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$20 Craigslist desk, turned into my vanity....

post #1 of 29
1/9/11 at 1:03pm
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Just though i'd share my craigslist find, i have been searching for a vanity for about 5 months now, and looking all over, well i finally found this one on craiglist and knew it had to be mine, i spent about $60 total, for paint, hardware, chair (found at a local thrift store $5) and mirror ($14.99)

I will do organization and stash pics later!

 

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Its a light purple, but looks white in this picture.

 

 

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vanity 4.JPG

 

vanity1.JPG

 

vanity2.JPG

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post #2 of 29
1/9/11 at 1:51pm

Very pretty! I look forward to the stash pictures!!  I love all your necklaces hanging on the wall, too!  Very atmospheric!

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post #3 of 29
1/9/11 at 3:47pm

Oh my goodness, I remember you!!

I bought items from you back in like October.

I still LOVE your vanity.

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post #4 of 29
1/9/11 at 5:02pm
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HIii!!! ty! did you ever find one?

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post #5 of 29
1/9/11 at 5:16pm

It looks very nice!! I need to find me a good desk

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post #6 of 29
1/9/11 at 7:56pm

Nope, I haven't. I'm still looking.

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post #7 of 29
1/10/11 at 6:42am

Very nice! 

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post #8 of 29
1/10/11 at 7:48am

Awesome!  I love it!

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post #9 of 29
1/10/11 at 11:40am

This is so cool looking! It looks way more expensive than $60

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post #10 of 29
1/10/11 at 3:12pm
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check out your local thrift stores, i picked one up not to long ago for my sister it came with a chair and mirror and it was only $20!

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post #11 of 29
1/10/11 at 3:33pm

Super cute DIY!  =D

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post #12 of 29
1/15/11 at 12:15am

How crafty!  I like what you did with the necklaces. Also, I think I have the same white lamp... Ikea?

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post #13 of 29
1/15/11 at 6:51pm

Awesome setup and color palette for furniture and room.  Like it has been stated before, love what you did with jewelry storage.  Great Job :)

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post #14 of 29
1/16/11 at 1:04pm

Aahhh the desk is so cute in the room! I love it! You should put some natural light shade track lighting around the mirror, that'd be so awesome ;)

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post #15 of 29
1/16/11 at 4:01pm

That's so great! Definitely gives me some ideas for a little console makeup table I want to add to my desk.

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post #16 of 29
1/16/11 at 7:25pm
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I went to ikea in search for some light, but nothing caught my eye, the lighting is fine for now, but id love to add more lights!

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post #17 of 29
1/16/11 at 7:25pm
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Originally Posted by jujubot View Post

How crafty!  I like what you did with the necklaces. Also, I think I have the same white lamp... Ikea?



yep ikea! i found it in the clearance section for only $10!

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post #18 of 29
2/27/11 at 10:35am

so pretty! i definitely like it better in black!

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post #19 of 29
3/7/11 at 5:56pm

What kind of paint did you use? Spray or did you use typical paint? I have been craigslist trolling for a while and never have I found a gem like that!

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post #20 of 29
3/8/11 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by laceydyan View Post

What kind of paint did you use? Spray or did you use typical paint? I have been craigslist trolling for a while and never have I found a gem like that!



I just used regular black paint I got at walmart in the paint section. Just keep looking, it took me months to find this! Also check thrift stores, I found one the other day that would have also been perfect and it was only $25

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post #21 of 29
4/7/11 at 2:16pm

I adore this. What a great find !!!! I think I need to hit up my local thrift store and look for a funky chair now !

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post #22 of 29
4/20/11 at 8:41am

Love it! I need to do some Craigslist shopping for a new vanity lol

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post #23 of 29
4/26/11 at 12:40am

very handy.  love it!


 

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post #24 of 29
4/28/11 at 10:08pm

sooo impressed! it looks like my dream vanity haha

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post #25 of 29
5/10/11 at 11:05am

this looks great!!!

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post #26 of 29
8/13/11 at 1:01pm

that's ADORABLE!

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post #27 of 29
6/30/12 at 11:00am

So pretty and it also looks way more expensive than it actually cost! ;)
 

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post #28 of 29
9/29/12 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by xoxjulie21xox View Post

Just though i'd share my craigslist find, i have been searching for a vanity for about 5 months now, and looking all over, well i finally found this one on craiglist and knew it had to be mine, i spent about $60 total, for paint, hardware, chair (found at a local thrift store $5) and mirror ($14.99)

I will do organization and stash pics later!

 

Before:

Its a light purple, but looks white in this picture.

 

 

old v.JPG

 

 

After:

 

vanity 4.JPG

 

vanity1.JPG

 

vanity2.JPG

nice findheart.gif

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post #29 of 29
1/25/13 at 7:48pm
Wow! You did great!
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