Thrift Store Desk To Vanity Makeover

Remember my $20 thrift shop desk I institute last week?

 I wasn't quite certain what I wanted to practice amongst it, until I saw this Crate & Barrel LaSalle Black Vanity Desk.

My petty thrift shop desk was a like size to Mr. LaSalle, in addition to I right away knew what I had to do.

Check out my petty guy's novel look!

He's hence sassy now.

 And I'm smitten. When I start spotted this desk inwards the thrift store, a lightbulb appeared inwards my brain. I knew EXACTLY what I could practice amongst a desk this size....make a bigger, ameliorate vanity than the i I was currently using. Just to jog your memory, here's the concluding vanity I was using. It was cute, but ultimately only also small!

Teeny weeny vanity, I RELEASE YOU!

 Now y'all tin run into how much ameliorate my upgraded version is! I made a few changes, too. I moved the whole vanity setup to a dissimilar wall (over closer to the bathroom door, which was a bigger wall) in addition to and hence I also added a few other favorite ugrades.

 I institute a GIANT one-time wooden mirror at the thrift shop in addition to painted it Sherwin Williams Sea Salt blue (same coloring every bit bathroom). I added to a greater extent than or less other i of my ribbon-trimmed drum shade lamps. Then, I also decided to convey my favorite thrift shop chair makeover into the mix! It's hence much comfier than my petty dinky stool I was using. All combined, my 8 1000000 thrift shop creations brand i AWESOME vanity/dressing table!!!

I volition become into slap-up special nearly how I transformed this desk inwards my next post (since it was a slight-debacle-that-took-3-days-but-ended-up-perfect). So, remain tuned!

Also, remain tuned for a cupboard update soon!

And an update on the side room!

It's actually starting to come upward along!

That's all for today! Thanks for stopping past times to cheque out the novel vanity!

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How To Fix a Spray Paint Disaster

Today I'm telling the storey of my outset spray pigment disaster.
It all started amongst an innocent piffling thrift shop desk.

Although I'm pretty certain it had it out for me from the start, every bit at that topographic point were several spiders inwards the drawer simply waiting to trap me upwardly inwards a spider web as well as drain my blood. 
That's how far it went inwards my head.

Luckily Jesse is ever willing to de-spider things for me. And thus he offered to assistance me drill the novel holes for the handle.

After my novel holes were drilled, I took the desk exterior inwards the driveway as well as applied a bunch of forest filler to all of the scratches as well as dents. This desk was 1 large giant dent. 

Every white splotch on the to a higher house drawer was a dent or hole. 

That pace lonely took a practiced sixty minutes to complete.

Next, I used this gray primer (affiliate link) to prime number the desk since I had decided to spray pigment it black. 
I truly dear the agency the grayness primer looks past times itself. I should receive got waxed it as well as quit there. 
Seriously though, who knew grayness primer turned out thus pretty. It makes me desire to purpose it on something else. It's simply that perfect shade of gray-blue. 

But, of course of education I didn't halt there, because I was assault having a glossy dark desk.
And that's when my projection turned into a flake of a disaster.

I've spray painted thus many things inwards the past times span of years as well as I've never had this plough over off before. 

I used patently former high gloss dark spray pigment as well as for some argue it looked amazing everywhere except the overstep of the desk. The overstep of the desk was super streaky.

So, I allow it dry out for a few hours as well as thus took it within as well as sanded downward simply the overstep of the desk.

I could receive got sanded it all the agency down, but life is short, thus I simply sanded it smooth.

Then, I primed the overstep of the desk amongst brush on primer, primed it, thus painted it amongst some apartment dark pigment I had on hand. Then position a coat of Polycrylic on top.

It wasn't the ideal province of affairs I had planned, every bit my conception was to accept 10 minutes to spray pigment it as well as endure done. But, sometimes things acquire messed upwardly as well as you lot simply receive got to figure out a agency some it.

I debated non sharing my spray pigment disaster, but I figured that I'm non the exclusively 1 who's had a streaky spray pigment employment as well as that possibly this would assistance person else figure out what to do. I've since figured out that it didn't function because I spray painted a large apartment surface (the overstep of the desk) amongst a depression character dark lacquer spray paint. I've since spray painted this amongst a high character glossy dark spray pigment as well as it turned out perfectly.

So, I've lived as well as learned.

But, all is good inwards the end, every bit it however turned out pretty cool for a piffling thrift shop desk!

That's all for today!
'Til side past times side time!

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Top x Projects of 2012

2012 volition live over soon, too I can't believe my weblog volition live 1 twelvemonth quondam on Jan 3rd! This twelvemonth has been such a crazy twelvemonth total of novel beginnings, too every bit the twelvemonth comes to an destination today, I've been reflecting a lot on all of the picayune wonderful experiences I've enjoyed since starting this blog.

So, I persuasion I would part the ambit 10 projects on my weblog from the initiative off year.

Here are my most my most pop projects, inward order, from 2012.

#1. Master Bedroom Makeover. This was yesteryear far my most pop post inward the concluding year. I'm non actually sure why, but I would approximate it was due to the drastic before pictures. :)

#2. The Striped Guest Bathroom: The moving ikon below is the most pinned moving ikon from my blog. When I was re-doing this room dorsum inward January, I had a wild persuasion to pigment stripes on the picayune one-half wall, too I'm thus glad I did!

#3. How To Paint Trim: My tutorial for ikon cut has been 1 of my most pop posts to date, too I'm thus glad. I holler upwards how daunting ikon my solid seemed at initiative off (when I had never fifty-fifty touched a paintbrush before), too it makes me happy to know I've been able to assist others amongst what I learned along the way. I too included earlier too afters of all the rooms inward the solid inward this post, thus it's a fun read fifty-fifty if yous accept no intention of wielding a paintbrush anytime soon.

#4. Our Kitchen Cabinet Chalkboard Paint: This was exactly just 1 of my favorite ideas, thus it makes me thus happy to know how much yous liked it. 

 #5. Christmas Ornament Wreath: This was yesteryear far the most pop pocket-sized projection I've done, too 1 of the most recent! I had over thirty of yous ship me your ain versions, too I cannot fifty-fifty limited how wonderful that made me feel! Thank you!

#6: The Office Makeover: This was 1 of my personal favorites, every bit it's a room I acquire thus much purpose out of. Updating this room gave me a slap-up identify to focus too create. It's too 1 of the only rooms that I've done too and then totally left alone. I haven't changed a unmarried matter nearly the decor since I finished it dorsum inward early on February.

#7: The Guest Bedroom: This picayune room was 1 of your favorites also. The funniest constituent is that this room has undergone to a greater extent than changes than whatever room inward the house. I mean value it's because it's rarely used, too I tin dismiss experiment amongst it without inconveniencing our day-to-day activities. This was the version 1.0 of the invitee sleeping room done inward Jan 2012.

#8. Guest Bedroom Version 2.0: After taking most of the decor inward this room too using it inward other rooms, it got kinda bare, thus I redid it 1 time to a greater extent than inward May. The stripes lasted nearly six months, every bit it is currently nether structure 1 time again. I already accept stripes inward the bathroom, too frankly I decided that 1 room was enough. So, the stripes are straight off gone, too you'll meet version 3.0 soon. Although short-lived, this room was nevertheless 1 of your faves. :)

#9. Our 2012 Christmas Tree: I loved that this post made it into the ambit 10, every bit I genuinely set my pump too soul into it! With a picayune thrift shop tree, too hundreds of homemade ornaments, I was able to create a tree that I loved. 

#10. The Dresser Makeover: Last, but for certain non to the lowest degree is the dresser. When I initiative off set eyes upon this $50 Craigslist dresser, I knew it could live amazing amongst a picayune TLC. However, I could accept never predicted how well-loved it would live yesteryear you! Nearly a twelvemonth later, too it's nevertheless my favorite slice of furniture redo!

So, that's it! The ambit 10 of 2012! 

It was crazy year, total of ups too downs, but I dearest knowing that through all of it, I was able to bit-by-bit brand our solid a home! I thus await forrad to what 2013 has to bring.

Make sure to halt yesteryear Thursday, Jan tertiary (my blogiversary!) where I'll demonstrate yous a few of my favorite posts from this twelvemonth (they mightiness surprise you!), too speak nearly to a greater extent than or less of the things I've learned inward my initiative off twelvemonth of blogging. I promise you'll join me!!

Most of all, accept a happy too rubber New Year, too I'll meet ya NEXT YEAR!

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How To Update Old Brass Fixtures

Have yous e'er works life something actually cool at a thrift shop too yous convey it dwelling too that one niggling thing ignites a spark that makes yous modify a bazillion other niggling things inward your house?

Well, that happens to me on a weekly basis. For my ain mental sanity, I should actually merely rest out of thrift stores, but dangit they depict me inward similar a gnat to a porch light.

This yesteryear weekend, I came across a brassy niggling lantern chandelier at the thrift store. I had been looking for something similar this for awhile, too then when I saw a $5 toll tag on the lantern, I intend I yelped outloud. Seriously, this affair should select been to a greater extent than than $5.
High-five to the awesome individual who donated this to the thrift store.

When I saw this thing, I knew instantly where it would go. 

The inward a higher house film is from the first set of renovations I did to our top dog bedroom. I works life that giant chandelier (also originally brass) too decided that it was ameliorate than the nighttime dark-brown ceiling fan that was at that spot before. 
You select to larn meet the before pic of this room amongst the nighttime woods paneling too erstwhile ceiling fan. 

After a piece of living amongst the giant chandelier, it began to actually annoy me. It was merely likewise large.

The niggling brass lantern seemed similar a much ameliorate fit.

So, I decided to spray pigment the niggling brass lantern, too.
Here's what I ended upward with. 

I actually dear the agency it turned out, too the size fits the room much better.

To update the chandelier from brass to brushed silver,  I used 1 of my favorite argent spray paints, Rustoleum kitchen and on my bath faucet. I similar it because it creates a brushed nickel goal rather than a chrome argent finish. So, it's perfect for all sorts of dwelling decor stuff, peculiarly fixtures.

Once I had my chandelier hung, it got me on a redo-tons-of-other-stuff-binge. So, I completely redid my vanity area. If yous read my weblog a lot, yous mightiness notice what I did. 

 I spray painted the vanity mirror silver, too. And I also painted the tabular array satin black, and completely reupholstered the chair.

See how this affair looked the solar daytime I brought it dwelling from the thrift shop here.

I dear the agency it looks inward the evenings, amongst the niggling light on. Here's what it looks similar during the solar daytime now.

I similar the novel vanity colors much better. They complement the greenish carpeting too embroidered pillows now. 

And that's non all. While I had my spray pigment out, I spray painted to a greater extent than or less other thrift shop find. I works life a niggling gilded  mirrored vanity tray at the thrift shop for $2. I sentiment it would endure perfect to concord to a greater extent than or less of my jewelry. 

Most of this junk is from Target too thrift stores. And Forever 21...or Forever 29, every bit I similar to telephone telephone it.

And 1 final thing, I decided to sell my erstwhile vanity stool that sat nether my antique flip-down desk. It was likewise small. So, I pulled an erstwhile pianoforte bench out of a storage cupboard too painted it black. It's non a permanent solution, every bit I actually select no sentiment what to practise amongst this room long-term. But, it's okay for now.

Check out how I afterward upholstered this stool amongst stripes here.

And those are all of the chamber updates for today!
Thanks too then much for stopping by! 
*To meet a consummate history of the development of this room from the solar daytime nosotros moved inward to months after this post was written, larn here.

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