A Sweet Pink Vanity

A few months ago I bought this adorable desk/ vanity from another dealer who was clearancing it out.  It almost seemed a sin to paint over this beautiful maple, but it had so much potential if I did.

The two features I fell in love with on this piece, were the knobs and the twisted trim.

 It always amazes me how much a few little details can really make a piece.

So, here is the finished product. I wanted the palest pink I could find, and yet I already had

so many pinks that I hated to go buy another one. With enough white paint

added in I was able to mix my own and come up with the perfect shade.

Some mild distressing to give it that vintage look.

I really love the style of the mirror.

How perfect would this look in a girls room?

If you live in Kansas City, check it out at Lone Elm Antique Mall in Olathe.

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Shabby Chic Mirror Makeover

I am always finding these old mirrors with gold frames at garage sales and thrift stores, so I had to share this restyled one, just so you know I am getting something done. ( So many projects half finished, nice to have one to post)

This one was in really nice shape. I think I paid $6 for it.

The backs usually are held on by screws, so they are really easy to remove.

After a little black gloss spray paint....

It looks quite chic.

The perfect look for that Shabby Chic room.

I love these mirrors and I'm so happy to find them so often.

It is now available at the Sentimental Journey Antique Mall.

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Monday Treasures Begins

I did not mean to be gone for a week, but life was a little crazy this last few days. I have actually spent alot of the week researching so many items I found when I unpacked my boxes from my father-in-law's attic. I have decided to start a new series of posts on Monday's called Monday's Treasures. Not only do I have these things from my father-in-laws attic, but of course still go thrifting on the weekends, so why not show them off on Mondays? Maybe one day I will start a linky party to have you all share your treasures as well. What do you think? So today, I will start with some of the goodies I have unpacked from the attic boxes. Actually, here is a picture of my pool table covered in treasures. It is almost overwhelming to have this all in front of me at once.

Sorry, not a great pic, but I think you get the idea. I also have a table and counters covered in my kitchen. And even my hearth as you can see here, this is a partial set of Franciscan Starburst Pottery. My husband remembers eating on these dishes everyday as a child. When his grandmother died, it went in the attic and they started using her dishes, which his dad still uses today.

A close up of the platter. I would definitely call this mid century modern. And it is bringing a pretty decent price on e-bay. There is alot of it missing and I am sure there must be more back in the attic, so I will probably pack it back up until I can get the whole set together.

This is a four piece set (sorry, the plates are in the other room) of cobalt blue glassware. I identified it as a product of the Hazel-Atlas glass company from the 1940's and 50's.

Now onto thrifting over the weekend, we thought we would hit a couple of garage sales and ran across this bedroom set from the 1930's. I was pretty excited to hear it was only $100 for the whole set. The vanity has a piece of trim missing above the drawer on the left, so I will have to see if I can find something close, or replace the trim on the whole thing.

I loooove the round mirror that goes over the vanity. It shows its age, but i think that gives it character. The trim over the top is beautiful.

The bed is a full size and was complete with the footboard, headboard and side rails.

I can't wait to get to work painting her. I think she will look beautiful in an off white. And last but not least is the tall chest. I am not crazy about the handles, so I will have to find a set that will be suitable. Hobby Lobby here I come! Watch for this at the antique mall.

My last treasure for the weekend was another garage sale that we hit on our lunch hour on Friday. I bought a chair and a few other small things and when I was paying I spotted this box full of lanterns buy the door. $5.00 for the whole box!!! Do those look Pottery Barn like or what?

They are a little dirty, but I can clean them up pretty easy! Bonus!!! Oh and there is also a spoon rack in the box. I have a project in mind for it that I saw on blogland.

Thanks for looking!

Linking to the following parties: Apron Thrift Girl

Rose Reflections

This is another one of those projects that I can only show you the after. I have looked and looked for the before picture, but I took it so long ago it is lost forever. No actually, I'm sure I will find it long after I write this post! Anyway, this mirror came from a thrift store and was a mixture of beige and brown roses! Who ever thought beige and brown roses made an atractive mirror, must have been crazy. I brought it home and painted it a beautiful creamy color and decided it was even uglier, if that was possible. Now she has been repainted once again in a glossy white, I think she is beautiful. I didn't think I was every going to get the darker colors covered with the bright white. I took her to the antique mall twice before I got everything white. Apparently the light in my basement is so poor that I just could not see the creamy yellow colored spots down in the grooves of the roses until I got it out in the bright daylight. Wow, I am so glad I finally got her done! I am linking to these parties:

Garage Sale And Thrifting Finds

I was so happy to find the first garage/yard sale so far this year. It was so huge, with some great buys and the lady said to come back next week and she would have a lot more.

This adorable little desk needs a little love,

it looks like someone loved it too much with a can of red high gloss paint!

She had this cute vintage picnic basket as well.

And there is always a $2.00 chair needing some paint!

At the antique mall I found this great sled at a 1/2 price sale.

I really wanted one this year, but they were all more than I was willing to part with!

It will look so cute on my front porch next Christmas.

Another antique mall nearby is going out of business, so we had to check out their sales. Most of their dealers were way overpriced and the owner said that was the reason they were closing. I felt so bad for him. We did find a few good buys there, like this great mirror!

And these adorable vintage aprons!

An ivory Haeger ginger jar to match my black one.

I found these two Delft Blue Birthday plates. I have a Wednesday's child already, now I have the Sunday's child and Tuesday's child. I need the Thursday's child and Saturday's and I will have all of my children covered.

I am crazy about blue and white porcelain and these are for my stash.

At Goodwill and Saver's we found these great canisters.

I do have a plan for these!Some vintage Glasbake and FireKing baking dishes.

And a bunch of Campbell's Soup bowls and Thermos's.

One of the Thermos's is marked Fuel for Fitness from the 1984 Olympics.

I thought it was pretty cool!

Wow, what a weekend.

I better get to work listing some of these items and working on the others.

Linking to:

Apron Thrift Girl