Note to Self:
Maybe it’s not a good idea to go out in the garage on a rainy night at 8 pm in your feety pajamas just because your Paint Jones is kicking in.
The hard, cold truth is the light in our garage is CRAP! Your best bet is a bright & sunny day from ten o’clock until two o’clock ONLY.
Fact.
Well, you know I get something in my brain and I can not let it go. So I went out there and painted on that Empire library table for about an hour. And I was SO pleased . . . .
Then the next day the sun came out and
I was oh so disappointed.
The table looked blue.
Not at all what I had in mind.
So when I got off work on Thursday I went to my local Annie Sloan dealer to look at ALL the greys and try to get inspired.
No dice.
I could not make my mind up to save my life. As I was driving home I pulled in the North Asheville Ace Hardware to check put their (small) selection of Amy Howard paint. Ace does not carry the full line but all I wanted to look at were greys anyway.
I left with a big grin on my face!!!
Much better!
See how blue that little shelf underneath looks? And the spot I missed up near the top?
I chose Selznick Grey and I really love it! It is a light to medium, WARM grey. EXACTLY what I had in my crazy head.
And the sun was out, so I drug that table out in the driveway and sanded the top off.
Completely and totally
Unsupervised
Yes I still have all my fingers and toes.
I chose Minwax Dark Walnut and I just love the way it turned out!
I already had a pair of these cute little wooden knobs from Hobby Lobby. The stickers were still on them, $.69! Why in the world do I only buy two??
Beats me.
I’m very pleased with the top. It was in pretty rough shape when I brought it home.
Those corbels were an awsome yard sale find this morning! Remember, Big Daddy is out of town and I am unsupervised.
Five bucks for the pair!
I got these four antique book there this morning also. Check out the titles.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1891
Who gives this stuff away??
I think Selznick Grey is my new favorite color.
Have a great Saturday!
Paige
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I love the way this turned out. The grey and the walnut is gorgeous. The corbel for $5, are you joking ? As you rightly said, who throws these amazing things away!?
The pair for $5! I thought it was a mistake.
Love the way the table came out…gorgeous. Can't believe you got the corbels for a song. You need to be unsupervised more often!
I love that you have footy jammies, lol. Gorgeous job on the table.
Gorgeous table! And I LOVE those old books too.
Beautiful! I love that gray. Graphite was the first Amy Howard paint I tried, and I love it too, but it's definitely not warm. I seem to love every new color I see! 🙂 Visiting from Concord Cottage, have a great day!
Perfection! I just painted a piece with a color that I thought was grey but turned out blue too! I'll look into this color, it's beautiful.
Thanks for sharing on Something to Talk About!
Karen
Karen thank you! And thank you for the cool party you through every week.
Hi Paige, this is absolutely gorgeous! I love the stained desktop!
Thank you!
This desk is SO gorgeous- I love the colors you chose!
Thanks for linking up with us at Talented Tuesday, hope to see you again this week!!