With its beautiful retro lines and its compact format, the Parisian wardrobe is the essential vintage piece for decorative fans. Here are any tips and tricks to find the ideal model for your home.
Are you looking for a storage unit that is both practical and full of character? The Parisian wardrobe is made for you! What is this ? Where to find a used model? How to give him a new look? Discover everything about this vintage furniture that comes back in fashion.
The characteristics of the Parisian cabinet
Very popular in the 1940s, Parisian wardrobe, also called City Cabinet or attic wardrobewas designed to respond to the lack of space of city interiors. Clean silhouette, shallow depth, retro spirit Without doing too much: characteristics that make the Parisian cabinet a piece of furniture that is both practical and timeless. And yes, the Parisian wardrobe adapts as well to Contemporary interiors than vintage sets. Ideal in a child’s room (it allows you to store all the small things of the kids without cluttering the volumes), it is also perfect in a corridor to store the coats or in a kitchen as a decorative pantry.
Available in many versions (with a window, mirror, cannant inserts, with one or two doors, etc.), the most common Parisian cabinet is provided with Two doors opening on one side on a wardrobe and on the other on a column of shelves. A long high shelf placed on all the width of the cabinet completes the structure.
Where to find a Parisian wardrobe?
Many decorative brands offer New Parisian cabinets. You find refined white models or in cannant doors (houses of the world), dressed in a light wood finish (interiors), or minimalist (IKEA).
You want to find a Vintage model in his juice? Boil there on the side of online flea markets like Selency, the old things, o Broc of the ladies. Some online flea markets, like Lemon 12, even offer revamped Parisian cabinets using delicate pastel shades.
Need inspiration for Renovate your Parisian wardrobe ? Here is a video realization:
- To renovate your Parisian wardrobe, start with prepare your support. If the wardrobe is painted or varnished, it must be sanded. For easier, remove the doors and drawers and sand the entire furniture using an eccentric sander.
- Then apply one Universal or special wooden stripper With a brush on the entire surface, let act for about twenty minutes before removing the material with a scraper or a spatula.
- Give a cloth.
- Apply wood paste On the damaged areas to plug the small holes and cracks.
- Let dry and then Pon the wardrobe Parisian with a fine grain flint paper.
- Place a Special wood underlay flat brush on the entire furniture then Two layers of paint of the shade of your choice followed by a varnish.
