Armoire Reveal!

If you don’t remember, I bought an armoire back in November. My best friend Jennifer, who has some major decorating skillz,  spotted this beauty at a local resale shop and texted me right away. We knew it was perfect for a large nook in our Master Bathroom. It was $250, so with not a lot of persuading, Trey agreed that it was a steal!

While it found its home in our garage, I started pinning ideas as far as what color to paint it, and again with the help of Jenn we decided on a gray. Then, I found out about this stuff called chalk paint. Not chalkboard paint, just chalk paint. I googled “chalk paint blog tutorial” and got so many great ideas on using chalk paint and I knew that was the look I was going for. Everyone in the blog world was talking about Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.

It is expensive, but you don’t have to sand or prime! THIS was a huge factor in my decision. I’ve sanded and primed before and it is not my favorite thing to do. So, I found a local {in Frisco} place that stocks the paint and picked the perfect shade of gray- French Linen.

I bought one quart because I had read it goes a long way… and it does. I ended up having to go back for a second quart and used about 1/4 of it. {So now I have 3/4 of a quart for another project!}. I also bought a can of her clear wax and a wax brush.

The chalk paint was so easy to use! I just started painting. No sanding, no priming. I used a 2″ slanted brush {cheap one from Lowe’s}. The first coat showed some brush strokes, but by the time the second coat was dry, it was so smooth. I used a 3M buffing sponge {found in the painting section at Lowe’s} to buff away anything that wasn’t perfectly smooth.

I will say this was a labor of love, but only because the armoire is HUGE and the inside is HUGE as well…. so it was just a lot of painting. I watched this tutorial on waxing and after the second coat of paint was dry, I put on two coats of wax {drying 24 hours in between coats}. The wax was hard for me- I couldn’t see it so I just wasn’t sure I was doing it right. But, it sealed the paint and gave it an even smoother, matte finish.

I am in love! I still have a lot of work to do to fill it, but I am so happy with the end result. Here it is!!

We want it to be functional- a place to store stuff like towels and the lovely toilet paper pictured here. {I didn’t realize the hubs put the tp in there until I opened the doors to take this picture… oh well!} But, because there are a ton of shelves, I am now on the hunt for a few fun decor items to fill the empty space.  Any suggestions??

Now I need a large rug, curtains, new towels, and a few things to hang on the wall before this room is complete. But, the armoire definitely “makes” the room! What do you think?!