<\/p>\n What I didn’t like about it, was the nearly $600 price tag.\u00a0 I started a search for something else, and in my search, I found an antique vanity for $35 on Craigslist.\u00a0 They also had a $50 antique desk I bought as well, but that’s another post.<\/p>\n Anyway, with the vanity in hand, I needed to learn how to paint, distress and antique it to make it amazing. In my search, I discovered an awesome blog called, Oopsredone.<\/a> Browsing the site,\u00a0 I saw a few things she did in a turquoise paint called Holiday Cozumel Aqua that she later distressed and antiqued with Minwax stain. \u00a0I bought a gallon of the paint and started doing some ladder back chairs which will be featured in a future post. However, after painting the chairs, and noticing all the details on the vanity, I wanted to make things easier.<\/p>\n Armed with my paint chip, I found a very close match in a Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch 2X \u00a0satin spray paint<\/a> in a color called Lagoon. \u00a0I bought the Rust-Oleum Painter Touch Ultra Cover 2X Gray spray primer<\/a>\u00a0as well and drove home to get to work sanding. \u00a0I fixed one flaw in the top with Elmer’s Carpenters Max wood fill<\/a> and then sanded, but since I wanted a distressed look, I decided to keep the edges the way they were.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I primed, sanded with a fine sandpaper and spray painted the vanity. After that dried, I sanded lightly with a fine sandpaper and sprayed on another coat of paint. Next, I used Rust-Oleum Transformations, Decorative Glaze<\/a> in Java Brown. \u00a0I had tried the Minwax\u00a0stain method on the ladder back chairs, but it was harder to work with, and had a tendency to keep the piece sticky for some time.<\/p>\n I am so glad I tried the glaze, I absolutely love the results and the ease of use. \u00a0You just apply it and then wipe it off using varying pressure. \u00a0It is specially formulated to give you more time to work, so you can get the results you desire. \u00a0After that, I applied 2 coats of Minwax Polyurethane Satin<\/a> to protect the finish. \u00a0Finally, I added some new hardware, and decoupaged some fun paper in the drawers and on the inside of the cabinet and door back.<\/p>\n The pictures do not do the piece justice. and I will take some more once I get it set up inside, I have some little things I am going to show you in another post about how I am organizing everything. \u00a0Anyway, If you have any questions on how I did anything. just ask in the comments.<\/p>\n![\"sewing](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mommyramblings.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sewing-table.jpg?resize=466%2C466\")
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