Thursday, October 28, 2010

a little vanity

Here's another in the series of "things you might as well try painting because they can't really look worse": the vanity in our master bathroom. Pretty much everything in the bathroom is rather cheap-o, but spending money on it is not something we have any real desire to do at the moment - so I was looking for a couple quick fixes. We painted, hung new towel bars, and replaced the light fixture.

Before
(don't mind me there - only original I could
find was from house hunting album...)


Recently I decided to tackle the vanity in all its peeling veneer glory (the part with the worst peeling was hidden next to the shower; didn't notice that one till after we moved in). A little sanding, priming, and painting, and I think the sophistication level's gone up a notch.

After

The total cost: approx. $40 for primer, paint, and 2 fun knobs from Anthropologie. And I managed to make it look better! (Unfortunately there's nothing paint can do for the scalloped sink basin and the crooked hanging doors...)
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Shared on Piece of Work Wednesday.

5 comments:

  1. yes, it definitely looks much better this way, and much more up to date. thanks so much for joining my party!

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  2. Looks great! I'm going to be tackling the (twin to yours!) vanity in the kids' bathroom next month. Nice job!

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  3. Huge improvement! You took 20 years off the age of your bathroom.

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  4. Wow, that transformation is amazing for the few fixes you did. Great job!

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