"BAR-moire" build

[hoochfisher]

Took a crappy looking old TV armoire i got for free and turned it into a bar. Total cost to me was $120.

 

[imawoodsman]

WOW!!!
Totally AWESOME!!!
Very Cool

 

[BIKER13]

excellent!!!!

 

[Hayata]

And to think we gave our old one away...

Dang nice transformation!

 

[7pt62THOR]

 

[hoochfisher]

Thanks all.
For anyone considering doing the same, here's what did:

-Cleaned entire cabinet with Krude kutter to remove smoke residue
- removed inside shelf
-removed cardboard like backing that was cut out for back of tube tv
-Removed cabinet doors and all cabinet hardware
-sanded entire cabinet
- cut holes for 3, 2" recessed dimmable led lights
-cut down inside shelf so it's height is near waist high like a countertop
- cut 1x4s to cover back
- finished 1x4s by torching, light sanding with fine(grey) Nyalox sanding flap brush, sealed with 4 coats satin polyurethane
- tack clothed entire cabinet to remove all dust
- painted cabinet with chalk paint
- sealed Chalk paint with satin wax
-painted inside shelf with chalk paint, sealed with 5 coats polyurethane(more durable for any spills)
-installed recessed lights, wired to plug in slide dimmer switch.
-installed glass racks
- installed torched backing
- installed top shelf
-remounted doors
-all hardware was replaced with new.

- not pictured, but also installed led tape lights in top outside of cabinet that lights up a wall mounted Kenny Chesney autographed, Blue Chair Bay Rum guitar mounted above cabinet.

$120 of materials and hardware, and 2 weeks of 1-2 hour evenings of work. The old armoire cabinets can be found for free or up to $100 or so very easily.

I've seen similar ones sell for $400-$800!

 

[Boot71]

Nice work!

 

[palmettomoon]

Thanks all.
For anyone considering doing the same, here's what did:

-Cleaned entire cabinet with Krude kutter to remove smoke residue
- removed inside shelf
-removed cardboard like backing that was cut out for back of tube tv
-Removed cabinet doors and all cabinet hardware
-sanded entire cabinet
- cut holes for 3, 2" recessed dimmable led lights
-cut down inside shelf so it's height is near waist high like a countertop
- cut 1x4s to cover back
- finished 1x4s by torching, light sanding with fine(grey) Nyalox sanding flap brush, sealed with 4 coats satin polyurethane
- tack clothed entire cabinet to remove all dust
- painted cabinet with chalk paint
- sealed Chalk paint with satin wax
-painted inside shelf with chalk paint, sealed with 5 coats polyurethane(more durable for any spills)
-installed recessed lights, wired to plug in slide dimmer switch.
-installed glass racks
- installed torched backing
- installed top shelf
-remounted doors
-all hardware was replaced with new.

- not pictured, but also installed led tape lights in top outside of cabinet that lights up a wall mounted Kenny Chesney autographed, Blue Chair Bay Rum guitar mounted above cabinet.

$120 of materials and hardware, and 2 weeks of 1-2 hour evenings of work. The old armoire cabinets can be found for free or up to $100 or so very easily.

I've seen similar ones sell for $400-$800!

I remember paying $1,900 for a custom, Amish made solid cherry armoire from Pennsylvania in 1996. Man, I thought I HAD ARRIVED when that thing was delivered to the apartment in Cincinnati.

I kind of wish I still owned it so I could do this to it but sold it in San Francisco in 2001 when I moved to Chicago. It was so nice I got $2,000 for it out there even though it was 5 years old.

Now the thrifts won't even take them.