Robin’s Egg Armoire

It’s been quite some time since I’ve been able to finish up a project!  Thanks to you all for hanging in there with me.  The last couple months of pregnancy are not for sissies, that’s for sure!  But I’ve got a great one for ya this morning!

You’ll remember in my last post that I picked up this REALLY, really heavy armoire (thank goodness for my strong hubby) at a thrift store the other week. 

It’s been so long since I’ve been out painting that I couldn’t wait to jump in!  I was poking around on Pinterest (which I’m just starting) for some inspiration and came across this fantastic Robin’s Egg Blue hutch that The Nester did for her living room. 

I was further “egged on” (pun intended) by my loyal Facebook peeps, and I got to crackin’ mixing up a custom Robin’s Egg paint brew in my workshop.  (Mine might be a smidge greener than Miss Nester’s, but I’m pretty happy with the result!)

I decided to keep the original hardware on the bottom of the armoire.  I thought it gave it some weight and I liked the faux keyholes (keyhole hardware is so big right now.)

But I switched out the big handle pulls on the top of the piece in favor of some daintier knocker pulls that I had in my stash.  The hardware got a coat of my favorite bright and shiny metallic paint, Rustoleum’s Bright Coat in Chrome.  (I haven’t quite decided if I want to leave them bright silver or give them an antiquing glaze to make them look more like pewter.  What do you think?)

On a very exciting side note, I picked up a fabulous Federal style Secretary on Saturday from a young guy who was cleaning out his late mother’s estate.  He advertised it on Craigslist as a “Curio Cabinet” for $40 and I just about died when I saw the picture!

It’s in really good condition.  It actually still has the top finial (in between the pediment on top) that just needs a dollop of wood glue to reattach.  It also still has the really awesome skeleton key for the locks!!  I decided I’m going to try and sell it as is before I do anything to it, because this is a real antique.  So I started doing a little research online, and I found this very similar one (probably a little better condition)…

listed for $1300 on Ebay!!  So I’m going to contact a few antique dealers in town this week to come and check mine out!  So glad I didn’t slap any paint on her yet!!  Wish me luck.  I feel like I’m on Antique Roadshow.  ;)

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House of Grace, Primtive and Proper