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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Turquoise & Brass Vanity

Hello all. I know its been a while. The past several week have been crazy! I flew to New Orleans one weekend then the next weekend we were out of town for a family reunion then I have had company at the house this week. The blog posts have been lacking but the work has not. I have some fun makeovers to show you over the next week starting with one of my favorite makeovers of all time.

This vanity belongs to my friend Heather. It is a gorgeous piece but it did need some help. The clear coat was falling off, there were some water marks, chips in the veneer and an overall lack of wow factor.

She has been dreaming of it in turquoise to go with her beautiful guest room. Last week, I had time to help Heather give the vanity a new look.

As always with older pieces like this, I checked for the pulls to be real brass. And they were!!!

Here are a few after shots. Tomorrow I am going to show you her entire guest room. Its so fun and cute.

Isn't it great?!?!?! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the color and the brass pulls are the perfect compliment. Here is a side by side before and after.

Click here to tour the entire bedroom!

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

FWF's Year Review - 2013

What a difference a year makes. This has been a huge year for Fisherman's Wife Furniture and for me personally. This marks one full year out of the classroom and being a full time business owner. Somedays I still can't believe it and I am waiting for someone to come take it all away.

Over the past few months, many new followers and readers have come along so I want to do a quick review of my favorite and/or most popular posts from 2013.

Favorite Personal Posts

We started the year off right with a great vacation! The past two years we have done a January vacation to The Out Islands of The Bahamas. I am obsessed with the remote islands of the Caribbean. They are magical. I recommend you go to at least one small/remote island if you ever get the chance. This year was one of my favorites.

Our vacation

In May, we announced we were moving back to Texas and we bought a house! New Orleans was great to us but we were ready to be back to Texas and be closer to our families.

This is when all the DIY posts started. My main focus for the first 4 months after moving was getting the house updated and getting settled. I started working on growing my blog audience and using it to grow my business in the Houston/Galveston area. Even though Fisherman's Wife Furniture wasn't a new business, it was like starting over when we moved. I had no word of mouth advertisement or client base. It was important that I establish a local following on the blog and other social networks.

Slowly but surely I started getting more readers and followers on the blog as well as on Facebook and Pinterest. I also started getting local requests for work. Then other bloggers started to feature my projects and my business. I never thought anything like that would ever happen. Every feature is a blessing and is unbelievable. If you missed any of them, visit my "Featured" page which is the top right tab of the blog.

I announced in yesterday's post that I will have my first magazine feature in May! It will be in the Better Homes and Gardens Kitchen + Bath Makeover Magazine, Summer 2014. I am still in shock. It probably won't feel real until I see it in print and even then, it is going to be strange to see myself and my home in a magazine.

The kitchen has received a lot of attention and is by far our hardest project to date. It is also the one I am most proud of. Everything in this space is us. All colors, textiles and design elements were chosen by us and we DIYed the entire space. I am so in love with it and can't wait to work our magic on our scary bathrooms.

Read about the kitchen reveal here.

Favorite Furniture Makeovers

Custom Dresser B&A - One of the most popular posts on the blog! I love this transformation.

Vanity Makeover - This one has a special place in my heart.

And lastly, one of my favorite furniture makeovers lives in my house! The armoire I turned into a storage and feeding station for Jaxson and Sabine. We use this piece of furniture twice a day and I can't imagine what we would do without it.

Dog Food Storage & Feeding Station

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Vanity Makeover

Hi all. I hope everyone had a very, merry Christmas. We traveled to SETX (Southeast Texas) to spend Christmas Eve and Day with my family and now Blittle's parents are staying with us for a few days. Its been a busy week!

It is time for me to show you a Christmas present project. This one is extra special to me because it was given to an extra special someone.

I know I don't talk too much about my family but today I am going to tell you about my brother. Its just the two of us and I am older by 28 months. I wouldn't say I am an over protected sister but I can bring the cray cray when I need to. For the most part, we got along growing up and are now good friends. We have stayed close even though I moved away and I can't imagine my life without him.

About a year ago, he started dating a girl he knew from high school. She makes him very happy which makes me super happy (no over protective cray cray needed). My brother decided he wanted to get her a vanity for Christmas. Sweet, I know. Even sweeter...I knew a secret. He had an engagement ring waiting for her and he was asking her on Christmas Eve. AAAHHHH! Hands down one of the hardest secrets I have ever kept. I had to keep it for months! From everyone! I had to repeatedly lie or play dumb around friends and family who were trying to get the inside scoop from me. I didn't even tell my husband. Christmas Eve finally got here and I couldn't wait for her to get the vanity and the ring.

This vanity was my mom's and was in salvageable condition but it definitely had some problems. It had support problems, a missing drawer, bubbled veneer, bad paint (sorry Mom) and no mirror. It doesn't have a matching bench so my mom and I started shopping immediately for one. To help me out on time, Jarrod took out the drawer guides and put in a wood base to help stabilize the piece and give the baskets (drawer replacements) a place to sit in the drawer cubbies. He also ordered the mirror. When it was brought to me, this is what it looked like.

My mom found this old Singer sewing machine bench. It is perfect for the vanity.

Tag underneath. I love finding things like this.

The original color!

I painted the vanity a soft white and found some pretty baskets that are now the new drawers. The bench was refinished with a medium brown stain and covered with a pretty multi colored fabric.

Here is the final product.