I got the privilege to paint a beautiful old vanity for a dear friend.  She was gifted this vanity from a friend for her birthday (I need to find friends like that!).

Here is the vanity before…

I kind of fell in love with it and told her she shouldn’t paint it, but she wanted it to be fresh and clean.  I think she was right, it turned out great!

I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and normally you don’t have to sand.  Well, this piece was sitting outside for quite a while and it was flaking off, so I had to sand the flakes off.  As I was sanding I started really regretting painting this piece.  It was perfect and chippy, but wasn’t functional for a vanity.  So I pressed on.  There is a point in every project that it gets worse before it gets better.  As I put the first coat of paint on, I was hating it.  The piece had warped from being outside and it wasn’t smooth so you could see all the cracks and bumps.  I kept going though because I knew it would look great once it was done.  After the second coat and a bit of sanding and waxing, it looked great!

Here she is…

How cute are these knobs she chose?  I think they are from Anthro.

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