When I was ten years old my Grammy brought me to an antique store. She wanted to get me something special to last me years, that I would get use out of and find joy in. We found a beautiful 60 year old, at the time, vanity and bench. Sadly, I don't think I have any pictures of it. After I loved on it until my 31st year it was time to say goodbye. We just couldn't fix it anymore...the poor thing was always losing it's legs and the last two years it was sitting on blocks of 2x4s. We put the vanity out of it's misery.
Now, I know we shouldn't get attached to "things" and I'm usually really good about that- but that vanity was extra special, a wonderful gift from my Grammy.
Living the last 4ish years without a proper place to do my make-up and hair just hasn't been the same, so I started the hunt for a new vanity. 8 months later I found one on Craig's List!
I documented the process of refinishing it:
BEFORE
The day I bought it
(nothing special, right?)
Wrong!! Look at the inside of it- LOVE the pink velvet.
I cleaned this up the best I could.
Rough sanded it
Top
(Bianca's all about the photo bomb)
"Dry" painting
(don't saturate the paint brush, just get the bristles barely wet)
Top
(and I did add a thin coat of Poly on it to protect it...from me, I'm a spiller)
I should have taken a pic of the hotttt mess I was using to hold my make up and jewelry but I was too excited to get it out of the bedroom;
I did take a pic of how I was storing my girlie goodies post antique vanity.
I did take a pic of how I was storing my girlie goodies post antique vanity.
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AFTER
And here is is done and set up!
Nate was able to save the mirror from the antique vanity.
He took the giant & heavy wood frame off it and secured the mirror to our wall.
Nate was able to save the mirror from the antique vanity.
He took the giant & heavy wood frame off it and secured the mirror to our wall.
Inside!
(sorry about those cords on the ground...gotta plug in curling irons and such)
Ahh...girlie goodness is BACK! A place to put "stuff" and a place that is just "mine". For an only child I think I share pretty well, but there are some things a girl should just get to keep to herself and have a pretty way to keep them.
I'm excited to start the next project which is a gem of a chair to go with this "new" vanity. I found the chair at Goodwill, yes Goodwill, for only $6.99.
I will refinish it as well and recover the seat in a fun pattern.
