Showing posts with label trash to treasure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trash to treasure. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Antique Vanity fit for a shabby-chic Princess....

who is heading off to college in a few days.  
Mind you, this is the second antique vanity that I have given new life to.  The first antique vanity I never took before or after photos and it now belongs to one of my daughters(who will also take hers to college).....and now this antique vanity.  I remembered to do before and after photos so I could share.  This one now belongs to my other daughter....and she is taking it with her to college as well. (They both live off campus now..otherwise these would never have fit in a dorm room)  

my little helper

I actually picked up both antique vanities pretty cheap while scouring craigslist for weeks until I finally found 2!  You see both of my daughters are only about a year apart and it has been pretty much like having twins for the last 19 years...gotta get 2 of everything! 

They both really wanted shabby chic old feminine vanity sets.....not the new modern ones but the old antique kind like these.  (They are actually getting into the love of antiques & old stuff like me......LOL!!) 


 They both wanted them painted white with a little bit of distressing...not alot....they still are not quite into the really old chippy looking things YET.....hahahaha !

So I made my own chalk paint in an off creamy white and did just a tiny bit of distressing on this piece...and the best part is that she totally loves it!  I'm happy , they are happy and they both now have beautiful antique pieces of furniture to keep and pass down to their kids someday ;)

So if you have a little shabby-chic princess....you may want to find an antique vanity that nobody wants (try your local craigslistings)  and give it a little paint.....I bet your daughter would adore having one of these oldies....they just don't make them like these anymore! 

Monday, October 26, 2009

Trash To Treasure

I just had to share this spectacular "trash to treasure" piece my gal pal sent me today. She is also another artsy-fartsy fanatic....she can make fabulous primitive dolls, rug hooking pieces & other needful prim things!


Well, she told me that she found this old ugly brass chandelier sitting along side a dumpster...basically a piece of junk to whomever was throwing it away....and yeah, to any ordinary person, it would be trash...but to all of us artsy-fartsy types, and yes admit it....we are not the ordinary, we consider this stuff ......GOLD! We think we found the perfect piece to turn into a treasure ......and it's FREE!


Here is the BEFORE :





And here is the AFTER:



WOW....she did a fabulous job refurbishing this old brass chandelier into an awesome treasure. She painted over the ugly brass with this wonderful orange color. She even took the old sleeves off, dripped hot glue down the sides and then painted them over with a cream color. So now it has that old dripping wax look....AWESOME! Her husband was even able to install it & put it on a dimmer switch too. She says it brings her tired dining room back to a stylish updated look. She replaced an old country blue light fixture she had for years, into this really cool eye popping piece.....and yup, the best part....she got it for FREE!

What an inspiration.....hmmmm now it's time to go DUMPSTER DIVING so I can find some really great trash and turn it into treasure. If you have any trash to treasure stories ....please post comments! Happy Hunting!