Painting and Antiquing Bathroom Cabinets

Since my lovely husband finally decided to tile our downstairs bathroom, we also decided together it was time to just finish the project altogether.
 My job:  The cabinets and decor
 His Job: the plumbing and fixtures.

My mother in law recently redid all of her kitchen cabinets in this awesome antiqued white look and it really was a beautiful makeover.... so I am going to take some inspiration from her and do the bathroom vanity and mirror in an white antiqued look.

Here are some before pictures of the vanity before jumping in.

I washed them down, roughly sanded them, and took all of the doors/ drawers and hardware off.  I had picked out an off-whitesh color as the base and I got it in High Gloss paint specifically designed for Trim and Cabinets (High Gloss paint is easier to clean than other finish).  After one coat of paint the Vanity looked like this.  (Sorry for the bad photos... there is bad lighting in my basement)

And After the 2nd coat of paint...

After letting everything dry it was time to start adding the Stain to get that nice antique look.  My mother in law had mentioned to me that when she had added the stain that it absorbed very quickly and almost made it too antiqued for her liking (she even repainted a couple of cabinet doors because she added too much)  so.. I decided to practice a little on the back of the door.  

Now for the scary part... the front of the door and the drawers... and the actual vanity.  

I think they turned out rather nice.  I got a little nervous for a minute there and had definitely OVER antiqued a little... but had the idea to get my paint brush only "lightly" wet and kind of dry brush some paint over the really stained areas to get a look that I desired.  It turned out great!  I still have to apply a finish to the cabinets so the paint doesn't chip with wear and add some nice new hardware.  

Matt is going to finish this thing off by tiling a marble countertop for it and we have this nice Brushed Nickel basin sink we are going to put on top.  Stay tuned for more updates!