Armoire in Blue

Do you remember this 90's Armoire?

At one time I really liked it...oh brother!
I didn't even purchase it like this;
I actually did this to it.
I purchased it second-hand over 15 years ago and white washed it.
What in the H-E double toothpicks was I thinking?

Well, thank goodness it's been up-cycled a couple of times since.
Whew!
So here's the history
(after the initial white wash):

 First it was jazzed up to this:

It was better....
although those blue blobs and bright green knobs were
not quite right,
to put it simply, it was not doing it for me
so,

I added more "Summer Blue" paint:

Still didn't do it,

so

I added some handy dandy carved wood pieces from Hobby Lobby,

the pieces match the pieces in our hallway entrance,

(random insert.)

and my favorite part:

new hardware from The Home Depot.

I must have tried half of a dozen different styles before I found just the right one. 

The most time-consuming part of this project 

was running back and forth to the store with returns.

(My least favorite part.)

And now it's up-cycled to this:

I like to call it my "Scandinavian-French" style.

 What do my Scandinavian friends and French friends think?

Oops, I have only one French friend. ;-)

Here are the phases in a nutshell:

Perhaps, I could learn to stand in the same place, 

at the same time to get good comparison photos, haha - 

oh well, you get the gist of it, right?

Have a great rest of your week and weekend

and may your white washed items be up-cycled!