Vanity Makeover with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

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{Now back to our regularly scheduled programing...}

My beautiful baby girl is growing up.
Yep, somehow she managed to go and turn 16 on me.
I'm not exactly sure how I got old enough to have a child who's 16, but there it is...

So, for her lovely Sweet 16, she decided there was only one thing she wanted.

A new vanity.

Now mind you, the girl's not what I'd call vain.
I think she was just really, really, really tired of doing her hair and make-up on the floor! 

Surprisingly, her only other request was that she wanted it to look chippy and old. 

SCORE!!! 

She's got great taste just like ME!! I was so pleased to find she's takes after me in her decor tastes... 

So, off I went, in search of a perfectly nasty piece of junk to turn into a beautiful Sweet 16 Gift.

Didn't take long to spot it sitting there waiting for me at the D.A.V. 

Who cares about the peeling veneer and missing hardware! 

So it's got some bumps and bruises, that's why I like it!

And this is her friend I found sitting in the next room...

As this was a PBP (PreBlogProject) I apparently failed to snap a before pic of the sweet little chair I found at our local ReStore. 
You all would have loved the orange striped velour seat! Such a pity... 

With my furniture pieces all collected, I locked myself in our Safe Room (yeah, I know what you're thinking, the whole house is concrete, why an extra safe room? Married to Mr. Concrete here!! Trust me, this is the house you wanna be in if there's a tornado!) to paint away from prying birthday eyes.

And paint I did.
With Annie Sloan Chalk Paint I might add!! (Old White)
My first time.
It was awesome!!

I'm pretty sure I got a little high while I was waxing in here with no ventilation, but it was worth it. 
I had to snap a few pics even before I moved it to her room!

My 9 year old son and I snuck it in her room after she got on the bus the morning of her birthday.

I used a tutorial from One Nutty Girl to get an old farm table look on the vanity top.

{UPDATE: It's been brought to my attention that the link to One Nutty Girl is no longer working. So let me see if I can remember the technique I used on this table top. Bare with me, it's been well over a year!
I know I watered down Old White ASCP till it was just about the consistency of water. I used a chip brush (natural bristle brush) and brushed this watery mixture on going with the grain of the wood. I think I let it sit for a minute or so then started wiping it off, also going with the grain. Then once it was dry, I added a thin layer of clear AS wax and then immediately added random spots of the AS dark wax. The dark wax was added also with a chip brush with just a slight amount on the end of the bristles. Once both waxes were applied, I used a soft cloth to rub it all over the table top. You can also rub off any additional wax you don't like or add more dark wax if it suits your taste. I think I even had areas I started over on and added more of the paint mixture then waxed again. I truly hope I remembered all this correctly... eek!}

I desperately wanted this fabric for the chair, but it was $24 per yard. Wouldn't ya know it, they had just enough for what I needed in the remnant bin. $4 baby!!

Love all the little details!

These handles are so fun! Gotta love Hobby Lobby!!!

Who doesn't need a foot rest?!?

She definitely uses it! 
So glad I went with Contact Paper to line the drawers instead of the fabric I'd originally intended. 
Much easier for her to clean up her make-up spills.

She loves it, so I couldn't be more thrilled with how it turned out!

Happy Sweet 16 to my beautiful Morgan, (way back in March) I love you!!

~Jeannine

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