If you are sentimental like I am, you’ll understand my struggle with this next story. See this vanity? Well, it was my grandmother’s and I remember as a child looking at it and loving everything about it. There is something about it that is princess-like or so I thought when I was little and loved all things “princess”. Doesn’t every 5 year old girl want to be a princess??
Well, it’s been sitting in my barn for quite some time only because I couldn’t fit it in any room in my house. If you don’t know much about me, let me tell you a little secret… I live in a small, modest house that is perfectly pretty in my opinion of beauty, but definitely not the large, grand house that you often see on other blogs. I’ll most likely never be featured for my staircase or have anyone covet my living room, but I don’t mind. It’s more than what I ever dreamed I would have and I’m so thankful for what God has blessed our family with. Plus larger means more to clean, right? lol :)
I reluctantly put this piece on my upcoming projects page and Heather from Wisconsin emailed me asking if I could redo it for her. After talking to her and making her promise to will it to my little Sweetie one day : ), I gave her a quote to redo it. To most likely be overly transparent, I promised myself that I would quote her the money I would need to buy the kids a play set. They are outside all summer with me with not much to do, but we haven’t had the extra to get them a play set. I think my grandma would agree that it would be a good trade for my little ones. Heather accepted the quote and I ordered the play set!
Picking paint colors from over 900 miles away was actually pretty seamless. We went with Benjamin Moore’s santa clara # 753. I distressed this piece quite a bit which was SO much fun. Usually people want light distressing so this was an extra fun treat for me.
Here she is Gram… I hope you still like her. ;)
Oh, and I redid a small bench to go along with it.
So here’s the moral of this story. If you love a piece of furniture and it has sentimental value, make it pretty again and enjoy it for the next 30 years. If you love it but have no room for it and no money to store it, let someone else love it. Life is too short and one day someone else is going to have to get rid of all the things you’ve collected and no one wants. In the end, it’s just stuff. Trust me, I’ve been through it many times. It’s a true story.
The sentimental Tuesday’s Treasures is now coming to a close. ;) Thank you for reading.
Happy redesigns everyone,
Sarah
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