My Love of Armoires

If you have ever been to my home, you would find an armoire in just about every room of the house. In fact, as I type this I am doing a mental survey of each room and with the exception of 2 bathrooms, there is indeed an armoire in every room of our home, and some rooms have 2.

The possibilities are endless. It's a very versatile piece of furniture that not only can serve as a focal decor piece but it can also serve as the main storage in that room - keeping an overall tidy appearance to any room once the armoire doors are closed.

It's fairly simple to take an old vintage armoire and customize it with fabulous colors and patterns. Try refurbishing an old one by painting it a new color and installing shelves, lining the shelves with patterned paper, hanging clothing rods, hooks, or chipboard, hanging mirrors, adding storage bins, or even cutting a hole out of the back so that computer or television wires can reach the outlets.

You can solve storage solutions in every room of the house.

In a bedroom use it for clothing storage, an out of season wardrobe closet, a place to

store your accessories (handbags, purses, scarves and jewelry), as a make-up counter,

or entertainment center.

In your family or living room you can also use it as an entertainment center, or store games and kid's activities, organize your hobby equipment or craft supplies, hide music and instruments, or archive your memories (scrapbooks, photo albums, etc.)

In the bathroom you can store your linens or keep cleaning supplies on hand.

Armoires make great virtual computer offices in a spare room or a teen's room, or provide extra storage in the kitchen for pantry items or pots & pans. In a laundry room you can have a ready-made laundry center for sorting & folding.

Use them as a liquor cabinet/bar, to house fancy china, or in a greenroom for

gardening supplies.

You can tell that I am just in love with armoires and the creative and unique ways to use them in non-traditional ways!

Here are some photos to inspire you to organize and de-clutter!

photo credits

images (1, 2) found on lily-gonline; image (3) found on All Pretty Little Things; images (4, 5) found on Morgan Moore; image (6) found on Little Loveables; image (7) found on Canberrasgotstyle; image (8) found on Paperjewels; image (9) found via Southern Living; image (10) found via Laura Ashley; image (11) found via Ladies Home Journal;image (12, 13) found via Better Homes and Gardens; image (14) found via Kitchenisms; image (15) found via The Furniture.Com; image (16) found via Martha Stewart; image (17, 18, 19) found via Pottery Barn; image (20) found via Anthropologie