New/Old Hall Table

Some of you may remember this table I bought at a church flea market last year.

It actually came as a set with the mirror for only $10!

I ended up selling the mirror on Craig's List and put the table in my foyer.

I love this table, but always knew I would eventually paint it.  I just didn't know what color.
I chose chalk paint in Old White and then heavily distressed it.

I then went over it with my minwax stain in Dark Walnut and wiped it off to show more of the detail, then waxed and buffed for a finished look.

I decided not to paint the top, and instead sanded it down and covered it in the Dark Walnut followed by two coats of poly.

I love how it looks now.

I purchased the key at the Clover Market this past weekend.  Everything else I already had.

Since I was in the process of painting this piece, I decided to paint a table for Denise with the same technique.

Denise got this table at the local flea for $10.

It's from Bombay Co., but I think the previous owner sanded and stained, but did a shabby job.

They also added some extra embellishments to the sides, which showed up much better when it was painted and distressed.

Here it is all finished.

Much better, don't you think?

I love how the wax gives it a nice shine and sheen.  I highly recommend this as a final step for anyone painting furniture.  It's worth the extra time and effort.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a Blissfulicious day!

xoxo,
Kim

Strike a Pose!

In my spare time, ya know, when I'm not food shopping, cleaning, doing laundry, running errands, picking the kids up from school, planting flowers, maintaining my Etsy store, painting furniture, blogging, whipping up something that almost resembles dinner, oh, and taking care of a 4 month-old-baby, I had a photo shoot with my little man.

Cole at 4 months old:

This Little Table Went To Market...

This little table stayed home.

This little table had cute feet.

This little table had none.

And this little table cried "Wee,wee,wee, why did someone spray paint me!"

Poor little guy!  I spotted him on Craig's List last year and knew he had lots of potential.  He waited patiently on the Island until I sprung him a couple weeks ago.  I wanted to wait until I could give him the attention he deserved.

Here he is getting his first bath.

Close-up of his head.

He begged me not to show pictures of him naked, but I couldn't resist!

Mr. Bliss bought me my very first power tool for this job.  An electric sander, called a roto-something-or-other.

It took me days to get all the spray paint off.

Just look at all the detail that black spray paint was hiding!

I stained and poly'ed the top and painted the rest Ralph Lauren Lincolnshire Olive.

Then covered the painted parts with my Minwax stain in Dark Walnut and wiped off.  This really showed off all of the gorgeous detail.

Next I added clear paste wax and then went over all of the crevices again with Fiddes & Sons wax in Rugger Brown.

And here he is in his Sunday best.

And in his new spot in the kitchen.

He looks like a Mr. Bingly to me...

A sneak peak at two projects I have in the works:

Can you tell I have a thing for accent tables??

Thanks for visiting and have a Summerlicious weekend!

xoxo,

Kim