How to Make A Tardis Wardrobe

How to Make A Tardis Wardrobe

I had to laugh at the title, not something you are going to do everyday, once in a lifetime maybe, even for a Time Lord. But if you have a Whovian in the family, it is going to make them seriously happy. The useful thing about this, is it can be transformed back into a blue wardrobe in seconds. I’ve also matched the blue to the whole room colour scheme, so if my daughter ever decided she doesn’t want a Tardis in her room, we just whip off the printables and she has a very classy Dulux Venetian Crystal Blue wardrobe. I suspect she might pass it to her brother as she grows though.

Since our Dr Who Experience, with Visit Wales, my two have become completely obsessed with Dr Who. I had been wracking my brain to pull my eight year old daughter’s bedroom together for weeks, as she wanted it to grow up a bit. On Pinterest, I spotted a tardis wardrobe. The one I saw had the windows painted on, which I didn’t want, a) because I am too impatient and b) because I liked the idea it wasn’t a permanent feature and c) printing looks sharper than my painting skills – so we made the windows and signs using a home printer instead.

The windows were the fiddly bit to find, I used a desktop background made by One Geek Girl, but it doesnt seem to be out there any more, but there are lots more, like this one. I had to crop and fiddle about a bit to get them to print the right size. You can get the other signs easily by image googling ‘Dr Who signs’ and ‘St John’s Ambulance sign’. We used photo paper for a nice sheen.

We made the police sign stand up by blu tacking it to a piece of plywood which we blu tacked to the top of the wardrobe.

My daughter had a mix of really mismatched furniture, some of which she has had since she was born, so I decided the easiest thing to do would be to paint some of it. The room was also crying out for a spruce up, and so the walls were painted too. We used Dulux Venentian Blue for the wardrobe, and Dulux Niagara Blues 4 behind the wardrobe and on the facing wall with Dulux Mineral Haze 4 which has a greyish tint on the other two walls, you can see them both below. You might recognise the Venetian Crystal from my travel themed hallway – I had just enough left over to cover the wardrobe.

My daughter really enjoyed helping with the painting.

I will do a full room reveal next month, as part of my New Home Resolutions, this bank holiday has been dedicated to putting the last of the pictures and shelves back up, and finishing both kids’ rooms. But for now, here is the Tardis, are you ready?

As soon as you stop by her room it’s pretty clear something awesome is in there, and I think we’ve done a great job of blending it into the room too, it’s still a little bit feminine, we’re thinking Doctor’s companion, not total Sci-fi take over!

So here it is, one Tardis wardrobe.

By the way, I know the signs are on the wrong doors, but there were some stickers stuck to the door that she didn’t remove properly before painting, so the Police Telephone sign does a good job of hiding them. I digress, I’m nervous to see what you think, it’s time!

Might have been one of my proudest parenting achievements yet. Except now he wants one too…

How to Make A Tardis Wardrobe – What you need

Printer photo paper

Printer ink

Small piece of wood

Blu tack

Scissors

Old wardrobe

Dulux Venetian Crystal 1 in Satinwood. I used about half a 0.5L can. It took two coats with no primer or undercoat. My local hardware store mixed it up, I don’t think you can buy this one off the shelf.

Paintbrushes

Dust sheet

We are on the hunt for a blue light to put on top, if you see anything let me know!

I’ll leave you with our Dr Who experience, made by a professional crew for Visit Wales, read more about that trip and other awe-inspiring Welsh holidays that will stay with you forever here.

Original article and pictures take www.parentshaped.co.uk site