Sweet vanity Before and After ...

This past week was perfect painting weather ... outside painting weather. The thermometer finally hovered in the 60 to 70 degree range for most of the week and out came the paint cans.

This was the first piece I sunk my teeth brushes into ... an old dressing vanity that was my husband's maternal Grandmother's ... passed down thru the generations. When my in-laws retired and moved, it was one of those things that was "up for grabs" ... I waited until after nobody seemed to be interested in it before laying claim ... and I've had it tucked away in our basement since.

 

My first thought was to leave the original paint ... it was a nice creamy mellow yellow color ... chippy around the edges ... but, after closer inspection, I noticed it had some staining and the paint was flaking rather bad ... so, I decided a face-lift would be in order ... and WOW am I happy with the results!!

My daughter helped me out by giving it a light sanding and a coat of primer ... that took care of all the stains and loose paint. A few coats of antique white paint and a faux linen look applied to the drawer insets in a very pale gray ... I left the hardware original, I love the contrast between the light and dark. I heavily distressed the new paint to allow the original 'mellow yellow' paint to peek thru and the natural dark wood. This is just the sweetest vanity ... it has a cool beveled mirror tucked into the center make-up drawer, lots of little cubbies inside {for gloves,maybe?}, and even a secret hidden drawer for hiding love letters.

**This is a repost ... but one of my FAVORITE DIYs ... I wanted to share for my first link up to: Make it For Monday at Cottage Instincts ... make sure you visit ALL of the other fabulous links!!