I have the privilege of being a Lowes Creative Ideas Blog team member. As a member, each month Lowes Creative Ideas issues our team a themed-project to create and share with our readers. This month the theme was wide open. We were able to create anything we wanted to for our project! So of course I was super excited. It seems like I have a list a mile long for a bunch of projects I would love to create. Since I am STILL working on the finishing touches on my office (which is taking forever!!) I knew I would use this opportunity to make the Apothecary Cabinet I had been needing.
I had this unused space in the corner of my office that NEEDED something but I was having a difficult time finding the perfect piece of furniture that fit the space perfectly. I needed something fairly narrow so that it didn’t block the doorway (which leads to the kitchen on your right and the other doorway which leads to our living room on the left. But, I wanted to be able to put something that added some color and functionality.
I have been loving Apothecary Cabinets but they are hard to find, the wrong size, or super expensive. So what is a girl to do? Make her own of course! I found an awesome tutorial for building this Apothecary Cabinet from none other than Ana White. Of Course! I LOVE her plans! We made a few changes to her plan because we had some specific needs and I will share those in a later post.
Back in September I shared with you on Instagram(@theidearoom) and Facebook a few sneak peaks of some wood that I was staining. This is the project I was working on! I LOVE the color of stain I ended up going with. I still need to add the polyurethane coating to the top and am planning on getting to that this weekend.
I now have the perfect spot for my Silhouette CAMEO and supplies. I LOVE that I can use it right where it sits and set my computer up on top. It is so nice to have it hidden away and off of my desktop. We also chose not to put a back on the Apothecary Cabinet so that we would have easy access to the computer cords and electrical outlet which was so conveniently behind the cabinet.
And, if you didn’t notice, the outside of the cabinet makes it appear as if there are a bunch of drawers. I would HAVE LOVED to have a REAL apothecary cabinet, but making all the drawers and the functionality would not provide me with what I needed. So I LOVED that Ana’s plans were for a faux drawer front that were actually cabinet doors. Thanks Ana!
Do you have any projects you have been wanting to work on in your home? It seems like there is always something to do around the home. Well, Lowe’w would like to give ONE Idea Room Reader a $100 to get you started on a project of your own. How awesome is that?
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stacie rupp says
awesome! what a great storage solution! and i love lowe’s!
following you on pinterest!
I really need a bathroom cabinet/ shelf for over my counter. I don’t like all the over toilet styles out there and I don’t want doors on the whole thing. I need enough height between the shoes for hairspray and talk bottles. I think you have inspired me to build what I need. Thanks!
I love it. I need to do some repairs on a cabinet and would love some more craft storage space.
I have a few things I’ve been meaning to get to! (I LOVE that cabinet you built!) but right now I am mostly working on finishing two of my kids rooms. That means painting a book shelf for one and the other painting some picture frames and sewing a cover for the rocking chair.
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Love the cabinet!!
I love it! It’s gorgeous! Thanks for the giveaway! :)
That is awesome! How fun to get to do home projects!
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My husband and I are very interested in building our own large dining room table actually using one of Ana’s designs as well. We want to be able to host our very large extended family.
I love this cabinet! Great job.
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Wow, so so many home projects I’m not sure where to start. The cabinet is awesome!
I’m a Pinterest follower.
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I would love to win – might even build a similar cabinet!!
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I already get Lowe’s creative magazine – does that count!!?
I also follow you on pinterest.
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Also… that cabinet top is gorgeous! Wonderful stain choice!
Very cute! You are so talented!
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I just started following you on Pinterest!
What a great giveaway! Thank you!
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Love Lowe’s!
I so love your blog. I follow you on my Google Reader and Pinterest. You have amazing taste, wow! I would love to make my family room more interesting. It really is quite boring now! Good luck to everyone.
I would LOVE to win this. We have a serious amount of bathroom updating to get moving on.
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Wow, you did a great job on that cabinet! Great giveaway.
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LOVE THIS!!!!! I must make me one of these babies!;) My Silhouette needs a home.
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This is a brilliant idea! So clever and well thought out!
Wow it looks fantastic! Great job guys! And thanks for a chance to win!
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That cabinet looks great! We are making over my home office and that would be a great storage item to have!
I follow on pinterest! Thanks again, I can’t wait to win!!! ;)
Nice Cabinet!
I can always spend that much in Lowes. It’s too easy to get caught up in projects.
I love this idea of creating a custom cabinet for the craft space!
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You may have inspired me for my craft room! I love it!
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Something I have been wanting to do in my home FOREVER is crown molding!
I’ve been following you for a long time on RSS!
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What an awesome cabinet! Looks great and such a great use for the Cameo
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That looks amazing! I am loving those faux drawer doors.
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I follow on Pinterest, and I’m just about to pin this cute cabinet! :)
Your cabinet is fabulous!
So many projects I could use that $100 from Lowe’s on!
this is cool…….i could use this cabine
Wow! I love the cabinet!
That is such a cool project! You have the wheels in my head turning :)
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My silhouette needs this!
Looks awesome–great job! Love how there’s useful storage inside!
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Thanks for the giveaway! I would love a cabinet with actual doors to replace the open shelves I have in my entry.
lovely – I am eyeing a couple Ana projects…a few other things to finish up first though!
I read your Rss feed…religiously!
I signed up for the magazine and a couple emails I wasn’t getting…
I love this cabinet! Great work. When I first saw the front, I automatically assumed it was a cabinet with a zillion little drawers! WRONG! I am going to check out the plans for making this myself! I already followed your blog before this post! But now I follow you on Pinterest!
I love this cabinet! I would use the gift card to increase the size of my chicken run.
Great project! I love your race bibs above it!
I love the idea of having a cabinet with faux drawers! This is amazing!!!
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Does a new garage door count as a project? :) If not, there are any number of things that we could do, but I think my first choice would be a bookcase for children’s books.
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I Heart Ana White! I need to get her book.
This turned out amazing, love the color.
Oh wow, we have so many projects we could use it for!
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Wow! That looks awesome. I love the stain and paint colors.
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And via rss
WE are redoing our master bedroom and i would like to make / redo a cabinet instead of using our dresser.
I would install Board and Batton in both of our bathrooms. That would make me so happy.
Thanks for the give away.
I REALLY want to repaint my guest bathroom!
I’m following you on Pinterest now, too!
I love your cabinet! Great way to get the coveted look of an apothecary cabinet but super functional!
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I love that idea–no need for 16 drawers, so that’s a great solution.
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I love the cabinet! It is sooo cute!
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Love this project, can’t wait to do it myself
Super cute cabinet!
It turned out darling. I love the color you chose.
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following you on pinterest!
Awesome giveaway! And your cabinet turned out great! LOVE apothecary! :)
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Until you showed it open, I thought there were a ton of drawers. That’s beautiful!
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Love the cabinet. I would love a gift card!!!
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I want one of those cabinets!
I could really use this Lowe’s money right now! Thanks so much for the oppurtunity
Love your blog! I also love Ana White-she has great ideas too!
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Awesome cabinet! Love it!
Love this!
This is such a cute idea and a great way to hide all my doo-dads which seem to be cluttered everywhere!
LOVE this!!!
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That is just beautiful. Not what I was expecting but better. Love the wide open doors. I think you have inspired me again…my poor husband!
I would love to make this very same cabinet! So cute!
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I need to make this cabinet for a special place in my kitchen.
I love that cabinet and it is just what I’ve been looking for to use in my craft room!
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I love how you took a small space and made it so useful. I really like it without the back on. Give the feeling of more space and light.
Love it! So adorable!
What a great giveaway. I could use this for so many projects on my list!
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I just signed up for the Creative Ideas Magazine.
Brilliant idea. Looks old but is functional.
Your cabinet turned out so great!! Hoping I win the gift certificate :)
Ashley
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Ashley
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Ashley
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I love it!! It looks great and now to convince my hubby that we need one too!! Lol
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I love what you did!!! I so hope i can win this gift card to hlep me complete some projects!!
carrie
I signed up for Lowe’s Creative magazine!! Thanks for the link!
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Love the cabinet. Thanks for the inspiration and giveaway!
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I wish you are my neighbor so you can come and decorate my house!
This is beautiful! I love apothecary cabinets too…what a fun way to get the look without the expense!
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I got so many projects right now that this would help out a lot. We are planning to build cabinets into our tiny laundry room to make it look more organized and clutter-free.
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Genius-I have a spot,too, that needs a skinny lil’ guy-thanks for the post!
Following all your pinterest boards :}
Have you on my google reader!
Signed up for the Lowes magazines – my hubbie’s “honey-do” List will probably grow by leaps and bounds. Guess I better learn to run that saw myself!
Currently subscribed to Lowe’s Creative Magazine.
This is a fabulous cabinet!! I am going to talk hubby into making one for me!!!!! Thanks for the chance to win from Lowes – we shop there all the time – love it! Off to get some extra entries!!
That is an absolutely beautiful “armoire.” Love the transformation.
I subscribe to Lowe’s Creative Newsletter. :)
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I am now following you on Pinterest! What a ton of ideas you have there – can’t wait to look through them!
Just subscribed to the Lowes newsletter!!
I have a thing for apothecary cabinets – LOVE them (maybe has something to do with the fact that I am a pharmacist???). Yours is amazing!
Oh my! This is beautiful. Trying to find somewhere to put one of these in my house so I have an excuse to build one. :)
Already am signed up to get the lowes magazine. They were the inspiration for our backyard.
I’m following you on Pinterest. You have some great boards there that I want to explore!
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I love the color you chose for the cabinet! Thanks for the giveaway
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I have been itching to tackle some woodworking projects…I would LOVE to win! thanks so much!!!
I just signed up for a variety of Lowe’s newsletters/magazines…funny, my dad just commented to me this week that he subscribes and that the projects remind him of my eldest daughter’s artistic style..so thanks again for the nudge in that direction!! :)
Great article & idea! I need this in my office at work – it adds style and function at the same time!
Love your blog – I have been getting “ideas” from it for a while via my google reader. Thank you
Love the Lowe’s Creative Magazine – lots of ideas
been following you on Pinterest for a bit already. :)
Oh my goodness that is SO Cute!! I’m seeing my silouette inside!
I really love how the stain color turned out. The baskets are so cute! I have a space that kinda needs a new cabinet…
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Beautiful piece – and I love the colors.
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I love that cabinet, neat and full of potentials
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Love the cabinet. It looks so authentic.
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I signed up for Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine. Looks like some very interesting ideas.
I checked out Pinterest…..great ideas.
Cute chest!
I get the Lowe’s magazine-have for some time and it has some great projects / information in it each month.
Follow The Idea Room on RSS :-)
Love your Pinterest items!
I have the perfect spot for this cabinet!
What a fantastic idea! This would be perfect for my “under the stairs” office.
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I have several projects that this Lowe’s card would come in handy for. Crossing my fingers!
How would I use a Lowe’s giftcard- oh let me count the ways!!
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I’m already signed up for Lowe’s creative magazine :)
The Idea Room lands in my mailbox and is read – love it!
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I am waiting with baited breath for Lowes Creative Ideas to land in my mailbox!
I love your cabinet – totally beyond my skill set and tool allowance, but lovely to look at and so functional! I have a long list of honey-and-I-do projects all requiring a trip {or two} to Lowes … but we need to start with something practical. We need a vapor barrier in our crawl space and Lowes has just the stuff to make that happen!
Oh. Em. Gee. I need that cabinet! What a great idea to use faux drawers. I’d definitely try that project if I won a Lowe’s card.
Love Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine. Great Idea.
Love your ideas. So many cute projects.
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Love this idea! Very cute but functional!
I LOVE your apothecary cabinet!!!
Love this! I need something for the same area in my house, maybe this is just the piece…
I have no more room for furniture in my 650 sq ft apartment. I might have to buy a house just so I have an excuse to make this. LOVE the color.
I’m following you on Pinterest! (And will be following on RSS as soon as I get home to my computer because following the link confused my iPhone :-/)
Great idea! Functional and stylish. Hoping to win the gift card!
I signed up for all three additional entries, too. I subscribed to the Lowe’s Creative Ideas Magazine, I added your blog to my RSS feed, and I followed you on pinterest.
I signed up for Lowes Creative Mag.
I’m following the idea room on Pinterest. I’m also heading to Ana White for the plans for this cabinet so my husband won’t be bored this weekend. (:
We would love to build board and batten in our bedroom!
I absolutely LOVE this idea! I have been looking for something just like this to do in my TINY house to add storage!!
I am now following you on Pinterest!!
I ALSO signed up for the Lowe’s Creative Idea Magazine. Thanks so much for all the inspiration!!!
That is beautiful! I so wish I had your ambition. ;)
I’ve signed up for their magazine.
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I love this cabinet!
I love how this project turned out! And I completely agree that the faux doors make it so much more usable :)
Love this idea, and the color & stain are amazing!
Just subscribed to the mag…I had no idea it was free!!!
I always love getting your e-mails through the RSS feed!
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I would love to win this!
I have some ugly pipes that come up to my chair rail in the kitchen (Very old house) And I didn’t want to pay to have someone move them. this is a great way to hide them!
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Hi! I love the cabinet and I love Lowes. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the cabinet! You’ve inspired me! Thank you!
I now am following you on pinterest! Thank you!
I am now following you on Pinterest.
I just started following you on pinterest!
i follow you on RSS :) love the blog!
I follow you on Pinterest too :) and on instagram… I feel like such a stalker!
I have a spot that would be perfect for a cabinet like that. Thanks for the inspiration.
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New Pinterest follower too.
I LOVE this!! I also find old cabinets and redo them for friends or family since i have too many..I made a really neat one for my son for his room and did it black and yellow and added Steelers decorations to it He Loves it. So i would use mine for knobs and paint so i can make some for Christmas gifts..
Gorgeous! I am looking around my house now to see where I need this! :)
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I love the Apothecary Cabinet. I am definitely going to have to make one of my own!
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Love the cabinet! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great job. . Could use to help make storage easier.
Its really very sharp solution to organize the clutter in to one neat and place. I like the division inside.
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I need a cabinet just like this. I also subscriber to Lowes creative ideas.
I have lots of home improvement projects to do and a Lowe’s gift card would go a long way to helping :)
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Loving the apothecary table
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Beautiful.
I love the cabinet, it turned out beautiful!
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What a great idea! I am now following you on pinterest also
This is fantastic!
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Love this project, it turned out great and I love the yellow!!
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Looks great,might have to do this one!!
I love this project!
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I want one!!