An Armoire Update

 Many years ago we bought our current bedroom furniture. The set included the bed, dresser, nightstands and an armoire that holds a TV. We used all the pieces in our bedroom in two homes in Indiana and one home in Virginia. We used the armoire in our dining room at our previous Texas home for table linens, place mats, seasonal table decorations and chargers. Now, our new home does not have the wall space for the armoire in either the bedroom or the dining room, so I decided to update it and use it in our guestroom.

The beginning of the armoire transformation.

The TV section of the armoire has not been used for a TV in years. I purchased baskets for that section and used them in our old dining room for table decorations. I also covered, with fun fabric, the wood cut out that was for the back opening access for the electronics and held it in place with Velcro.

Baskets replaced the electronics.

Fabric covered wood to cover the hole in the back.

I used Country Grey, (looks tan) Annie Sloan Chalk Paint to paint the armoire. I painted on two coats with a round chalk paint brush. When the paint was dry I finished it with the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Wax. As I have said before about this wax, you need to use it outside, or in a very well ventilated room. This wax really smells awful.

Two coats done!

I had some left over knobs from our bathroom cabinets and they were just the right touch for this armoire.

The last change to this armoire was something my sister did to her refurbished armoire at her FL home. *Florida has more Armoires per capita than any other state, in my opinion.*😉  My sister put mirrors in the doors, so you can use them as dressing mirrors. My armoire had trim pieces inside the doors that were perfect to set mirrors in. I just measured the space and ordered two cut mirrors from a glass store. You can pick a thickness for the mirrors and that was important to make sure my glass fit level to the trim pieces and that I got the right size mirror clamps. When we installed the mirrors we had to do a little sanding to the trim pieces of the door to make sure we had a tight fit. I didn't even have to touch the paint up because the mirrors covered the sanded spots.

The newly installed mirrors.

The room has a little bird theme going on and so we had to apply a few bird decals for fun. Now the armoire fits the rooms decor and it is functional for our guests.

The updated armoire in its new home