Furniture Flip: My Grandmother’s Vanity Makeover

When my grandmother passed away, I inherited her beautiful vintage vanity. I had always admired this piece, and was thrilled to have something lovely to remember her by. Unfortunately, during the time this vanity spent in her assisted living home it incurred some water damage on the surface. It was in need of some TLC.

There were some serious cracks in the veneer on the top surface of the vanity. Fortunately, this was nothing a little Bondo couldn’t repair!

I chose a pale turquoise blue for the paint color. Now my grandmom never would have painted this piece, preferring the look of natural wood. But the only way to mask the extensive surface repairs was through paint, so I tried to pick a color that she would have liked.

As a special detail, I used a black paint pen to hand draw leopard print on the sides of the drawers. I love how this peeks out when the drawers are opened.

What do you think of the finished piece? (Please ignore the stained carpet – this was when we had just moved in and hadn’t had a chance to replace it!)