Antiquing Furniture

I fell in love with this old sink the first time we toured our uncles in Louisville's new house. They buy fixer-up places and completely re-do everything, enjoy living in it for awhile, and then find a new one. :) When they were showing us around, they said their next room was the bathroom I quickly asked if they weren't keeping the sink if I could have it. As you see it became ours. Or mine rather because Jeremy wasn't so sure... :)

 I thought of many uses for it. Keeping it as a sink, baby changing table, but finally settled on my bedroom side table.

We borrowed my friend Christina's Chalk Paint Recipe to paint the piece. Found Here: http://www.littlefashiondiary.com/antique-white-chalk-paint-recipe/
Jeremy picked out a gray color to mix with the plaster and other materials.

I painted two coats on Sunday, the 28th of October.

 I finished antiquing and sealed the piece with wax

on Sunday the 4th. 

For my first piece of furniture, I am pretty pleased especially because I wasn't too confident during the process. I have a dresser and two pieces for baby room, God willing, that I plan to paint with the chalk paint recipe. 2 will be white, one may just have to be Tiffany's Blue. :)

I love that it's an original piece.

 

I also used the paint recipe on this black/gold mirror. Awhile back while dropping off items at Goodwill a couple was donating this mirror. I made a comment that, "that's a nice mirror." He said, "You want it?" Um, Yes!

All it needed was some paint and TLC.

It'll hang somewhere in our master bedroom.