Monday, October 8, 2012

Getting back into business

Wow, what a day! With It being Columbus Day, the kids were home, yes, all 5. So needless to say I didn't get as much done as I'd hoped, but I did manage to put more information on my blog, stain our stairs handrail and start on the antique vanity/dresser.
I need to point out to those if you who do not know me, that my family and I recently moved back to our home state of Illinois after living in Los Angeles for 6 years. We are ecstatic about being back closer to our families, but moving a big family across half of the country is  well, a bit exhausting!  Being in LA was at times difficult, if you've been there you know all about how expensive it is and I won't even get started on the traffic, but put all that aside, it was fabulous:) It's where our youngest 2 were born and its where I started painting! I'll tell you some stories about that in another post.

Now back to the cute little vanity.  It wasn't difficult to choose paint colors for this darling piece because as soon as I saw it, I pictured it in either in a little girl's bedroom or a teen girl's bedroom.
There's only one pink I could use on a piece like this, Antoinette Pink by Annie Sloan. This color is just to precious! It's sort of a rosy color and when a mixture of clear and dark wax are put on over it, its the perfect vintage pink:) Of course I wouldn't do the whole vanity in it, only the drawers which came with the neatest knobs. They have a marble insert in the middle of them and I think I will keep them with this piece. As far as the body goes, well, you'll just have to wait and see!
oh and check out my Pick it Before I paint it page to see any new inventory:)
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I know she's not so pretty now, but she will be:) *not show is a tri mirror*