My boyfriend moved into a new appartment recently, so the fine art of apartment decorating has been on my mind a lot lately. As usual, I’m reminded of how much I can’t wait to move into my own place again (I’m one of those return-to-home-after-college casualties), but such is life when you’d rather crash at your parent’s house than default on your student loans. At least my room is an 8′ x 12′ place of solace. The best place in the whole room? My vanity!
Ladies: do not underestimate the power of a vanity in transforming a room from a space into a santuary. I think a huge part of why I love my vanity so much is that the entire project cost less than 100 dollars. I took the desk I used to use when I was in high school and covered the top of it with Martha Stewart craft paper ($4). I added a mirror from Fred Meyer ($20), a magnifying mirror from Ikea ($10), and then gave the vanity a shabby chic look with knobs and a stool from Target ($10, $37). Craigslist, Goodwill, flea markets and garage sales are also great places to find one-of-a-kind accessories for a vanity.
Filed under: Decor, Home, decorating, Fred Meyer, Ikea, Martha Stewart, mirror, shabby chic, Target, vanity
pretty + cheap 
Wow, very creative with yours. I just bought an actual dressing table. But mines really messy at the moment. But I still love it.
Fab post title!
Love that vanity!
xoxox,
CC
i love this, especially how neat all the products are.
thank you thank you!! i’ve been looking for a cute vanity forever but you made me realize i can just find a cute little desk and add the mirror ! ahh thank you!
The vanity looks great! You’re so right. Every girl needs a vanity. I have a makeshift one that also acts as a writing desk. But most of the time I just drape clothes over it!