Stenciled Little Table

I have searched through all my photos looking for a before picture for this table. I can't find one. I must have thought it wouldn't be something I'd want to share on my blog. Well I was wrong because this table turned out so wonderful.




I've had this table for a couple years. It sat in my garage mostly finished until earlier this week when I finally applied the stencil to the top. After the stencil I coated it with dark wax and I added a couple coats of Poly on the top to protect from waterstains.






I'm testing it out in our living room to see if it can stay. Too much going on there... time to make some changes.

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Carla

Dining Table Makeover

I love when I start a project and work hard on it, I love it when it all works out great and I end up with exactly what I'd imagined. It doesn't happen very often so when it does I want to do cartwheels. I received this table a few months ago. Notice the garage door is open and the sunshine. Don't mind the cars - I don't have much working space.

It came with four of these chairs.

It needed some love and affection. It had been sitting in the garage for a long time. So I cleaned it up and painted it with Maison Blanche Wrought Iron and Stained the top with a Polystain.

Look at those feet! Love that detail!

I just love how it all turned out.

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Carla

Sofa Table updo

I generally like to fix up old vintage furniture but in this case I decided to fix up something because it was boring. I got this sofa table at a garage sale a few weeks ago. The family was moving and selling a lot of furniture and household items but this table was all that I went home with (besides a beanbag chair for Alexis).

Here's the before picture.

A close up of the table before my makeover

I cleaned it up and sanded off the glossy poly coat to expose the wood. Then I stained the top, painted the legs and then added a decorative drawer pull.

Here's the end result.

I hope you've enjoyed my sofa table up do. Its fitting nice in my entry way right now but it will be a piece that I'm selling. Let me know if you're interested.

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Carla

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