Repurposed Entertainment Center Turned Vanity

Drew had an old entertainment center he was hauling away from a job he did. The entertainment center was super long and had two glass doors.

We dismantled the entertainment center, which came apart easily into two cabinets.

We cut the top down to size...

The only tricky part was getting the edge detail match all the way around. So we cut the edge off of the scrap piece we weren't using, and glued it onto the edge.

We bought 4 legs from Home Depot, for a few dollars each.

Painted everything, with Martha Stewarts paint line, zinc.... Perfect grey.

We still have some knots to fill, and paint touch ups... I am thinking about painting the inside of the glass grey, I love the look of the underside of glass painted... Gives it a nice depth.

Now to build our sink and the vanity is complete!

On My Nightstand...

Or make that, on my phone... Where'd You Go Bernadette, blew my mind! I will be honest.... I picked this book solely because I loved the cover. They say you can't judge a book by its cover... That's basically how I choose 90% of the books I read.

Back to my book... Seriously, this book was right up my alley! A story about an award winning woman architect. Awarded for her brilliance in designing and building the "20 mile home". The challenge she gave herself was to complete an entire home with materials found from no further than 20 miles away. Not including a big box store that may have gotten its materials shipped to them. A concept I had been thinking about well before I read the book. Anytime I we worked on something in our house I tried to find it used.

Our soaker tub was a misfit from someone's job. Our bathroom floor tile was surplus from a tile job. Our doors were tear outs from a 100 year old home that were just going to go straight to a landfill. Our bathroom vanity we repurposed from an entertainment center a client wanted Drew to throw away. Our furniture is all second hand. Even some of our trim was repurposed from our bed. (Look how I segwayed into talking about myself.... Clever...)

I want spoil any more of the book, but lets say her social anxiety hit close to home too! I'm telling you.... The book spoke to me!

Enjoy!

 

Bathroom Update...

Drew built us a beautiful hutch for our bathroom. He built it in the wall so it sticks into the bathroom 3", but is actually 6" deep. We got this glass door entertainment center from a job Drew did. The link will take you back to Drew converting it into our vanity. I painted these while Drew was building this dog run. Because these are in our bathroom and I painted the tub sides in the same color, I got an oil based enamel paint. It's actually a porch or garage paint so it can withstand a lot of moisture and use.

I wanted the vanity door to have the reflective quality of glass, but be solid so you can't see all of our combs, towels, etc. I rolled it on with a foam roller, on the inside. I used a hair dryer to help the paint stick to the glass.

I love how it has a milk glass appearance. It gives the room great dimension.

I matched the oil based enamel paint to Martha Stewarts, Zinc. Hard to get a true color in the pictures. The one below shows it better than the close up.

Our built in still needs more shelves and doors, but it is looking so great. Drew out in a tiny recessed can light from Ikea and I am totally in love.

We are coming right along. Baseboard, ceiling painted, and we are pretty much done with this room! Hooray!

House Treasures...

I stumbled upon this couch at a thrift store and fell in love.... I had to have it! It has the perfect peacock inspired colors.... I have a real thing for peacocks.... It also folds out into a bed... After our sweet pooch Caesar ate our beautiful Chesterfield from heaven... We haven't had a big couch.... And Cleo looks at us while we sit on the settee like, "which one of you is going to get up and lay on that dog bed.... Because it's certainly not going to be me!". After a lot of pleading Drew let me buy it! I can't wait to paint our walls and get carpet so I can see this beauty in all it's glory!

I went on a treasure hunt at the Habitat for Humanity store.... Amid boxes and boxes of light pieces... Digging through for an hour... Disassembling four other lights to see how they work, and what pieces I should be looking for... I came out triumphant with this milk glass hobnail light! Two of my favorite things in a light! The best part was the whole thing cost $1.50!

I bought this dresser, that has great potential at Savers for $7.... All she needs is a little TLC and paint and she will look amazing in our living room or office!

 

My favorite find so far has been this giant travel trunk. I ended up tearing the leather of my car door cramming it in..... But now that its home and being used as our entertainment center it was all worth it. It just needs a little cleaning and buffing and polishing and it will definitely be a focal point.

 

All of the metal is intact and in great shape.... Nothing a little WD-40 can't bring to a shine!

it has these awesome tags and stamps on it from all over the world! Does it get better?

With my thrift ing goggles on I almost passed on this beauty... $20.... No way.... I just kept coming back to it and couldn't live without it....

 

Because I Can't Wait Any Longer!

Drew has had a major project in the works. And I can't wait any longer to blog about it.

What started off as a hand drawn sketch by Drew, turned into a computer rendering by his uncle Tom. Turned into sheets of wood in our garage, turned into this.

Still a few finishing touches are left, like hanging the middle cabinet, and adjusting the shelves for the left hand side.

Other then that, it is incredible. He even hand stained it all to match existing trim in the house. Made all the sliding, adjustable shelves and drawers.

Built all of the cabinets and routed the trim.

Dave was a huge help, all along the way and installed the lighting that really finishes off the entertainment center.

Well done guys! Beautiful!