Sunday, November 3, 2013

furniture update: shabby chic wardrobe

For the past few years, I've gotten into the habit of collecting old furniture with the intention of fixing it up [hey I do that with clothes too!…. I think I may have a problem]. I found this old wardrobe at this crazy antique store about half an hour from my parents' house - the fact that I restrained myself enough to only bring this home is probably a good sign, ha. But that is another post for another day!

I was too excited to get started to take before pictures [another bad habit I have for purposes of blogging things], but just imagine it in an oak finish - it wasn't too bad in its original condition, but since there were some chips in the veneer, I went ahead and painted it. And then proceeded to sand about a third of the paint off. Maybe it looks sort of authentic?

I also wanted an excuse to try out Annie Sloan Chalk Paint - it's pretty magical. Despite the slightly higher price tag, I would definitely recommend it and am already using it on one of my next furniture redos :D

The original hardware cleaned up pretty nicely, too! Unfortunately, one of the pulls broke when I was reassembling it, but luckily my awesome grandpa was able to weld it back together :)

I was originally picturing this in the living room of my apartment as board game/blanket/miscellaneous storage, but seeing as I currently have no wardrobe or chest of drawers in my bedroom, that's where it ended up. Works for me!