I really like to stop by the Salvation Army in South Asheville on Saturday mornings . Early. This appears to be their ‘Markdown Day’. I could be wrong. It just seems to be the day of the week that I have the best luck. If you recall it was also a Saturday when I found this:
You can read more about my dining room here:
http://ajunkchicklife.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-nest-dining-room.html?m=1
I also found this:
Actually both of these, but that’s a different post. Later. When I pic a paint color.
And spring for that $21/yard fabric.
So a few Saturday mornings ago on my way to the grocery store, I stopped by right when they opened. 9 AM. And it payed off.
How cute is this? Damn cute for $12! Actually, 12 bucks is a little steep for me but I grabbed it anyway.
I rationalized it by making a mental note about how BEAUTIFUL the top was & the fact that I would not have to sand & refinish it.
Works for me every time.
So later in the day, after lunch I went through my Box Of Tricks and began to pick a color. Bare in mind that I had at least 5 other pieces of furniture ahead of this one, ALL of them going in the March Savvy Restyle Market sale pile.
Why is it that the newest piece to come into the house is always the most exciting & first to be worked on?
Beats me.
Here is what I had in my crazy little head.
I can NOT lay off the turquoises to SAVE my life!!
And this was my ‘inspiration piece’
Curvy Legs!
Pinterest
None of the colors that I had on hand were really ‘working’ for me. Since my local Annie Sloan stockist is 25 minutes from my kitchen floor (where I paint December through March) I decided to make one. You use what you’ve got, right?
Here is what I had
And this is what I came up with
I taped of that beautiful top and went to town on the curvy legs of my $12 table. This it what it looked like after one coat of my McGiver’ed Provence (Esque) paint.
The beautiful top only needed a bit of soft wax to protect it.
I’m just in love with the grain detail in this top! This was LUCK!
Wax is always a quandary for me. Dark or clear? Clear first or go straight to dark like I did on that little junk shop table?? This one I wanted to be a bit more careful with. So I mixed up a ‘softer’ brown wax by using a plastic spoonful of clear and added about a 1/8 plastic spoon of dark wax.
And I loved it!
But I still put it in the March Market
sale pile.
And it was the second piece I sold, in the first hour!!
Paige
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LINK BACK
http://www.thepainteddrawer.com/2015/03/inspiration-friday-link-party.html
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2015/03/pj-270-an-upcycled-link-party.html
http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2015/03/the-sunday-showcase-no-277.html
http://www.karensuponthehill.com
http://www.astrollthrulife.net
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Great score and LOVE your dining room! Thanks for linking up to Inspiration Friday! I look forward to seeing more of your work!
Thank you for the opportunity! I have enjoyed you blog for some time now. It's lovely!
So lovely to find your blog via Funky Junk Interior. Love your table and the color you chose. Hope to meet up again sometime soon!
So lovely to find your blog via Funky Junk Interior. Love your table and the color you chose. Hope to meet up again sometime soon!
It was cute and now its pretty!
Really cute..turned out really nice.
and turquoise is MY color, too…can't get enuf.
What a darling little table! With that new color I would have grabbed it……the aqua's and turquoise shades are my new favorite colors. How creative to make your own color. And yes, I can have a bunch of great thrifted items to list to sell and the newest one I come home with gets listed that minute! We're always on to something new, right?
Right ! You make me feel soooo normal.
Love that color and table!
You did a beautiful job. Can't believe it cost just $12! That's a bargin where I come from! I think the mix of wax did a grest job on the bare wooden top, it's just enough dark to bring out that lovely grain.