing to a display case, but I love that poster SO much. It really brings the Zelda theme together. I love both Zelda and MCM, so this cabinet speaks to my heart. It is so, so beautiful. I especially love the color palette. ❤❤

[@lauriedunn6198]

I am clueless about the world of Zelda, but the craftsmanship in creating the doors and sides- beautiful cabinet!

[@vikimseruh4500]

Love the new take on the cabinet. Perfect for a collector showing off their favorites. Nice work and so glad I was suggested your channel.

[@llamasugar5478]

I LOVE the knobs! It’s a very classy, mature, _nerdi-licious_ IYKYK touch.

[@hollylavenderofficial]

Love it or thrift it- one minute in the video, clicked the 👍button already! The series & how you change the pieces is awesome

[@DIYDanie]

Thank you!!! 🙏💕💕💕

[@amberlamoine1]

Your joy...... I can't stop smiling-even when all the things kept tripping you up. You're so fricken awesome, Danie!

[@bluefox99887]

I'd 100% love to have this in my home. It's stunning! What a great result! 💙

[@dmmomma]

Any true Zelda fan will cry at the site of this build. Your vision and execution shows a deep love and passion for the design and construction of the cabinet and 'Link' to the game itself.

[@leannefran6224]

I honestly love seeing the mistakes, and love your "well, let's figure it out!" attitude. ♥️. I have never once completed a project without messing up somewhere along the line, but always find a way to figure it out. DIY for the win! 🎉

[@jessicapinto3817]

Do you love it? - YES! That reply was so pure

[@vickinoeske1154]

I love everything about this cabinet and I'm not even a Zelda fan. My 40 yr old son started playing the game when it first came out.😁 All of the details you incorporated make the cabinet a work of art.

[@AngryCandy89]

Oh, this is one of my favourite series on your channel!

[@blaireshoe8738]

The only thing I would have changed, which is 100% personal preference and might have looked odd depending on their other furniture (not to mention easy to add later), is adding some stand-offs to the drawer pulls, so you can get your hand fully behind there. That said, it looks absolutely incredible as-is, the details make my heart very happy, and the back of the backing being "upside down" is an amusingly lore-explainable "mistake", a happy accident really. 10/10, always excited to see more of this series!

[@tiffanyb.7596]

Beautiful! I’m a Zelda girl, so that would be a treasured cabinet in my home! Thank you for showing the detailed step-by-step hard work. So CREATIVE. ✨🥰

[@samscaggs2270]

Love the Zelda cabinet! But, I love Zelda, soooo of course!

[@Darenim]

This reveal made me emotional. HIS FAAAACE! Love it.

[@lisagoeke9084]

I will say I have been enjoying this series of videos. It illustrates so many wonderful qualities people are starting to embrace more in a hyper-consumerist society: creativity, frugality in making something you already have work, and being conscientious of environmental impacts by not always buying new to meet a need.

[@createful_heart]

What a neat project! I adore your bubbly personality and your creative approach to everything, Danie. Enjoy your weekend!

[@franceswhiston2572]

You did a great job. Thank you for including the ‘mistakes’. Makes us all realize that diy is a process!

[@janetboette7013]

Love it! The drop jaw look on his face, totally worth it!

[@karenbreslauer2053]

The look on his face !!!! He was in shock to how awesome the piece came out. He totally got everything you did !!! QUESTION - HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED GETTING YOURSELF A LOGO STAMP FOR YOUR FURNITURE PIECES/ ETC. AND BRAND THE PIECE. TRIBUTE TO A DIY DANIE ONE OF A KIND. You are amazing!!! Karen from Florida 🌴💕

[@emthelibrarian]

This piece is INCREDIBLE dani!! The mid century modern aesthetic with the zelda touches is 🤌🏻 MWAH chef's kiss!!

[@donnabacon4681]

The look on Jason's face said it all! The jaw dropping, staring at the amazement that was before him! Both were so impressed and now all their nerdy friends are going to be so jelly! Danie, you never cease to amaze me! I love the fact that you are so genuine, you make mistakes, and always have solution, and just mive forward. I really liked what you did to the shields, now door knobs; so much better antiqued. There was no mention of that cabinet, but that wasn't the focus. Jason will be surprised when he discovers the new cabinet and best of all, those way cool knobs!! You are such a creative genius!! Enjoy your day and have a fab weekend!!!

[@shimmyshookmybones]

You can make nerdy elegant like literally no one else. I don't know anything about Zelda, and MCM isn't usually my style, but I'm just so in love with the little details that you added throughout this piece, like a treasure hunt for Madison and Jason. Even the *big* details, like the poster! It's like this refined tribute to IYKYK lol. Yet another beautiful job, Danie💜

[@kimmhclouthier2594]

I don’t know anything about Zelda, but that is one cool looking, creative cabinet. Well done.

[@heylo757]

Geeky/Nerdy builds are Danie's zone of excellence!

[@EchosOfWhiterun_5555DocOfStyle]

You did an *awesome* and *incredible* job with that cabinet. I absolutely *LOVE* what you did for this *Couple* and the *PASSION* that you have for this *Project* will show for *MANY* years to come. Congratulations on a job very well done!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖

[@AnnieMay14]

"Doing something nerdy subtle but in an epic way" Yeah that adds up

[@laurendao4467]

I don’t know anything about Zelda, but I love the amount of subtlety you did. And the Zelda stuff aside, the way you were able to transform that cabinet is amazing. I would want it!!!

[@brendaspoinciana7150]

Danie, your attention to detail is what really sets you apart. You continue to amaze me with your creative flips. ❤❤❤❤

[@thinkingbout]

I love it! You just nailed what they asked for! Sophisticated nerdy. I especially love what you did to the drawerinserts, it will make them smile everytime they use them! :) Thanks for sharing!

[@shastachenry8289]

Danie!!!!!!!!! This cabinet is beautiful. And oh my dog, such a trial. I'd have given up! I'd have fallen at the second hurdle, and again at the third one. Your creativity is matched by your tenacity. This is such a winner, but am I the only one who thinks it needs 4 shelves?

[@marilynwoodard7961]

This piece is epic! I know nothing about Zelda, but I know elegance when I see it. And this is it! I was so invested, I was truly disappointed when the shield knobs didn't work. And I was thinking you just had to use them somewhere...and you did! Yay!

[@andrewmooney8472]

Danie ! Danie ! Danie ! You have out done yourself ! Your skill and attention to detail is really amazing. I hate to say amazing because that imply's that it's unusual. It's not anything unusual because you do that every time you take on a project. This one was such fun to watch. Your excitement was infectious and we were cheering you on. Thank you for your positive videos, you make me and so many others happy watching you having fun. The drawers were over the top ! Keep on DIY'n and having fun !!!!!!

[@phailynrowan7976]

Zeldafreak here, loving the cabinet!!!

[@mellyscreed]

luv how you always mention your struggle, cause pretty much for any project you are going to have some level of struggle.

[@katiesullivan8566]

Love it. Love his facial expressions. Another job well done, Dani. Way to hang in there through all the bumps in the road!

[@RosaDollsArt]

I need to have something like this. It's so creative. I find it hard to mix nerdy things with decor in the house this helps so much. You did such a great job.

[@ShugAveri]

That "I bid thee adieu!" at the end was definitely a mic drop! Excellent work Danie!

[@ukomdesign]

That cabinet is amazing. This is my favourite DIY of yours so far. I would definitely love to have this in my home.

[@ruthcarter8895]

Holy cow, Danie! What a truck load o’ effort! Bravo!😊 👋🏼

[@rioammari7128]

What worked for me when i mod podged a poster to the back of a cabinet is you first off put a layer on the wood and let it dry completely. Then you place the poster/paper on the dry mod podge and take an iron and iron the poster onto it with parchment paper inbtween the iron and poster to protect it. The heat reactivates the glue and causes no bubbles! Then you can apply wet mod podge on top

[@roxy5759]

I absolutely love that the back is upside down and a little run down for the Yiga clan 😂 What a nice happy accident lol

[@nikkikoz4720]

Playing tears of the kingdom last night. This cabinet brings me so much joy. I want it. Great job.

[@Lynsey17]

Hearing "Zellers" come up in a YT video was not what I was expecting today 😂

[@stellamantikou4978]

This is what I needed after a terrible flight back home-my son driving me insane-a load of unacking/cleaning/organizing to do. Thanks Danie!❤

[@jinjib7809]

I absolutely love this cabinet, it’s amazing! I love Zelda and never thought of incorporating it into furniture, it’s brilliant!

[@juleslovesbooks6904]

The look on his face when you opened the drawer! 😆

[@ferntella]

When you said "that's nice" with a smile about the marbles in the picture, I almost spit my water out. Some still dribbled out if the corners of my mouth though.

[@lynwill65]

The feeling I had watching this was like with your Batman setup, soooo fun and interesting to watch. I LOVE your creativity and realness. Real people do make mistakes lol

[@Gandellion]

Ooh tell Josh that his blue pattered shirt is really cool!

[@joshuaogden5479]

Thank you!!!

[@Gandellion]

@@joshuaogden5479 very dapper, sir!

[@emeraldsea28]

Yah ha ha! I'm doing that to all of my drawers now.

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

His EYES 👀 when he saw the piece!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

You did such a great job on this! It's fun to see your enjoyment of your projects coming back and your sparkle! And I also wanted to tell your hair is looking really good these days. I hope you are doing as well as you look and I really enjoyed this project and look forward to more!

[@tayet6875]

What an amazing outcome!! Love the re-purposing of the original cabinet. What a great concept!!

[@amberfrazier575]

Lovely! Don’t forget you can always do inner drawers inside of a cabinet!

[@celloafterdark4173]

I am OBSESSED with this one! And so many fun ideas but still so mid-century modern. Plus I love zelda so wins all around!

[@laurahi3468]

Honestly, the nerdier the request, the better Danie gets! This is just soooo cool!!!

[@Positivityispowerful]

I love how excited she was to reveal the cabinet becuase she knows how fricking DOPE it is!!! It’s stunning visually and so cool thematically!!

[@martimoore740]

You made them so happy!! I love your charming, thoughtful touches!!! This made my day.

[@aprillauman]

I would love it, and I know nothing about Zelda! You did an amazing job! And I have to say, mad respect for the amount of patience you had with yourself as you had to reevaluate and redo certain things. You stayed positive and moved forward and I'm so impressed.

[@lisamartin704]

Best. Thing. Ever.

[@chandracox6814]

Ocarina of Time is one of the best games I've ever played and so iconic. This is bringing back all the feels!!!!

[@phyllisstein1837]

the backside mishap reminds us Danie is in fact human and not a superhero.

[@Dexy83]

Beyond your skills, this design was begging for your touch! So good!