Dreamin'

I recently had a beautiful vintage vanity with a large round mirror on display at Barn Happy. It really was a pretty piece. I had two people that wanted to purchase it at the same time! Have you ever been in that perdicament? It's nice if you have more than one of the same thing - it's not so nice when you only have one ... and it's one-of-a-kind!

I was asked if I could re-create another vanity like that one. It's not as easy as it seems!  It would be darn difficult! I'm sure there are probably more pieces of furniture like it .... somewhere! Time was an issue, but I'd be willing to keep looking for something similar and!

As luck would have it, I came across something that might actually work! While perusing one of my fav thrift shops, I happened to spy what looked like a small sized desk. With a closer look, I noticed a round mirror propped up behind it. It was smaller than the other one I had done, but I thought it was worth a try to give it a make-over!

This is how it looked before. It even has casters! The finish was in pretty good shape - it didn't seem right to paint over it!

The mirror and frame were in good shape, too. (don't mind the background - it's my workspace!)

Here she is .... painted the same color as the other vanity! New drawer hardware to replace the damaged originals. I gave it a good, hand-rubbed waxy polish to make it shine!

Adding the mirror was a little tricky - you see, I found out during the work-in-progress -- that the mirror didn't actually go with the bottom part!! Umm - oh, oh! It took some ingenuity on my part to figure it out! But now you'd probably think they were made for each other!

                                             

The other vanity had a pretty little bench that I found and it set it off perfectly. I wasn't able to find another bench, but I happened to come across a lonely little chair that I thought might be just the to complete this little vanity! The back support was broken missing, so I decided to cut the chair back so it would be lower and kinda look like a vanity bench/chair! What do you think?

Sometimes that's all it takes to make a Dream come true!

Till next time...... Keep dreamin' till your dreams come true!

No Excuses, No Apologizing!

I know, I know........... I'm a bad blogger! I'm not even going to make excuses anymore! So, that being said, here's what I've been cranking out:

This was such a cute little gate-leg table that was totally abused and obviously not one that was loved enough to keep.

It looks like someone used their carpenter skills - such as they were - and built this table by hand. Maybe for a Mother or a Wife. But, it withstood the test of time and has a kind of primitive look that I love!!

I could see that this table had the potential to be lovely once again! French Country seemed the way to go!

Plus, I wanted to try the hand-painted graphics! I chose the Background Graphic Fairy for this beauty.

Now this beautiful table has a re-newed life! I so love how it turned out! I wanted to keep it! It's already found a new home with someone who also loves these vintage treasures!

Simple little magazine holder table thingy! Everybody's probably seen one of these a time or two!

Well, here's an updated version! The top is a black stain. The bottom is a lightly distressed shade of turquoise.

Love the slightly rusty-crusty look!

Love it better with a little paint, vintage dictionary pages of birds, and bird stencils! SOLD!

This is my own creation! What to do with some old shutters and glass cabinet door? Why make a table, of course! GONE!

BEFORE: Beat up desk. Goodwill find.

Came with this mirror.

Beauty-full in a deep cream color! It found a loving home, too!

White paint, lightly distressed, re-upholstered with muslin and French-script fabric. Oh La-la! Love it! 

Another curbside find! No before pics, but imagine dull brown, scratched up, banged up and tossed out!

Such detail!

Paired with a mis-matched chair.

Fancy - schmancy pillow made from fabric scraps!

Mis-matched finials! Do you think anybody will notice??!

I'm starting to wind down for the season mainly because I don't have a good workspace conducive for cold weather. But, I'll still be on the lookout for potential projects and start planning for next Spring.

Meanwhile ........

KEEP ON JUNKIN'!