Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Armoire: {A Before & After}

It's a happy day, y'all!

I finally was able to do a little painting the last couple of days 
and it feels good to get back to normal!


Last week, I posted this picture 
to my Facebook page giving my followers the option to choose to my next project:


After an hour, y'all chose...


The Armoire!

Here's what I started out with...


Dated wood...

Horrendous hardware...

What were they thinking???

And check out the placement of the pukey pulls...

Ummmm...  No.

A little bit of La Craie "Magnolia"...


AS Dark Wax...

Some new knobbage courtesy of HL...

AS Silver Gilding wax...

And she's very Frenchy Foo-Foo.


The interior got a little 
MMSMP love.


The color?

Kitchen Scale.

LOVE!

And it's a great place to store my dishes.



The detailing was actually a happy mistake.

I wanted the detailing to stand out, 
but I wanted something a little different 
than the usual antiquing wax.

I applied the gilding wax and hated it.

It was too much.

So I put another coat of the La Craie back over the top of it.

Then I waxed it.


The coat of paint was removed just slightly and 
the gilding wax that was revealed is just right.

And perfectly matches the knobs I chose.

I love it when stuff like that happens!

I haven't decided if I'm going to keep it.

It's definitely a little fancy for our living room.

I'm going to leave it and see if it grows on me.


Something tells me, it just might!

Dream Big,


Linking up to...

French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday
Coastal Charm: Nifty Thrifty Thursday No. 135

25 comments:

  1. oh Laura, that turned out absolutely fabulous!!! I LOVE it!
    I hope you poured some of your frustrations into waxing and buffing that baby.
    Hugs
    Karin

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  2. It's gorgeous... Your talent always amazes me. You have the touch :) It looks so pretty there now, and the new jewelry is perfection!!

    What a wonderful "new" armoire Miss Laura :)

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  3. This turned out so beautiful, Laura! Nice job!
    http://www.the-finishing-touches.net/

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  4. I love everything about it, and now I am in lust with it. Lovely piece, and you picked the perfect color. Stunning:)

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  5. That is an amazing transformation - I love the decorative areas - perfection....

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  7. Please don't let anyone take the armoire fishing.

    Bliss

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    1. hee hee!-----armoire is very pretty!

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  8. Big job but well worth all the hard work. The wood detailing is so much more prevalent with all the waxing and aging you did. I love it!

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  9. Hold your horses lil lady! WOW- Ummm. WOW.. hell to the ...WOW! How? What? When? -- good god that piece of furniture looks so Good..like SO GOOD! Amazing work, so happy you are feeling back to yourself and the troops are good..gosh dang you rocked this Armoire to the moon and back! High Five!
    Jen

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  10. So very lovely! I found you via a Fox Hollow feature on fb...so glad I hopped over. I'll be following along :) Laurel

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  12. I found your lovely blog via Linda's Nifty Thrifty Tuesday linky party.
    what an amazing job you did with your armoire. I love the paint color you chose and the way paint and wax bring out the pretty details.
    so glad to have found you
    rita

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  13. Love the finish on this piece, too and really love the kitchen scale color inside.

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  14. Love it! Would that piece resting on the top of it behind those Mason jars happen to be from a store in Grundy?? Oh and HEY, link some of your "awesomesauce" up to Kammy's Korner - it's Trash 2 Treasure Tuesday!!! :):):)

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  15. Beyond loving this lady! Thanx for partying at my place!

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  16. Holy Flip! This turned out beautifully! You did an amazing job! Thank you for sharing this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  17. Hi Laura! Wanted to let you know that you will be one of the features at the party which goes live at 8am CST on Monday. So, pop on in and grab a feature button. Can't wait to see what you bring to the party. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  18. That turned out gorgeous! It looks perfect in your room! :)
    Susan

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  19. Absolutely fabulous and I am nyour newest follower.

    Found you from Make it Pretty linky party.

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  20. Im checking it out again:) I have been looking for a corner hutch for 3 years that I like and have not found one. But now looking back at yours, I am rethinking my plan. Maybe I shouldn't go with a corner piece. I could still angel it in the corner like you have, which would make the piece more user friendly if I ever want to relocate it. I still want yours but will have to find one of my own.

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  22. This is so pretty. What a huge transformation. I love the color on the outside and the surprise color inside.

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