While my little guy napped, Stella and I enjoyed the beautiful summer morning with the garage open and began sanding our new, old vanity. Stella took a bag of coloring books and toys out to the shady lawn and sat on a beach towel under the tree. She was occupied for a while and Bro slept for a few hours so I was able to sand all of the top, legs and sides of the vanity (all the easy stuff). I started tearing off the 100+ year old veneer that covered the sides and inside of the panels. Whatever kind of glue they used back then sure was worth it's weight in gold! I had to dig around to find a tool with a flat, sharp edge. At first, I tried a paint scraper, but it wasn't sharp enough. I went through Al's tool box and found a small chisel and that did the job. I still had to put lots of elbow grease into it though.
After an hour and a half of work, I called it a day. Maybe I'll try again tonight. Of course, all that's left is removing the rest of the veneer and sanding the front (that has all the detail work). I should be able to paint it by next week. I'm pretty excited this has been an easy project so far. Hopefully the mirror stand won't give me too many headaches!
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