So when Mrs. Sharpienads gets all dolled up, she sits on the floor in front of the mirror. All her makeup stuff is also in small boxes on the floor, and one of our dogs, The Buster, likes to step on, lay on, kick over, and generally wreak havoc on her stuff. Unacceptable. So, being the good guy that I am, I decided to get her a makeup vanity for her birthday. I searched craiglist, but couldn't find anything local. So I started searching the antique store in the Springs. After about 5 or six different stores, I finally found one. Not the perfect vanity, but it was close enough to what I wanted.

This is the one that I wanted, but at $500, no thanks (and the tag said it was French... gross (no offense, Ruthabagah)):



This is the one I settled on, and for $75 the price was right:



It's not in great shape, but everything is fixable:



First step was to partially disassemble and get it fixed/cleaned up. I stripped off all the old varnish, stain, gunk, etc. This pic sucks, but oh well:



The plan is to prime it and then paint it black. The face of the drawers will be black, but the rest will be pink with a zebra pattern liner in the bottom of the drawers. My wife isn't overly girly, but I thought she would like it. It didn't come with a mirror, but I figure we can just put our big ass mirror behind the vanity and that problem will be solved. I'm hoping to finish this project this weekend, more pics to follow.