Armoire Update - I'm getting there

In my earlier blog I was trying to get my Armoire organized, well I'm realizing it's taking up much more time then I realized, but I'm making progress.

This is the BEFORE

These are the pictures that inspired me

This is what I've done so far

Earlier you will remember I transformed 3 boxes from this...

...to this

After some thought I decided I wanted something to hold organize my perfume, so I took another box

Lined it with the same fabric I used for the earlier boxes...

...painted the exterior black and then wrapped and glued twill around it.

However I felt something was missing -  I wanted it to "pop" a bit more.  I remembered I had a plastered flower, that I learned to make from Villabarnes earlier, so I decided to glue it on top.

Gotta admit that looks much better!

Earlier in one of my blogs you may remember I made a Jewelry Organizer, unfortunately I don't use it for my pearls.  I keep all of my pearls dumped inside a box, I generally wear the same strands repeatedly because it's too time consuming digging through all of them.  Then I thought, "Why not display them so I could easily select one when ready to wear?"  So while at Kelly's House & Home I saw these cute bronze cabinet knobs.  I bought several, attached them inside my Armoire, at the back, and hung my pearls over them. (Sorry, the picture isn't too clear).

Although I seem to be working at a snail's pace, I'm happy everything is coming together.


What I'm working on now...

I have this old picture I've been holding onto for years.  It use to hang on the office wall of a company I worked for.  When the company closed, I was given permission to keep the picture.  The frame was custom made and I always loved it!

 

I also have this straw place-mat...

...and the globes from my chandelier that I had recently transformed...

I won't say what I'm going to do with them, because I'm not certain it's going to work, but let's hope by next week I'll have everything completed to showoff.  So until next week, don't forget to LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW!

Armoire (getting it organized)

Right now I'm juggling between getting a project completed for a friend and trying to get my Armoire organized.  When you have limited space, like me, it's important that you utilize every inch in your house wisely and that includes my Armoire.  I not only utilize it for storing clothes, it serves as a vanity when applying makeup, holds my TV when retiring in the evenings, store perfume, my jewelry, etc. - so you can imagine how junky it gets is.


Here's my Armoire in all it's clutter-ness!

 I went online just to get some ideas on how to organize/unclutter my Armoire.  I got some interesting ideas from Revamped Armoires for Small Space Storage




 

I figured this would take me a week or two to complete, but here's what I finished so far.  I knew I needed boxes and fabric.  I had some fabric left over from a previous project that I could use for lining the boxes, and I had been holding on to some old curtains that I would use to cover the boxes... 




I found 3 boxes

Spray adhesive was used for sticking fabric to boxes and for the lining.

I used twill to wrap around the top edges (fabric glue was used as adhesive)

I came across veneer edging in the store some time ago.  Never had a chance to use it so I decided to give it a shot.

Here are my three decorative boxes I'll be using to organize my Armoire.

I'm still working on some other stuff; I'll definitely post once completed.



PLAIN BOXES BEFORE

DECORATIVE STORAGE BOXES AFTER

 

 

I'll be sure to pop by and visit everybody and don't forget to LET YOUR CREATIVITY FLOW!