Last week, I did a furniture makeover on this old armoire. I don't have a "before" photo of the armoire, but it kind of looked like this:
except, it was pretty dinged up, so it was already kind of naturally "distressed." :)
My client had this piece in her bedroom, which she liked. She was going for more of a rustic look anyway, but the wood tone of the armoire was too orangey-yellowy. We wanted it to be more brown.
First, I did a coat of brown glaze. I wanted to tone the entire piece down, so I knew doing this would be the first step. Then, I decided to give it some character, and knew that adding some offwhite spots of glaze would give it dimension and texture, so I did that. Here is a photo after I did that:
Admittedly, it looks a little crazy here. But, after I did that, I did one more full coat of brown glaze, then a 4th "spot filler" coat (meaning, I just go in where necessary and fill spots with glaze).
Here is the "after":
It was really hard to get a good shot of it, because it was still wet, and there was a big window in front of it with light shining on it, but hopefully you get the idea!
oh wow! This is just beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI have bookcases just like that armoire and what I would give for them to get a makeover like this! The after is beautiful!
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It is amazing - I'll send pictures once we get the new hardware on there too! Thanks again!
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I possessed two pieces of furniture that fills the room at this time. a bunk bed with desk and jewelry armoire that is almost similar to the picture above
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