Old Dresser into Bathroom Vanity

We renovated our tiny bathroom. A real DIY,  we did it all ourselves. It took months, but we did it! ( and I will finally  post it  here, soon!).

I had decided that I wanted this for my bathroom:

An old dresser transformed into sink vanity.

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After searching Kijiji for some weeks,  I found a perfect one  for 30 bucks! yay ! 

It was in a very bad shape in terms of painting, but had very good bones, a nice shape, made of solid wood and small - it had to be small as I had a small space to work with.

Someone had tried to paint it ...poor soul...on top of layers of old paint, no priming or sanding apparently. When I started sanding this is what I found: layers of old paint ( white, brown and green!) 

I must say it took me "FOREVA"to  get rid of all the layers and get to the bare wood, but I did it eventually....had to, uh?

Look at this beauty

Now to priming. I necessarily did not to do this, as it was totally sanded, but because it would be going in the bathroom, I wanted the paint to stick real good and forever:). I used the primer I love the most: Kilz, oil primer. It is the king of primers in my opinion. It rocks even in nasty laminate. I used it in this laminate cabinet, and I could not be more pleased! 

I would be sanding the edges for an antique look, so I used good ol' black craft paint in strategic places.

Primed. Now to paint. I used Swiss Coffee by Behr, love this shade of white. It was the same I used on my cabinet, and I kinda wanted them both to match.

I filled the old hardware holes with wood filler and put these gorgeous glass ones, form Home Depot. Pricey, but beautiful. And I had saved sooo much in my cabinet that I gave myself the right to  ..ahem..splurge:)

And here it is, my  bathroom vanity ready for her next adventure! a sink on top! ( keep tuned,wink wink!)

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Update:

SINK!

Linking up  to:

 Naptime Crafters

Tatertots and Jello

Lovely Crafty Home

Funky Junky Interiors

Delicate Construction
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