Furniture Redo, Deco Style Dressing Table / Vanity Refinished

Hey guys! Kristine here. In case you don't know me (don't worry - I'll forgive you :-) I write The Painted Hive blog and each month I share a fresh project of mine over here at Remodelaholic. I love a furniture makeover so today I thought I'd show you one of my most recent refurbs. Here's a little sneak peak:

And here's the before:

 I think it's probably fair to say this old deco dressing table wasn't gonna protest about getting a bit of a facelift. It came to me for the bargain price of $0 - really, the things people just throw away! It was complete with ugly bakelite handles, a glass shelf and two wing mirrors too, though I only remembered to take the 'before' pic after I already removed them - oops, classic me, like a bull at a gate!

Anyways, after a general clean, patch-up and light all over sand I replaced the central glass shelf with a piece of timber (just cause the glass didn't seem quite right for the look I was going for) then primed and painted the whole thing black.

To add some distinction, and for a slight industrial edge, I stencilled on some simple numbers in pale buttery vanilla before distressing the whole piece (corners, edges and flat surfaces) by hand with a sanding block.

Next I sealed the whole thing with wipe-on poly before attaching some new nickel bin pulls.

The big tri-piece wing mirror is completely detachable so you can use it with:

 

or without:

 

I love the way some paint and a few unique little touches can give an old piece of furniture a completely new feel.

So from this:

to this:

 

I hope you enjoyed this makeover. There's always something like this going on over at my blog so please feel free to stop by sometime. At the moment I'm re-doing my master bedroom with a whole heap of salvaged junk - oh, I mean treasure - I'm in the midst of sprucing-up.