I found this small armoire on Craigslist and fell in love with it even though it was priced a little higher than I wanted to pay. It was priced at $79 and others I found that would hold significantly more were only a little higher. But, for some reason I fell in love with this one and thought I could really do something special with it. It was in a used furniture store and unfortunately I delayed in going to look at it and they raised the price to $89. When I finally did go to see it they informed me that they had just sold it. So, I began searching again and I found the same armoire listed again the next day (a different picture, but definitely the same one) - now the price was $59. It was late in the afternoon and I called the store and they told me they were holding it for someone but they didn't think they would show up to get it. I asked them if they didn't show up could they hold it for me and they said no. I went there the next morning as soon as they opened and bought it.
As I was getting ready to pay for it the store owner told me that one of the drawer rails was shot. He said they had put that in the listing but it wasn't there. He took $9 off and sold it to me for $50.
I really didn't like all the scroll type trim at the bottom so I reconfigured it to the way I wanted it to look. The small picture above show how it looked originally.
I removed all the hardware and the drawers as well as the shelves. I covered the shelves with a light colored contact paper and did a little sanding and painting.
I installed new drawer glides on both drawers with ball bearings and full extension. This made both drawers very stable.
I painted the whole armoire with a paint called Vintage Antique Lace (flat) and put all the hardware back on. I left the doors off because the hinges were brass and I needed a satin nickel finish. I had to order them online.
And here it is with the doors back on.
I'm really happy with how it turned out. The total investment was:
Armoire $ 53.00
Drawer Slides $ 17.60
Hinges $ 10.60
Total $ 81.20
