Underneath cabinet

Bottom of drawer

Inside drawer

Top of cabinet

That's not a 'pie safe" that's a kitchen cupboard dating from around 1930. the screen was originally glass and used for dishes. A primitive hutch...or step back cupboard. Looks like it could possibly be oak under that turquoise? or maybe just tree wood....as one old times said when asked.
A classic pie safe was a straight front cupboard with punched tin panels either on the sides, the front or occasionally both. A rude crude piece often with 2 drawers on tip of bottom that usually sat on the entry way and was meant to hold baked goods and other commodities that needed air and to keep them safe from mice.

It is not a “pie safe” as you have learned from Lindac. I just hope you didn’t pay the price of one. Try stripping it…. one horrible paint job.

No I definitely didn’t pay anywhere close to what I see pie safes listed for. And I actually like the paint job haha! It’s rough, but I like the color and the character. To each his/her own!

The color is great! And it's probably lead paint so leaving it in place is nice and safe. :)

Oh my gosh, right I didn't think of that! Paint stays haha

Lots of those old paints had arsenic of lead in them which is what gives the paint a green tint. Not certain what kind of test can be found commercially to see. The paint was pretty but it also killed bugs that touched it.

Well, just don't lick it and wear a mask if you do decide to refinish. :)

I suppose it could be waxed for extra protection (for you and IT) if it starts flaking with use. I don't normally care for distressed furniture but this one is really appealing and the paint is a big part of it.

That's not arsenic green....and the chemical is copper arsenate....also called Paris green....and ti's a yellow green. I'll bet that paint is "Kemtone" an early latex paint.
Lead paint really isn't going to kill you....don't sand it without a good mask and clean up any dust with a wet cloth.....and keep your little kids from eating paint chips....
Lead compounds taste sweet.....that's one of the reasons it's so dangerous for kids.
And while Paris green was used as an insecticide, any of that pigment in dry paint wont have any affect on bugs.....But I used to be able to get the most wonderful ant killer....it was called Gramma Green's Ant Killer....and it was green. You put a dab on a cotton ball and leave it on your counter over night. the ants crowded around and took it back to the colony and that was the end.....but alas no more! Been outlawed....and DDT took it's place....and that was outlawed and Clorodane took it's place.....and that was outlawed.....don't know what poison is currently used.

Back to the cupboard......the sides are probably oak fronted ply wood if the supports are oak. What are those red knobs made of? Wood? Or bakelite?

Great info, thanks! So far my kids have been completely uninterested in the cupboard so hopefully they continue to steer clear. My 3 year old is through wanting to randomly lick things haha! That was a weird phase...

The knobs are wood.

Terro makes a boric acid liquid ant bait that does the same as described above, but it's blue...

I have that terro liquid ant killer on my kitchen counter this minute.......and it sort of lessens their numbers, but doesn't wipe them all out overnight like that old stuff did.