Faux Apothecary Cabinet

Use wood glue and 5 8 finish nails to attach them.

Faux apothecary cabinet.

For the doors cut 3 4 plywood to size and the balsa wood to the sizes needed to create the faux apothecary drawers. From the time i was little i loved the look of card catalogs at the library and apothecary cabinets. White multi color black three drawers and cabinet provide more space intricate lattice design adds personality to. Find more inspiration for diy card catalogs and industrial storage makeovers here.

Deco 79 56699 wooden jewelry chest 15 x 13 white multi color black dimensions. I decided that i would use 1 2 inch birch plywood for the cabinet doors and 1 2 birch plywood rectangles for the faux drawer faces. If you re going for more of a card catalog look cut smaller rectangles. Primed the dresser and the drawers with ppg sealgrip alkyd universal primer sealer.

This will be perfect for storing my gardening supplies. The weathered boards gave a perfect rustic look to my diy faux card catalog cabinet. Holds wardrobe necessities stores supplies in the office or acts as a catch all in the hallway. The doors would be the heart and soul of this project.

I wanted to add color while making it look like an apothecary cabinet. Are you a lover of apothecary cabinets or do you call them card file chest. I wanted them to look great but i needed them to be easy. You need to see this diy faux apothecary cabinet.

I have always been a huge fan of a good apothecary cabinet. I decided to attempt an ikea hack by building a diy faux apothecary cabinet card file chest out of this 16 cube storage unit. How to build your own apothecary cabinet first build the frame exactly per the plans all the way to step 10 in the plans. Lag draw 11x4x2 dimensions 3.

Distressed multi color metallic material. A vintage apothecary look outside that reveals storage storage storage inside. When my friend said she wanted her piece made into a cute entryway piece i knew exactly what it needed. I don t have a tutorial because i did this long before i started blogging and corey gives the basic tools to do this yourself in her tutorial.

Anything with small drawers even if the drawers are fake it will catch my attention. First measure how many faux drawer fronts you ll want i decided on 5 for each door 5 10 each. Sum draw 5x5x3 dimensions 4. Create faux drawer panels for the diy apothecary cabinet.

I wasn t sure at first if i would re stain the piece or put a new top and sides over the old but after sanding the wood i saw that there was some interesting stuff going on with the grain and with the wood s natural color. Then went to work removing parts and transforming it into a faux antique apothecary cabinet. Nina apothecary cabinet features. Before i got into building them i had to figure out my hinge situation.

Apothecary cabinets library catalogs map drawers. I started by putting together only the shell of the dresser and then. I then sanded the sides top and the forward facing edges.