Miniature Apothecary Boxes Tutorial

 Hi my Mini Friends!  I wasn't quite sure what to call these apothecary boxes because they might be a called a cabinet?  Even though they aren't big cabinets or what I would consider a cabinet.  Maybe a supply box or doctor's box?  Nevertheless, today I am showing you easy chipboard boxes to make.  The drawers do not open.  Matter of fact, I didn't even put a back on them mainly because they all had homes inside of a bookshelf or against a wall in my Apothecary.  

As usual, I did not include measurements.  Mainly because I just winged it making these the right size for each spot I needed them for.   I think they turned out great and really went together in no time.  

I did put legs on the one I am showing as my tutorial.  

So maybe that one would be considered a cabinet.

As you can see here, I cut from chipboard two sides, a bottom, top and front piece.  I also cut thin strips to look like drawers or square pieces to also look like drawers.

I used my trusty Elmers wood glue to piece them together.

The legs I bought from an Etsy shop.

You can see the tiny labels below.  I found the free printable online for these and shrunk them down.

I used beads as the drawer pulls.

The blue one is my favorite.

Thanks for stopping by and I really hope you enjoyed this!

XOXO ~Laurie

Miniature Apothecary Cabinet

 Hi Mini Friends!  Today I am sharing an apothecary cabinet that I made from two pieces of Dollar Tree dollhouse furniture that I've had for a while.  In fact, I'm not even sure if the store sells these items anymore.  I've been told that they don't.  I found these two pieces in my stash and decided to put them together.  

I started by popping the tall dresser into the microwave for a few second to warm the glue.  This allows me to gently take the piece apart.  I also did this to the shorter piece to take the knobs off of the drawers.  I removed the bottom and front pieces from the tall dresser and saved the front part of the bottom for the top.  That sounded confusing :)  Let me just show you...

First, I'm showing the finished product.  Isn't she lovely??!!

Now, here are the two pieces.

I added two shelves to the inside of the cabinet using scrap balsa wood.  Also, here is where I added the bottom front decorative piece to the top to give it a little detail.

Below is the bottom of the cabinet minus the drawer knobs.

I cut pieces of wood to look like little drawer fronts and used my Dremel to give the depth.

This was my first time using this tool with miniatures and I found that it was pretty fun but also really easy.  I normally use a fingernail file for everything.  This tool made it really quick too.

Here are the pieces glued together with the new drawer fronts.

Then I painted it all black.  After this was dry, I gave it a little buffing of the edges with a fingernail file to knock off a little paint and give it a worn, used and aged look.

I found some vintage apothecary drawer labels online.  I shrunk them on my computer and printed them out.  I also used gold beads and glued a black rhinestone on the front of each bead to hide the hole in the bead.

I added a little "moss" in a few areas on the cabinet.  My moss is just sawdust tinted with a little paint.

And waalaa!  She is finished!

I hope you enjoyed this cabinet!  Thanks for stopping by!

XoXo ~Laurie