Faux Apothecary Cabinet

I wanted to add color while making it look like an apothecary cabinet.

Faux apothecary cabinet.

When my friend said she wanted her piece made into a cute entryway piece i knew exactly what it needed. This will be perfect for storing my gardening supplies. I have always been a huge fan of a good apothecary cabinet. Find more inspiration for diy card catalogs and industrial storage makeovers here.

Lag draw 11x4x2 dimensions 3. White multi color black three drawers and cabinet provide more space intricate lattice design adds personality to. Holds wardrobe necessities stores supplies in the office or acts as a catch all in the hallway. You need to see this diy faux apothecary cabinet.

Use wood glue and 5 8 finish nails to attach them. How to build your own apothecary cabinet first build the frame exactly per the plans all the way to step 10 in the plans. The nina apothecary cabinet features six real drawers and two cabinets below with two adjustable shelves on each side. I wanted them to look great but i needed them to be easy.

If you re going for more of a card catalog look cut smaller rectangles. The doors would be the heart and soul of this project. From the time i was little i loved the look of card catalogs at the library and apothecary cabinets. Nina apothecary cabinet features.

Before i got into building them i had to figure out my hinge situation. 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. Sum draw 5x5x3 dimensions 4. I started by putting together only the shell of the dresser and then.

Are you a lover of apothecary cabinets or do you call them card file chest. Create faux drawer panels for the diy apothecary cabinet. For this diy i combined the two and created a faux apothecary cabinet. 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.

Apothecary cabinets library catalogs map drawers. Deco 79 56699 wooden jewelry chest 15 x 13 white multi color black dimensions. A vintage apothecary look outside that reveals storage storage storage inside. 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.

I removed the shelf for staining and started planning the doors. The weathered boards gave a perfect rustic look to my diy faux card catalog cabinet. I then sanded the sides top and the forward facing edges. For the doors cut 3 4 plywood to size and the balsa wood to the sizes needed to create the faux apothecary drawers.

I decided to attempt an ikea hack by building a diy faux apothecary cabinet card file chest out of this 16 cube storage unit. Distressed multi color metallic material. Then went to work removing parts and transforming it into a faux antique apothecary cabinet.