Thursday, June 14, 2012

Identity Crisis!


Is it a Vanity?
Is it a Desk?
Is it a Dresser?

LOOK - 
it's SUPERversatile!!!!!!!!!

This was being sold as a vanity - 


but I looked at the photo and I thought I'd sell it as a desk
until I had a brainstorm - 
(You would not believe the storms that rage inside my brain - 
& not all of them are positive creations, let me tell ya - but
this one happened to be ) 

remember this dresser?


that I did like this ?


The girl that bought it did not want the mirror at all - 

so I kept it for some future project - and I am so
happy I did - because John kept telling me to just
give it to her when she comes - it's part of it and she may change
her mind one day............but I had lowered the price 
( she had me at " student " ) 
so felt justified about keeping the mirror

Ok - so here is the post for this transformation
( the above was just the prelude lol ) 

I gave it a coat of white homemade chalky paint
sorry Annie - but I have tons of paint I have to
use up somehow!!!!

gave it a very quick coat - making sure to leave a little of the wood exposed



I then painted over the white with a gray color I had on hand - also
making a chalky recipe for this - there's little "peaks" of wood showing
through


I added a stencil in each corner - as mentioned in an earlier post I always
put one of these stencils on the back of my transformations - sort of my
signature - but lately their sneaking up on the forefront of some of them
It's from the dollar store and I just love it

I used ASCP coco for the patterns - I love the contrast between the gray and this color

at this point most of the work is done - sanding and a little more distressing and waxing




Now I am on to a seating -
something of which I definitely have an obsession with - at this point
my actual table ( I add on for large parties ) seats 8 - and I probably have
seating for 24 lol -

I took this



painted the base white - and reupholstered it like this



The gray background is perfect for the body of the desk/vanity/dresser
Let's call it my D.V.D. going forward, shall we? lol

Please don't leave me now - it's almost over!
This post took longer to create than the entire job - if you're sick of reading about it - imagine how
I feel uploading all these photos and typing lol

Next step was the mirror -



I painted the frame that holds up the mirror in the white - and the mirror
frame itself in the gray - lightly distressed the both pieces

Started staging it and it's not finished yet -
This is part of the disorder - I cannot help it
Same way when I'm painting the actual walls in
a room..................and hanging pictures on one wall even if
there's still walls to paint -
I think there's medication for this - 







Oh we're almost so done here I can taste it - handles - painted gray and,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Have you guessed
Yes distressed
( just showing off my poetry skills - like to throw that in every once in awhile )


Has anyone stuck around for all of this?

Do you actually remember what it looked like, lol?


And here she is now -











Listing this tonight.................

And just for a laugh - you know how I'm always going on about painting wood - well you will not believe this one


yeah I painted the firewood white - as nuts as any of you may think you are?
I can one up you, definitely

JOHN - DO NOT TRY TO BURN THESE - DECORATION ONLY, LOL

XXX
Suzan

Time to Party!

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8 comments:

  1. Oh what a wonderful transformation! I love it!

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  2. Love what you did to the dresser. Many years ago my aunt gave me a vanity like the 'before' picture, and it actually had a mirror attached - a huge, round mirror that almost was as wide as the bottom of the vanity. I suspect it was of 1950s vintage.

    Nice makeover! :-)

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  3. This is so pretty! Very clever to make use the mirror from another project. And your staging skills are terrific!

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  4. Looks fantastic! You're so clever to use the mirror from another piece to add to this one. Painting firewood? Uhmmmmmm, yeah I think maybe an RX is needed. ;-)

    Pat

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  5. Amazing, you did a total change, it is very nice. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  6. What a great job! I love the mirror you added to it. I have a whole bed set that was my grandparents that looks a lot like this...only the vanity with it has a round mirror. I took the mirror off and put it with the dresser and have used the vanity as a desk too. Yours looks wonderful! Thanks for sharing at the All Star Block Party!

    Holly

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  7. that mirror was the perfect addition! great idea!

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