WONDERLAND CABINET - shabby chic tall shelving

I do so love mashing together bits of furniture to make something amazing. Let me share how I made this stunner ...

 

This is my first great furniture mash up from years ago,

it was name frightening to french 

It's all over Pinterest and it was built long before Pinterest

 was ever popular. I have been craving to build something

 similar, so without further ado please meet the

 Whatnots to Wonderland shelf.

It certainly would not look out of place on the set of

ONCE UPON A TIME which is ironically

filmed locally and a favorite show of mine.

I named this piece the WONDERLAND SHELF because

of all the whimsical curving shapes I used and created. 

Our lead cast member was a simple solid wood provincial 

nightstand. It is a high quality, solid wood, Canadian made

 Malcolm piece that is just too damn short at 24" tall.

Next on stage was a heavy pine, book shelf head board.
With this piece I created the shelving that would sit
on top of the nightstand.

 Here is a look at some of the other whatnots used to 

build the Wonderland Shelf.

2 different aprons that had been removed from earlier

 projects were used to trim the shelves.

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The whimsical shape of the upper cabinet came from the 

backs of 2 dining chairs, and the beautiful wood carved

topper was torn from a 1960s upholstered living room chair.

I was over joyed when I realized these equally whimsical over

 sized knobs would work more magic on the drawer faces.

The back of the shelves are lined with a white anaglypta
 wallpaper. Anaglypta is a Greek term meaning "raised 
ornament". These wallpapers have an embossed or texture
 surface that resembles fine plaster work.
Anaglypta papers are washable and paintable.

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