Monday, September 26, 2011

The pain in the A*S shabby chic vanity

I was so excited when I found this vanity at Goodwill.


The problem was that it had some thick cardboard sticky contact paper on it. I should have just primed over it with Bin, but I decided to try to peel it off. What a mistake that was. There was so much glue and it was thick, and it just wasn't going to come off.




So I gave up and set the piece aside for about 2 months. I think I was secretly hoping that 2 months later the top would miraculously be good as new and ready to go...Didn't happen though.

Then I had a brainstorm. I was going to be throwing away an old headboard.  I decided to use it to make a top for the vanity. It was thankfully a pretty simple fix.


I painted it white and distressed it. I am so pleased with the way it came out and relieved to be able to check this project off the list!







13 comments:

  1. it was worth all the work though- it's beautiful!

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  2. Well done! I love how you improvised. It looks amazing!

    Pam

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  3. How clever!!! It looks like it was made this way. Nice job!

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  4. Wow - you really made the magic happen with that one! It looks beautiful!

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  5. You are a freakin' genius! Seriously! AWESOME!!!

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  6. That is darling! Glad you didn't trash it after the sticky paper! :)

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  7. This came out really pretty ...love the little legs on this vanity!

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  8. This is gorgeous...all your hard work paid off!

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  9. Oh Lisa ~ This came out great! I love it when those ideas actually work out. Glad I found you - I really need all the help I can get with a basement full of potential re-do's.

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