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I am so excited about today’s project. The closet situation in my new place is less than optimal (totally crappy). In desperate need of a solution, I searched and landed on this simple armoire building plan from Ana White. If you have been around here long, you know I am a big fan of Ana’s site. She introduced me to woodworking and I have been covered in sawdust since that day. This project was easy to follow. I made some adjustments since I wanted it larger than the dimensions of the original plan, and I was improvising with salvaged wood I had on hand.
This was my first project using Annie Sloan chalk paint. Don’t you love the color?! It is called Arles, and I finished with Annie Sloan Clear Wax, then Dark Wax over the top of that. Its a bit more “aged” than what I had planned. Turns out a little of the dark wax goes quite far. I will keep that in mind for my next project. I still love it. If you run into that, you can always paint over the wax. It wasn’t that big of a deal to me in this case. We all know I will be painting it a new color when I change my room decor anyway, right?
Here is the Annie Sloan paint. Yum.
Sad quality iPhone shot of the armoire before painting. Hard to get any shots of it really, because of the room size and… oh yeah, I made it huge.
Did you check out the knobs I found at Hobby Lobby? Perfect.
That’s it. I love it. Off to figure out what to build next.
