Hello All!

So my daughter is turning 13 and she  loves makeup and clothes like most teenagers! So I decided to make her a vanity to play dress up, do her hair etc.

Now as you will soon come to realize, I hate spending huge amounts of money on one purchase, especially when it is something I can probably make myself..

This vanity while beautiful , cost $399! and doesn't even come with a table! Too much for my taste.. so I decided to tackle this project myself!

I was going to do the whole hardwood from home depot and build in the lights but started to look around the house for anything i could use to make it with. Behold.. (sorry for the bad picture) an old entertainment center my sister was getting rid of!!

I  had already taken off the top pieces because my TV didnt fit and had them laying around...just random pieces of wood.. i put different pieces together and realized I could make a "frame" out of the old pieces ...

I headed to Ikea to get a mirror to put inside the frame, a light strip and a shelf for the table

Legs $3.50 each

Lack shelf 14.99

31X37 mirror $35

I needed pretty big mirror to fit behind my DIY frame ... I also got a light fixture that will be her vanity lights.. $14.99 (they have alot of options to choose from

So far my total is at about $72 bucks..now to put together ...

 I added the legs to the shelf to give it additional support ..mounted the mirror on the wall.. see my helpers (sister and nephew)

Then I put up the frame I made from my old entertainment center parts.. coming together!!!

So far so good.. now I just have to mount the vanity light strip (and hard wire it.. that's where my handy dandy fiance comes in :-)

Stay tuned guys :-)