Everything Vintage

It has been so long since I last posted.  I have been really busy at home, working on various projects.  The main one being that I have been working for weeks on trying to get my den cleaned out and converted into my craft/sewing area.  The den had become a catchall room and was not being utilized in a good way.  My goal was to clean out the den and move all of my sewing stuff from the only spare bedroom we have into the den and turn the den into my craft/sewing room.  Then, the next thing was to turn the spare bedroom into a makeup/dressing room/guest bedroom.  I got the idea from my step-daughter, who turned her spare bedroom into a dressing room after her daughter moved out.  She painted her room pink, which was Valspar Signature paint in Art Deco Pink.  I saw her room and fell in love with it  I really, really wanted a room like hers too, but at the time getting my den and the bedroom cleaned out seemed like an impossible task.  But, I kept at it, it took me a couple of months, but I finally got it done.

After my mother passed away in 2013, I inherited her antique vanity table and Jenny Lind bed, along with a chest of drawers, all in a dark brown color, which I think is called mahogany, but I'm not sure about that.  I'm not sure what the color is called.  After we cleaned out her apartment, we brought those items home and put them in our storage building.  At that time, I was so overwhelmed with all that had happened, I couldn't even imagine that I would ever have a place for any of that furniture.  The, after I got the idea to turn the spare bedroom into my dressing room, I knew just where those things were going to go.  Last weekend, my cousin came and helped me paint the room.  We painted it the same color as my step-daughters.  I first thought I might paint it a lavender, but I bought a sample, put it on the wall and thought, "Yuck!"  I'm so glad I decided to paint it pink.  It's a very pale pink, but I love it.  I think it's beautiful.

 

 

After working on this room, I began to look for pictures of makeup tables, makeup, vanities and I ran across some vintage makeup ads.  While browsing through those, I saw some awesome retro pictures of Cristina Aguilera.  These photos were taken for some jewelry ads.  I love the vintage look of these.