Faux Apothecary Cabinet

First measure how many faux drawer fronts you ll want i decided on 5 for each door 5 10 each.

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. Are you a lover of apothecary cabinets or do you call them card file chest. I have always been a huge fan of a good apothecary cabinet. When my friend said she wanted her piece made into a cute entryway piece i knew exactly what it needed.

Distressed multi color metallic material. The weathered boards gave a perfect rustic look to my diy faux card catalog cabinet. Anything with small drawers even if the drawers are fake it will catch my attention. Find more inspiration for diy card catalogs and industrial storage makeovers here.

Apothecary cabinets library catalogs map drawers. I removed the shelf for staining and started planning the doors. A vintage apothecary look outside that reveals storage storage storage inside. White multi color black three drawers and cabinet provide more space intricate lattice design adds personality to.

I wanted to add color while making it look like an apothecary cabinet. Create faux drawer panels for the diy apothecary cabinet. Primed the dresser and the drawers with ppg sealgrip alkyd universal primer sealer. Deco 79 56699 wooden jewelry chest 15 x 13 white multi color black dimensions.

From the time i was little i loved the look of card catalogs at the library and apothecary cabinets. 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. Sum draw 5x5x3 dimensions 4. You need to see this diy faux apothecary cabinet.

Nina apothecary cabinet features. Use wood glue and 5 8 finish nails to attach them. This will be perfect for storing my gardening supplies. For this diy i combined the two and created a faux apothecary cabinet.

Holds wardrobe necessities stores supplies in the office or acts as a catch all in the hallway. Before i got into building them i had to figure out my hinge situation. 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. Then went to work removing parts and transforming it into a faux antique apothecary cabinet.

I then sanded the sides top and the forward facing edges. Lag draw 11x4x2 dimensions 3. If you re going for more of a card catalog look cut smaller rectangles. How to build your own apothecary cabinet first build the frame exactly per the plans all the way to step 10 in the plans.

I started by putting together only the shell of the dresser and then. 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. The nina apothecary cabinet features six real drawers and two cabinets below with two adjustable shelves on each side.