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