Weekend Highlights

It was Derby weekend here in Louisville, KY.

In honor of the cultural holiday,

public school was not in session Friday.

While the majority of the city celebrated Oaks and Derby 

betting on horses at Churchill Downs,

I chose to spend my day off working on our bathroom.

In between painting trim and the ceiling,

I ventured to Home Depot to pick up this painting kit 

that I had read about online.

You see, our bathroom came with a brand new vanity

that the previous owner put in right before we bought the house.
The problem is I don't really love it.

It would be silly to replace a perfectly functioning vanity,

so I did some research and discovered the Rust-oleum's Furniture Transformations Kit.

{Sorry for the sideways pics -- 

whenever I upload from my iPhone I struggle.

If you have any tips, please share!! 

But until then, tilt your head to the right please ;)}

I bought this painting kit because it guarantees to cover

furniture without sanding or priming.

We have such a long renovation to-do list  

that this sounded like the perfect quick fix kit.

For the most part, I am satisfied with the final aesthetic

but not so much with the quality.

Let me explain...

The kit comes with directions and almost all supplies necessary 

to complete your project. 

Each can is labeled and the directions are easy to follow.

Before I tackled the entire vanity,

I took the cabinet door off to test the product first.

The first step is to "de-gloss" your furniture.

I poured the De-glosser on the provided scrubby brush

and covered the surface of the cabinet door.

Then I waited an hour.

Then I painted the door with the "bond coat". 

If I had to guess, this was paint and primer mixed together.

The directions said to lightly brush on the bond coat and 

wait 2-3 hours before applying a second coat.

Next came the glazing step. 

This was the most fun!

I brushed on the glaze and then wiped it off to give the door an antique look.

This has to dry 8 hours before applying a clear top coat.

I was super pleased with the cabinet door

so I decided to tackle the entire vanity late Friday night and the rest of Saturday.

To protect our brand new toilet,

I wrapped it in plastic wrap.

This was great to prevent paint or stain from getting on the toilet

but it made it rather difficult to go to the restroom the rest of the weekend.

I went through the four step with the vanity.

First de-glossing and then painting with the bond coat.

Then came glazing.

This was my favorite part when painting the cabinet door

so I was super pumped to do the entire vanity

until this happened:

After brushing the glaze on,

I started to wipe it off to give that antique finish

and much to my dismay a big chunk of paint peeled off.

I tried to proceed with caution but paint continued to peel.

Since I was already on the third step,

I decided to finish.

Despite the little areas of paint that peeled off,

I am overall pleased with how the vanity turned out.

I tried to patch the exposed areas and with that I am not pleased.

I am not sure if I recommend this product.

It makes me nervous that it peeled right away.

I fear that more we use our bathroom,

the more paint will peel.

I will keep you posted.

I do know that I will not be using that kit to paint our next project.

We were given my great-grandmother's hutch.

It is in great condition and is quite lovely.

Instead of tackling this beast by my lonesome

we have decided to commission someone to refinish it to look something like this:

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The vanity transformation took up the majority of my weekend

but wasn't really the highlight,

especially with how it ended.

My cousin, Brooke, graduated from Miami of Ohio.

The whole fam went up to Oxford to celebrate.

I am so proud of my Brookie Cookie

and feel really old that she has now graduated college!

Also, here is a few snapshots of our slow but steady floor progress: