Turquoise Waterfall Vanity Makeover

This poor dear was screaming out to all who would listen that she wanted to live on....a makeover was more than necessary to satisfy her need for a new life!

Before and in need of some serious help!

I love the lines she has on the mirror...I can't wait to bring them to life!

She has beautiful bones!

Someone had dropped her on the side and broke it....it was crushed about 2 inches up and there was no replacing the entire side so I had to come up with a plan......how do you fix a crushed piece of furniture?  Brace it!

I added a piece of trim to the outside and a piece of wood to the inside and I sandwiched it together hiding the crushed side in between and giving it stability.  The decorative trim I added is a piece I took from an old radio cabinet I stripped the hardware from....It looks a little weird but I promise you'll see the reason shortly ;)

The center veneer had come unglued - which I didn't notice until I started sanding - so it had to go!  But, again, I have a plan....

Little did I know my plan of action wasn't going to work with the veneer on the top side either....so it too had to go!









  The sides have their own eye candy!            Isn't it just perfect for her?!














She has new hardware and some gold highlights to compliment   her newfound beauty!

        

 

All of her best features 

have been highlighted and 

lowlighted and brought to life!

The fix for the missing veneer and adding some beauty to this amazing piece?!  High end vinyl that rivals any piece of leather!

She's complete and ready for a new home!  Miss Anne Marie (Yes - she demanded a stately name!) 

And please ignore the neighbor's cars and trash......I was so excited I couldn't wait to take pics and this was the best my yard allowed!  :)

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Twin Bed to Bench How To:

First you must find a stable twin headboard and footboard.  For a bench redo you must use solid wood furniture!  It's very important that the bench is stable and can be used for a long time!

Now......Here is a pic of footboard cut and the stabilizing brackets in place....these are pallet sides we used for the brackets so they are hardwood and very sturdy....

The sides were attached by drilling a hole in the back of the headboard and attaching into the footboard piece.  There is a block added to the bottom that we cut out to go around the edge of the headboard so it fit snuggly.  Then we attached the bottom of the footboard there...you can see this in pic above....

Once this was complete a frame was attached all the way around, a center support was added and front corner braces were installed to ensure extra stability.  And then I added a piece of trim turned upside down so the fancy part was at the bottom :)

And then we painted the entire thing white.  But here is what it looked like with the pallet wood seat dry fit, sanded and ready for paint...I LOVE  the patina of the pallet wood!

Once the paint dried we reinstalled the dry fitted seat and screwed it down with galvanized screws using the previous nail holes in the center.

And what we have is a beautiful bench perfect for many years of either indoor or outdoor use!

She is distressed and sanded (we wouldn't want splinters in our bums... ;)  )

She's ready for many years of use with her beautiful distressed finish and upcycled charm! :)

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