Pink is Best for Pigs!

I bought a Barbie vanity at a flea market at a great bargain price. Of course it was bright Barbie Pink and had glitter stickers on it. It was not Raleigh's style or mine, so something had to be done about it.

There are some great tutorials on the web for redoing plastic furniture. This one tells you how to make faux woodgrain:  http://www.dolls-n-daggers.com/Dolls/Forum/index.php?topic=297.0.

I decided to just paint it white. Normally, I would use spray paint. I didn't have any and as usual my budget is tight, so I just hand painted with acrylic paint. The key is to use several thin layers of paint to get good coverage.

The other problem with the vanity was that the only part of the stool that was included was the top.

I cut a section from a toilet paper roll to make a base.

Then I covered the entire piece with fabric and lace to match Raleigh's bedroom diorama. Here is the repainted vanity with the new stool.

I think it gives it a cottage look, which is much more to Raleigh's liking and mine.

While we didn't want the vanity to be pink, there are some things that color is perfectly suited for - PIGGIES! I adore pigs and one day I hope to have a teacup pig as a pet. In the meantime, there was no reason that Raleigh couldn't have one. I searched the internet for a pattern and found one here:
http://dollmaker.nunodoll.com/pig/pig.html. The pattern I used is on the second page. Raleigh is very happy to have a new friend.

Her piggy doesn't have a name yet. Could you help her come up with one?