Okay-
You asked for it-
You got it!
That is what
MyHero said to me when
I asked him to trim the
bushes out in front of our
second house.
It was NOT a pretty sight.
So, since then I have
been very careful
about asking for
things that might involve
a saw....or a chipper.
(anyone that saw the movie
FARGO will know what I
am talking about).
HOWEVAH!
You asked me about my
little table-
I am by no means an expert
at furniture fix ups.
I just do what I like.
First off,
I had some
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
(ASCP)
that I used.
That meant I did NOT have
to sand the piece down
beforehand.
I removed the hardware
which looked like this...
You probably all know the trick
of sticking a toothpick
into the little handle hole
to hold it up for spray painting.
Anyway, I decided to reuse the
original hardware and just
spray painted it soft black.
Then I dug out my little cones.
Do you use these?
They lift the piece off the
ground so that you can paint
right to the bottom without
hitting ground zero.
wallah-
Yes-I painted IN THE HOUSE.
shhhhhhh
I washed the piece down with TSP.
I use that because it cuts through
all the crud and gives the piece
a good "grab" for the paint.
I base coated it with
antique white ASCP.
One coat did not quite give
me enough coverage so I
did give it a second coat.
I then used a sanding pad to
lightly sand and smooth
the paint a bit.
Next-I went to
She has the most amazing
images for anything and everything.
I printed out two images
from two different graphics.
I used a very simple transfer
method.
I simply placed a piece of
graphite paper under the
image and traced over it
with a sharp pencil.
I lifted the paper off
and used a
PAINT PEN
to copy over the lines
of the image.
I did Paris first...
Then the laurel design...
Once I paint inked that in
it looked like this....
I then sanded over the design
slightly to give it a
slightly aged look.
I then applied two coats
slightly to give it a
slightly aged look.
I then applied two coats
of paste wax.
I buffed between each coat.
I put THREE coats
on the table top.
All I had to do was
screw the painted hardware
back in place and
Presto-Chango
Here she is!
Purrrrrty cute, huh?
Please ignore the cord hanging
down in back- I have now
fixed that~
Please ignore the cord hanging
down in back- I have now
fixed that~
So...If I can do this-
Anyone can!
Hmmm...I have noticed that all
the kids are starting to put
their names on pieces of
my "stuff"....
You know....for
"someday".
I better look underneath
and see whose name is
on this one.
Pffffttt.....maybe for a
joke I will leave it to
The Cat!
That'll fix 'em!
If I don't reply to you personally it is because your name does
not come up with an email addy attached on my reader.
Just know that I do send a Thank You to ALL comments
unless it is not listed. Just know that I want to
Thank all of YOU, too,that don't have your email enabled.
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