(Head-slapping stupid Goodwill story at the end of the post.)
Almost two years ago, on one of my first jaunts
to buy furniture for my antiques booth,
I got this from a favorite picker:
A old small-scale side table with a lift-off glass tray top.
A little rickety, but nothing some well-placed glue wouldn't fix,
and it clearly was begging to be painted.
So I did. Paint it. Nearly two years later.
I have never been known for my on-time performance.
A first coat of Sherwin-Williams Eros Pink semi-gloss,
and a decoupage treatment under the glass of the tray top.
It's gift wrapping paper.
(Hello, Christa! I wrapped your bridal shower stuff in this, because of the Tiffany blue.)
Table, done: 3 coats of paint, and an acrylic topcoat.
The pink paint is a teensy bit more vivid than the pink in the paper,
but I already had the paper, and I already had the paint. So I will live with it.
I have never been known for my on-time performance.
A first coat of Sherwin-Williams Eros Pink semi-gloss,
and a decoupage treatment under the glass of the tray top.
(Hello, Christa! I wrapped your bridal shower stuff in this, because of the Tiffany blue.)
Table, done: 3 coats of paint, and an acrylic topcoat.
The pink paint is a teensy bit more vivid than the pink in the paper,
but I already had the paper, and I already had the paint. So I will live with it.
Or, I hope someone will live with it.
We put it in the booth on Sunday.
Sorry. Phone pictures. I'd forgotten my camera.
It's kind of a bright spot
amongst its more sedate brethren. :-)
Ack. Phone pictures. Sorry.
It won't appeal to everyone, but it appeals to me,
and I had a blast reviving an old, scratched, rickety table
and giving it a snazzy new look.
I can only imagine what that table would think if she could
see herself in a mirror. I think she'd be pleased.
She's all ready to hold someone's tea cup, or martini glass.
Link Parties!
It's Metamorphosis Monday at Susan's
Between Naps On The Porch. Click here!
And at The Dedicated House, it's
Make It Pretty Monday. Click!!!
****************************
BUT before I forget -- my stupidest EVER Goodwill buy:
A hardcover book. A British murder mystery. So far, so good.
Here's where it gets stupid; 15 pages into the book, I realize
that I had donated the darned thing to Goodwill back in September.
Yes. Yes. I bought my own book.
It's okay. Laugh. I did. And now I can donate it back to G.W.
It's wet and stormy in northern New Jersey.
The dogs and I will take quick walks today! -- Cass
We put it in the booth on Sunday.
Sorry. Phone pictures. I'd forgotten my camera.
It's kind of a bright spot
amongst its more sedate brethren. :-)
Ack. Phone pictures. Sorry.
It won't appeal to everyone, but it appeals to me,
and I had a blast reviving an old, scratched, rickety table
and giving it a snazzy new look.
I can only imagine what that table would think if she could
see herself in a mirror. I think she'd be pleased.
She's all ready to hold someone's tea cup, or martini glass.
Link Parties!
It's Metamorphosis Monday at Susan's
Between Naps On The Porch. Click here!
And at The Dedicated House, it's
Make It Pretty Monday. Click!!!
****************************
BUT before I forget -- my stupidest EVER Goodwill buy:
A hardcover book. A British murder mystery. So far, so good.
Here's where it gets stupid; 15 pages into the book, I realize
that I had donated the darned thing to Goodwill back in September.
Yes. Yes. I bought my own book.
It's okay. Laugh. I did. And now I can donate it back to G.W.
It's wet and stormy in northern New Jersey.
The dogs and I will take quick walks today! -- Cass
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