Frugal Furbishing: A dreamy, vintage vanity desk

Hi everyone! Summer is over, kids are back to school (In Norway, kids have been going to school for two weeks allready) and I am back to work. We had a lovely summer vacation, and two warm, delightfull weeks in Greece. But it is good to be back. I can allready feel the fall creeping up on us. But I dont mind. Fall is my favourit time of the year.

I actually got to do a bit painting and refurbishing during the summer. I havent been taking it to easy.
I never really can.

But I am going to start with a lovely, handmade, vintage vanity desk that I actually got for free by a very sweet old lady. It had once been painted mint green, but she had stripped all of all the paint many years ago. And I am so glad she did, because raw, dry wood is my favourit kind of wood to paint when I use milkpaint. So this piece of goodness was the perfect candidate for Miss Mustard Seeds lovely collection.

I did very little prepping and/or sanding. Except for the legs, wich still had just a little paint left on it.
I was so lucky to have my to little helpers with me.
They were very eager to help.

After it was sanded, and dusted, I brought it in. I had removed the big framed mirror and placed it up against our kitchen island. Does anyone want to take a guess at what happened next?? Anyone?....
Well, what was bound to happen when you are stupid enough to place it in a highly trafficated room, I guess. Because someone tripped on it, and the whole thing went BAM! to the floor.
So now I had to start looking for a new mirror to replace it with the shattered one. Long story short; I found one.

I used a mix of MMSMP in Bergere and and Schloss, and homemade white chalkpaint for this one.

I just love how easy the paint sticks to raw wood. And if you look close, you can see the woodgrains peeking through the finish. Perfect!

I am not going to bore you with to much details, because it was pretty straight forward. But there is one detailt I want to point out, and that is the delicate wall paper lining I inserted in the drawers and inside the cabinet doors. They had the perfect framed panels for the paper. And it really compliments the dusty blue color of the vanity.