INSIDE: How to make a cute girls beauty station for her bedroom. DIY little girls vanity with hair accessory organizer.
Our biggest “challenge” with our nine year old daughter is that she’s almost too crafty, amazingly resourceful and gawd forbid she waste any time when a creative idea strikes her. We never quite know what will await us upon walking into her bedroom.
So we shouldn’t have been too shocked when we discovered that she jerry rigged a large plastic storage bin into a blanket-covered makeup vanity. She happily had set up a mirror, hairbrush, way too many hair ties and a toy stool as her vanity chair.
Sure it was functional but a more aesthetically-pleasing solution was needed (for mom’s sake). Plus the storage bin held her brothers train parts, which was now causing lots of fights. Fortunately, we were headed to a weekend flea market where we had one buying goal in mind…
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How To Make a Cute Girls Beauty Station
As much as one loves to sleep in on a Sunday morning, the second Sunday of each month we drag the kids out of the house (by bribing them with donuts) to a monthly vintage flea market. It’s dusty, sometimes grimy but the finds are well worth the early morning …and whiny kids!
And that’s where we found this $15 side table. (Insert choir of angels singing here!) Perfect for a little girls vanity.
Supplies:
– Side table
– Handheld sander (or sanding paper)
– Small circular saw
– Wood glue
– Paint + brush (spray paint, optional)
– Polyurethane
DIY little girls vanity with hair accessory organizer
The top of this side table had layers of old paint and chipped wood. The first step was to sand all of that off.
In order to make this little oval side table look more like a makeup vanity, the second side of the table was cut with a small circular saw.
All the pieces were given a fresh coat of paint + several layers of polyurethane.
That section of table you cut? It will now sit upright at the back of the table to give it that vanity look.
Use wood glue to secure.
diy girls hair wall mounted organizer
Mom and Dad wanted to keep the base of the side table in its roughed up state. However, we were challenged by a nine year old on the merits of vintage versus non-vintage furniture.
She wore us down and the base was given a fresh coat of teal (spray) paint.
It was paired with a re-upholstered little stool. Pretty cute, don’t you think?
How to make DIY girls beauty station
Remember how I told you our daughter gets creatively zanny ideas and then acts on them? Case in point her hair accessories. When she kept running to my desk for thumb tacks I knew something was up!
I crept into her bedroom and found every.single.hair.thing thumb tacked to her wall!! Pretty ingenious to use a hanger with ribbon for her bows.
Now with a wall full of thumb tack holes and a request that all her hair accessories be on display for less getting-ready-in-the-morning stress (seriously?), another project was born to accompany her flea market makeup vanity table.
How to make wall-mounted hair organizer
Supplies:
– Peg board
– Wood rope trim
– 1×2″ wood slats
– Wire nails
– Nut
– Assorted chair legs
– Drawer knobs
– Paint + brush (spray paint, optional)
We framed the backside of the peg board with flat molding and secured with wood glue. Then, nailed it with wire nails.
The front of the peg board was trimmed with rope trim and secured with wood glue.
Once everything was dry, the peg board was given several coats of paint.
Fun details like two drawer pulls and assorted chair legs were screwed in and secured with a nut.
We did have to keep her hanger-turned-bow-organizer!
How has your kid’s resourcefulness forced you to the hardware store lately?!
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This is adorable & perfect for a little girl! I’m sure your daughter is loving it. My 5 year old sounds very similar to your daughter and sometimes I’m so surprised when i walk into his room. Pinning for when my daughter is older.
How adorable is that? So cute!
This is so sweet. I bet she loves the vanity so much.
Aw, this is so fun and sweet! Makes me want to go out, and find all the goodies to put together a vanity for my niece. I know she’d love it too.
This is so cute. I never had girls so I didn’t get to make fun things like beauty stations and dress up things. I would have loved one of these.
This is just darling! What little girl wouldn’t love to have this vanity in her room? And what a great way for her to keep her things together so that they don’t get lost or damaged. Great job!
Thanks so much for joining the Grace at Home party at Imparting Grace. I’m featuring you this week!
I love this – and love that your girl is so crafty! 🙂 My daughter would love something similar. There are hair ties and clips all over the house!
Thanks Laura! There are still hair ties all over our house, though!!
This is just perfect! My daughter needs one too. Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.
I remember having a lovely little dressing table as a kid and we saved it so our daughter had it when she was small too. I think it just had new handles on the drawers to freshen it up. It’s lovely to have a little space to but your special things. This side table transformation is such a good idea. I like the non distressed legs – your daughter has great taste!
Adorable idea! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday, see you next week.
This is a fantastic makeover! I’m sure your daughter loves it. I’ll be featuring it tonight at Merry Monday.
What a wonderful idea for a young girl’s bedroom – there’s something so special about your first vanity! Love your daughter’s use of the hanger for storage as well! Thank you for sharing, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Sharing this post on the H&S Facebook page later today. Hope you are having a lovely week!
I always wanted one of these tables when I was a little girl! You did a great job all around. Wonder where your daughter gets her creativity from lol. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen