Thanks, I don't recall the specific brand of paint, but it was an oil based paint that I mixed with Flood Penetrol, which helps remove brush marks and keeps the paint smooth.

Edit, I primed everything first to help with as smooth a finish as I could

Thanks, actually ended up insetting the caning a bit and then put a black painted back panel in, so from the inside its just solid panel. I was worried my kids/dog would push through the caning so it adds some structure and hides all the stuff jammed in the cabinet. Also helped hide the rough canning edges.

There are certainly cleaner and better ways to do this, but this is for my back porch to store mostly dog related items so I tried not to over think it.

There is a roughly 1 inch rabbet around the interior of the frame and the cane sits in that recess and a thin piece of wood is placed over the top to sandwich it in place with staples. I had tried it without the extra pieces of wood first but my staples kept blowing through the cane or ended to loose to pull it tight. That extra strip solved those issues.

The first step involves soaking the cane in water so it expands while you are installing it, then as it dries it pulls tight.