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This week is all about repurposing/upcycling into furniture. I'm featuring five that caught my eye this week.

Enjoy my favorites!

Repurposed Twin Headboard & Footboard Turned Beautiful Bench

by Lori at

Ornate.

This twin size headboard and footboard became a beautiful repurpose. The two tone multilayered paint is stunning. I couldn't blame Lori for wanting to hand paint a welcome note on the backrest. This bench is inviting. You can see her post at Color it Simple.

Yardstick Buffet Tutorial

by Laura at

Measures Up!

I love vintage yardsticks; more so when utilized into a lasting beautiful piece of furniture. Laura did a fantastic job saving these aged perfectly beauties onto her buffet. This and more to be seen is posted at Corner House.

Repurposed from a Horse Carriage

by Grace at

Gasp!

This carriage bench takes my breath away. Simple. Natural. Stunning. And more words to describe it than I have room for here. I just want it. Grace posted this work at Poetic Home along with many more of her projects.

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Recycled water trough

by Wyatt, son, of the blogging family at

Unbelievable.

I have never thought of a water trough as a piece of furniture. It took a boy to make this for 4H to bring such an idea to us. What a fantastic job he did! Rustic. Farmhouse must have. Or not. I don't have a farmhouse and would love to have this as a storage table! You can see Wyatt's before and after posted by his mother at Irishman Acres. She is trying to decide where to put it because it looked great anywhere!

Vanity {Trash to Treasure Rescue}

by Rachel at

Amazing!

This beautiful bathroom vanity was a general store ice box. Yes it was! In deplorable condition, Rachel turned it into this gorgeous fixture! You would not believe what it looked like before at The Old Farmhouse on Windmill Hill. It's truly an amazing piece of work!

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I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

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How lucky I was to get my hands on this gorgeous Leo Jiranek Designer vanity and bench seat!

Unfortunately, it was brush painted; and the upholstered bench pad and mirror were missing.

But missing parts weren't a problem. I made the set complete after all. A thrift store mirror worked itself into the set.

With a trial run for the look, I went with it.

I started with the bench seat. I sanded down the top to raw wood. Then painted the legs. I also removed the drawers from the vanity. Then cleaned the vanity and painted it. (I'm missing those vanity painting photos, being busy with 15 projects going on.)

Then using newspaper, I made a pattern to cut a piece of plywood for an upholstered seat pad.

The pattern was large enough to cut the curves with the band saw.

I wanted to maintain the original design of the seat for the upholstered piece, yet allow about 1.5" of the designer's wood top to show.

Then I stained the wood. Then coated with polyurethane.

It was doing what I planned. I loved it.

I used memory foam for the padded seat. Cutting it to fit over the plywood piece.

I used this fine wale corduroy fabric to match the vanity color.

I put the padded piece aside while working on the mirror.

I cleaned the mirror, then taped it off for painting.

I painted the mirror frame and the swivel attachment. When dried, I measured to center it onto the vanity.

I drilled pilot holes through the swivel frame into the vanity top. Then secured it with wood screws.

Then put the mirror back in its place.

It took a few days and many hours to remove the thick white paint job from the drawers.

But it was so worth it. The wood is beautiful.

I stained the drawers to match the bench seat.

I took out of storage, these square wooden knobs given to me from my mother, who had them from one of her projects. I cleaned them up and painted them to match the vanity.

Measuring to center the knobs, I drilled holes through the drawers and added them. I purposely wanted the knobs to appear diamond shape rather than square for a design statement.

With the vanity now complete,

I attached the upholstered pad with screws through the bottom of the bench seat.

I really adore the contrast while maintaining the original vintage style.

So well constructed; this vanity should last a century or much longer with proper use.

It's a very heavy and solid piece. No repairs were needed. No major modifications. Just a couple of additions and a makeover to bring it back to life.