Painted Vanity Table

I had a crazy busy day yesterday.  I left work and got home five hours later.  I was exhausted.  I have an easy project for you today.  I'm still trying to catch up on posts from my sister Ivette's apartment.  She found this vanity on Craigslist and she couldn't pass it up. The lines are so cute.  She brought it straight to my house for some paint.

I used Annie Sloan chalk paint in old white.  Look at the mirror compartment.

Here she is.   I didn't get a straight on angle because of the placement in the room.  She had a small area that she used to sit on the floor and do her make up and hair.  The vanity is a perfect fit.

Look at these gorgeous handles from Anthropologie. We did some light sanding on the edges.

What do you think?  I love its new look.

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Distressing Furniture: Curbside Find

I found this little table on the side of the road a couple of days ago. I jumped out of car, stuffed it in the trunk, and drove off as fast as I could.  Considering it was a block away, I didn't want anyone to see me. 

It was dirty! I think it was being used as a plant stand. 

 I gave it a good cleaning and a light sanding.

 I spray painted a metallic silver. I'm not the biggest fan of metallic spray paints, they are so unforgiving.

I thought of doing another chevron print, especially after doing my chevron tray, but I figured I'd change it up a bit.  I did a random tape design and taped up the edges to leave the trim in the silver finish.

I spray painted the top white and was left with this.  When I say the silver spray paint is unforgiving, it was not looking very even. 

So I decided to distress it a bit. I've never tried this technique and actually had no idea what I was doing. I sanded the edges a bit stronger and then just randomly sanded the top.  Sanding the silver spray paint was kind of weird.  It was giving a scratched look, not really the look I was going for.  

 Here it is with my DIY mercury glass vase and my sunburst mirror.

I don't think I would actually keep this in my house, but I'm trying to learn some painting techniques before we attack my sisters furniture. 

Total cost of this project $0.00.  What do you think? Have you distressed furniture before? What am I doing wrong with the spray paint?