Whew, was that the longest title for a blog post you have ever seen? I know it was the longest title I have ever written. I have “Hate my bathroom-itis”. It is without a doubt the most dysfunctional space in our home. I want a rustic, classic space that feels like it has been around for a while longer than the 5 years it has been here. You can see where I am going with the bathroom and plans I have for it here:
Check out my plans here:
https://theweekendcountrygirl.com/2014/03/05/my-bathroom-pinnspiration/
I am moving my bedroom and master bedroom to a more muted, weathered, time worn look because I want our bedroom to be a restful space for us. We are going to incorporate board and batten walls, vintage furnishings, and unusual pieces of furniture into the space. I love the look of this bathroom vanity at Restoration hardware but it would have been over $3000.00
That is a little steep for my budget ( more than double what I want to spend on the whole bathroom makeover,) but wow that vanity is beautiful. It is from the Saint James Collection. If you have the money for this vanity, please buy it, then invite me over so I can stare at it. Okay?
I recently purchased a dresser that is the correct size for our space, it is solid wood, has drawers that will work for our space and I like the shape. I was thrilled to find it and am so happy to have it sitting in my garage now waiting for a makeover. I found a pair of mirrors that are going to work with the dresser too at a steal. $20.00 for the pair of mirrors!
Here are my mirrors:
The detail at the top of the mirror is going to look great.
Soon I will not have a 29″ high bathroom vanity with four six inch wide drawers. The height of the vanity is a pain for my almost 6 foot tall self and my well over 6 foot tall husband. The drawers are a joke. I brush in a drawer and my toothbrush and toothpaste in the other. Look at the hardware. I think it is going to look great in the bathroom.
I write another blog just about our Suburban home we are trying to make into a unique home called My Burb Home. Here is the low down on my dysfunctional master bathroom.
http://myburbhome.com/2014/02/25/the-master-bathroom-master-plan/
Note to self. Spend a little more time in the master bathroom next time we buy a home.
I have made it my mission to start researching what to do with the dresser in order to make it look more like the Restoration Harware finish above. I have watched videos, read at least 20 blog posts, and have been experimenting. Here is what I have narrowed the process down to:
I am going to either strip the entire thing then stain it using three different stains by Minwax like AKA Design did here although I want a darker base color before the pickling coat and will use the Weathered Oak on top. All in all it will take stripping, sanding, conditioning, staining, pickling, then staining again, then poly to get the look I am going for. No wonder they charge $3000.00 to do this. I may charge myself that much money to get it done, but I really like the look.
http://akadesign.ca/white-wash-pickling-get-the-restoration-hardware-look-for-less/
Or, I could go with paint. I could use my homemade chalk paint recipe to make chalk paint and do something like this:
http://www.mainecountryhome.com/2013/12/get-restoration-hardware-look-chalk-paint/
Or a paint and whitewashed look like this mirror:
http://littlecottageonthepond.blogspot.com/2013/05/mirror-mirror.html
Or a paint mixed with glaze look:
http://www.kfddesigns.com/2011/08/graywashing-table.html
Of all the options, I am leaning toward the first and the last. I think I am going to try this out on some wood at the house, then on one of the interior drawers before I strip the whole dresser down. I have my suspicion that nothing is going to make me as happy as the mulit-step stain process, because we don’t do easy at our house, but… I can hope that the glazed thinned paint process will make me happy. Right?
Here is my question for you guys; which of these finishes do you like best? Be honest with me because I can be swayed.
I thought I might get busy on this tonight, but I get to go chaperone an Interact party instead. The joy of being a high school principal.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful day.
Blessings,
Karen
