How To Store Makeup On Desk

If I would accept known how much better having a makeup vanity makes my mornings, I would have gotten one years ago.

My hubby and I recently remodeled the upstairs bedroom of our circa 1930's house.  If you are familiar with older houses they hold lots of charm, only sometimes lots of headaches as well.  Our upstairs was a converted cranium space with a funky ceilings and a niggling used sitting area.  After deciding a closet held more value to us than an unused sitting area, we converted the space into a walk-in closet.  And can I only say that I am astounded at how much this habitation improvement has improved my mornings.  Getting ready is faster, easier, more pleasant than always and all of information technology helps set up a positive tone for the rest of the day.

MY 3 FAVORITE THINGS Near HAVING A MAKEUP VANITY

1. Finally Getting Organized

It'southward the little things that count.  Like being able to see and store all of your makeup in one drawer.  And did y'all meet the bottles of polish on the right? They stand up!  There's fifty-fifty room to squeeze in more than stuff…only I'yard on a purge and simplify kicking, then I'yard trying not to.

The corrective organizers are from Bed, Bath and Beyond.  ( I couldn't find a link for them on the website, but I think they are still available in store.)   Ii of them fit across the front end of the drawer, and I added plastic stick-on anxiety on the bottom so the organizers don't slide around when opening the drawer.

two.  Sitting while doing hair + makeup

No more standing at the mirror, leaning in to put on mascara.

No more crimper irons/flat irons/pilus dryers all over the bathroom counter. (Look until you lot see the hair tool caddy my husband installed for me.  Information technology's just dreamy.)

The comfortable chair higher up is the Hudson Dive chair from Target.  It doesn't accept side arms so sliding into it without moving the chair is really easy.  Information technology comes un-assembled and took about 45 minutes to put together.

3.  It Actually Does Brand Mornings Better

The drinking glass box with a hat is actually an antiquarian inkwell from the tardily 1890'southward that was my Great-Grandmothers.  I use information technology to concord  my rings.  It feels like such a luxury to have a little extra space to personalize my vanity with meaningful items.

The jewelry stand up on the right is another little luxury that I wished I had invested in sooner.  This is the Umbra Trigem iii-Tier jewelry stand designed by Alan Wisniewski, which is from Bed Bathroom and Beyond.  No more tangled chains and I can now actuallysee my jewelry.  I constitute necklaces, earrings and all sorts of stuff in the bottom of my jewelry box I'd forgotten I'd had.

Getting Down to the DIY

Assembling + Modifying the Ikea Malm Dressing Table

The Ikea Malm dressing tabular array went together easily.  Here it is before we added the drinking glass top (which is included), the drawer pull and the mirror.

1.  Brace the back for the mirror

For this first step, we installed a board beyond the dorsum of the vanity for extra support for the mirror.

At present, when I say "we", I really hateful "my hubby." I'm quite capable of doing it myself, merely someone had to accept these pictures, right?

2.  Add together an L-Bracket to support the Mirror

Next, we installed 2 50 brackets on each side to support the mirror vertically.

My initial thought was to notice a really cute vintage mirror.  But nosotros couldn't figure out how to hang it in front of the window, and antique mirrors are heavy.  This was ane of the times when a new inexpensive and low-cal-weight item was in our favor.  We purchased this askew mirror from Lowe'southward and were actually happy with it.

At present the mirror and vanity work as one unit, which is piece of cake to pull out if we need to get to the window.

3.  Install a drawer pull

The drawer is the entire width of the vanity, which is great for storage. Simply considering of the width, it'south a little bit wobbly side to side if you don't pull information technology open straight from the centre. And so nosotros added a drawer pull to terminate the wobble.  I think the handle dresses the makeup vanity up  and adds a little personality.

Finished!

Merely await – what nigh these cords?

1.  Which Pilus Apparatus Caddy to pick?

I did a lot of inquiry online regarding pilus caddies and if you want to store irons while they are still warm, you needed to purchase a metal one. I read also many reviews about plastic caddies that had melted after i use. The caddy I finally settled on was this Hair Iron and Blower Appliance Holder. It has a large angled storage slot for a hair dryer and 2 additional areas for a flat iron and 1 ane/two″ barrel curling atomic number 26.

The just drawback, which I was aware of from the reviews on Amazon, was that this unit has a lip which does non permit it to attach flat to the vanity. From what the reviews said, this is a professional hair caddy that was designed to slide onto the side of a cart.  To solve this upshot, we cut a three/4″ thick piece of particle board the pinnacle and width of the caddy and painted information technology black.

2.  Spiral the backboard and caddy to the make up vanity

3.  Screw on plug strip

Getting power to the hair appliance caddy was the concluding step.  Nosotros went the piece of cake route and installed a plug mold along the dorsum of the makeup vanity. We contemplated hiding the plug mold under the makeup vanity on the leg, but because the side of the vanity is hidden from view, then are the cords.

4.  Finished

The Actual Closet

I was getting a some grief from my friends when I showed them the pictures at the start of this postal service.  They were similar, "Is that your closet?" "Are y'all really that much of a neat freak?"

The answer is no.  In a higher place is what my real closet looks like.  Granted, information technology's been straightened upwardly for the picture merely now that our cupboard is organized and pretty, it is much easier to keep neat.  I really hang my wearing apparel up every mean solar day!  And put my shoes away. Which I certainly didn't before.

Hooray to happier and organized mornings!

Links to the residue of our cupboard remodel:

How To Store Makeup On Desk,

Source: http://www.ialwayspickthethimble.com/2014/06/09/diy-makeup-vanity-making-mornings-better/

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