One of the dilemmas that comes with living in a home that was originally designed as a barn and then later as a hunters’ lodge, is that there aren’t any closets. No not one. I could only take that for so long before I had to get more creative.
I think this entertainment center is the only new piece of furniture that we have ever purchased. When we had been married a few years, we combined all our Christmas and birthday money to get it. We stopped using it as an entertainment center a few years ago, but obviously hadn’t gotten rid of it. So I decided to turn it into a armoire.
The first thing that I needed to do was replace the back. The original back was just basically a thick cardboard type stuff. I replaced it with Lauan plywood. Then I painted the entire piece with gray milk paint.
I purchased a metal rod and rod hangers from our local hardware store. You can’t really see the bar in the picture below but it’s there.
I wanted it to look rustic and have part of the dark show through the milk paint. Overall, I like the way it turned out. I guess I failed to take a picture when it was finished and the hardware was put back on the doors but it’s full now so I won’t be getting a finished pic. 😉
I hope this inspires you to be able to repurpose something you have around your home into something more useful.
Blessings,
Jennifer