For the last year or so my make up storage has been very unorganised which is not like me at all. Those who know me know I am annoying over organised, so having random hat boxes full of make up was not working for me. So for my birthday I dragged my fiancé round numerous home stores trying to find the solution to my storage problems.
I finally decided on a tall black brown cabinet, from the MALM collection in Ikea. It's the same collection as my bed and bedside table so fits in perfectly. I like that its a tall chest as it doesn't take up much space in my bedroom but still has plenty of storage.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90106506/#/60127973
Then the really exciting part......I bought a new beautiful dressing table eeeeek. I had spent a long time admiring many beauty gurus mirrored Pier one dresser, but I really struggled to find anything similar here in the UK that wasn't going to cost me an absolute fortune. So I am sure you can imagine my excitement when I found a mirrored dressing table in BHS, on offer for £80 down from £399. Now the poor little dresser was in a bit of a mess, The top right hand corner had some glass missing, a crack down the side and no handle, however I looked past that and knew my handy fiancé would be able to sort that. Unfortunetly I totally forgot to take a 'before' photo so you could see how it looked...but I sure you can imagine.
Gary used some vinyl down both side of the dresser to cover the damage, and then I bought a handle for 99p on ebay. I have also bought a mirror from a shop called the range which cost me around £30. Finally I have some lights to go around the mirror, but they need to be fitted by an electrician who is coming next week, so I will have Hollywood style lights which I am very excited about.
I havent got round to putting my make up in my new storage cabinet yet as I want to find some storage containers to keep everything neat and tidy inside, but I am going shopping today to try and find these so I will keep you updated. I also need a chair to go with my dresser but not sure what to get yet, if you have any suggestions I am all ears.
I have learnt from this that yes there are some lovely expensive dressers out there but by doing some DIY I have a beautiful dressing table, you just need a bit of imagination......
I will do an update on this once its all finished.
Thanks for reading
Emma Louise x
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