Pennies Primitives: Bathroom vanity redo

It's been a busy couple of weeks. The custom TV cabinet we were working on is finished and has been delivered. Now we are working on the same customers two matching end tables. I decided I will wait to post all the finished pics together. Bill has been building a few new pieces to feature on our Pennies Primitives Facebook page and they came out AWESOME! I hope my paint job will do them justice. So in addition to painting the new pieces I have been working on our bathroom vanity because the bathroom remodel starts in FIVE DAYS. I'm so excited!!

I thought I would show you the before and during transition of the vanity but warning, I'm not posting the finished product until its in the bathroom!

This is a section of the vanity. Its not a great pic since its taken under the bright lights in my shop but you get the idea of the color.

I know, its really pretty and all you wood lovers probably think I'm nuts to paint it but it doesn't fit my vision of how I want the bathroom to look.

I normally use Milk paint which adheres to just about anything but I couldn't find the right shade of gray and was to nervous to mix my own custom color. I could picture myself running out half way through and ending up with a multi colored vanity. So instead I went with flat latex paint. I was a little concerned how a latex paint would adhere to such a shiny finish and was envisioning hours of tedious sanding. Yuck. Then I found this product in Lowes and figured I would try it. It worked really well and was way easier than sanding!

Brush it on

Let it sit for a few minutes

Give it a scrub and the finish comes right off.

Looks good to me! Just a note, its a little smelly so if you use it make sure you have proper ventilation.

At this point I wasn't sure what I wanted my end game to be. Did I want them plain gray? Distressed? Glazed? Since I was up in the air I decided I would paint them as if I was going to distress them. That means they needed a base color. In case your unfamiliar with distressing, the base color is the color that shows when you sand through.

I decided on black as my base.

Bye-bye cherry cabinets!

After the base coat dried I wiped on a coat of sealer. The sealer gives you a little added protection from distressing through the black, all the way down to the original wood. Of course if you sand too hard you will still get a little of the original wood peeking through but the majority of the distress will be black.

Now we're ready for the gray.

I like it!! Now that I've got the gray on I'm thinking they will look better glazed black instead of distressed.

Here's a drawer after I added the glaze. Sorry, I got so anxious to see how they would look I forgot to take pics of the process. Its very easy. Brush the glaze on and wipe it off.