After wanting to tackle an armoire for several months, I ended up with TWO in the course of about a week! The first one, a television armoire, I turned into a sewing cabinet here. The second one started out like this:
Yep, it’s in two pieces, and the top one looks funny because it was upside down when I took the picture of it!
This piece had really beautiful trim work, but the cloth-and-wire treatment in the front of the doors was just…weird. And grungy. Eww.
I decided that I wanted to try gray again on this piece. Remember the gray buffet? Well, I really did take in my “custom” mixed color and had Home Depot color-match a quart for me!
With some gray paint, black glaze (and oil-rubbed bronze paint for the pulls), the bottom turned out like this…
…and the top turned out like THIS!
Yep. Mirrors. This piece needed them. But let me warn you…mirrors are expensive. The two mirrors for the doors cost MORE than I paid for the whole piece to begin with!
See the reflection of the new stairs and the suitcase wall? Not to mention my legs!
But I can’t really bring myself to regret it. My friend MJ and I had a brief—and sad—experiment with cutting Walmart-purchased mirrors…and we ended up with mirror shards all over the kitchen table! (Note to self: even if you have scored the mirror…DON’T try to use a hammer to make the break.)
I had a little fun with the interior of the armoire:
You know how I love to put numbers or words on everything! I decided this piece needed to be “inspirational.” Maybe words like “dream, create, imagine” will inspire the new owner to make the most of each day’s opportunities!
Well, it can’t hurt!
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This project was featured at Redoux and Stylish Once Again.
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Linking up to these great parties:
| Coastal Charm’s Nifty Thrifty Tuesday | Topsy Turvy Tuesdays |
| Domestically Speaking’s Power of Paint | Thrifty Décor Chick’s Before & After |
| Hookin’ Up with House of Hepworths | No Minimalist Here’s Open House Thursday |
| Friday Remodelaholic | 2805 |
| My Simple Home Life’s Simple Creations Friday | Miss Mustard Seed’s Furniture Feature Friday |
| Funky Junk’s Saturday Night Special | The DIY Show Off |
| Primitive & Proper | I Heart Naptime |
| Beyond the Picket Fence’s Under $100 Party | My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia |
| Perfectly Imperfect | {Primp} |
| Mod Vintage Life | Redoux |
| Thrifty Décor Chick | Stylish Once Again |
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