A fresh coat of navy paint and a little distressing made this armoire beautiful again.
My friend inherited this armoire at her last move and had it painted when her first son was born 8 years ago. It was cute for a little boy but really, really bright blue and the finish wasn’t doing justice to the curves and carvings:
We made it a little more mature with navy paint, distressed edges and aged brass hardware:
(Please forgive these pictures, navy blue is really hard to capture especially in bright daylight!)
The hinges had been completely painted over with royal blue:
I stripped them down to their natural brass finish with Citristrip and steel wool.
Now they compliment the piece again:
I found new (old) hardware at United House Wrecking in Stamford, CT.
The hardware is aged brass and has a really great worn feel, definitely not as shiny as it appears in this picture:
All surfaces got a good sanding, especially on the edges and what would be exposed:
I filled the existing holes where there had been two wooden knobs and replaced with more appropriate brass hardware pulls:
The paint is Benjamin Moore 1 part midnight navy and 1 part black.
Distressed and stained with Minwax provincial.
Sealed with 2 coats clear satin polycrylic.
It looks great! The distressing does do a much better job of showing off the pretty details.
It turned out beautiful!!!
OR I should say Handsome – dark colors are " HE " in my world lol
But he sure is Tall dark and handsome!
Fantastic makeover!
XOX
What an awesome armoire makeover! I love how it turned out.
Erin
http://followingthebrownsaroundthemap.blogspot.com/
it looks gorgeous! i love the navy and love it paired with the brass hardware!
This looks so much better. I got a fright to start with as I thought the bright blue was your finish!! thankfully not! Well done. Lots of hardwork there
Good job!!! It looks awesome…!
I just love that navy with the old, mellow brass, one of my favorite combinations.