Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Victorian Dressing Rooms and Vanity Tables

My step-daughter, Stephanie, recently told me that her daughter is moving out and she is planning to turn her bedroom into a dressing room for herself.  She said she is going to paint the room pink and put a vanity table, chifforobe and a few other furniture pieces.  She's also going to hang a chandelier in her dressing room.  She's planning to paint all the furniture white.

I thought this sounded so neat and I decided that I would also turn my spare bedroom into the same thing.  The difference is that I'm  planning to put a Jenny Lind bed in my room and paint my dressing room a pale lavender.  I love vanity or makeup tables.  I had a very small one when I was in high school and I used to put my makeup on every morning at that table.  I still have that table and it looks very much like this one.



I think I even remember tacking a fabric skirt to it, which made it look somewhat like this one.



Stephanie and I have been looking on Google for images of Victorian bedrooms to get some ideas.  I didn't really find very much under that particular search, but I did find a few inspirational ones.  But, alot of these are just of vanities.  I love looking at the vanities.  I have my mother's antique vanity that was in room room in her apartment.  When she passed away, we brought it home and I plan to use it in my dressing room.  Here is just a little bit of eye candy.  I can't wait to get my room set up.