Art Deco Armoire - Turning Japanese, Black, Gold and Cherry Blossom

Well I just love the way this has turned out!

This post has been updated from the original.

This is the second piece of an Art Deco set I picked up.  The dressing table is finished in simple black and gold and has a stunning mirror  here.   Cue a quick peek at the before pic...

Armoires are just great for storage - with shelves in the top and this one has three drawers.

I painted this all over with a black chalk paint and then got to work on the gold branches of the cherry trees...

adorned them with blossom in white, pink and purple chalk paint.

Two of the Art Deco handles were replaced on the cupboard as they were too badly broken.  The black and gold ceramic handles work really well though.  All the hardware on the cupboard's been given the bling treatment.

There's been a generous amount of gold gilding around this piece, picking out the doors and feet.

Inside the drawers and cupboard are painted a warm golden butterscotch to match the tortoiseshell/ butterscotch coloured Catalin (an early Bakelite plastic) of the handles and to offset the gold. 

Kind of looks like a kimono with the doors open :-)

I really love the cherry blossom look and have some ideas for doing some more in this line.

The armoire was sold to a regular customer who wanted to use it as a cocktail cabinet. Perfect voice in my opinion!