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!