Y’all,
I brought home more pumpkins today 🙂
Lord, how I LOVE this time of year!
The Heirlooms are my absolute favorite and they are just now showing up around here. The weirder and wortier they are, the better I like them.
So today on ‘Paige Davis is a Nutjob’ we are talking about pumpkins (obviously) and Farm Tables. Have you priced these big, chunky tables lately ? They are not cheap. So, to me it is much more cost effective to DIY them.
Today’s project started out like this:
This is a photo straight from the Craigslist ad. You can’t really tell anything at all about the top of this table but who in the world cares???
Look at those legs!
And I am here to tell you they weigh a blooming ton! I got this table from a very nice couple who were in the process of purging their outbuilding / barn. The husband was kind enough to take the legs off the table for me so it would actually fit in to my Jeep.
The only hard work I had to do was sand down the top. It was only hard because it is a veneer so I had to be SUPER careful not to sand through it. So I just took my time and it turned out gorgeous.
Maybe just a little too perfect so I went back over it with a few random implements of destruction.
After a few taps with each of these and a some Dark Wax here’s how it looks now:
The wax goes on the tabletop like butter and settles in to every crack and crevice.
I painted the legs and apron with General Finishes Lamp Black milk paint. I can’t seem to lay off that stuff !
This paint really is divine!
Black is a hard color to paint to begin with but this black drys to a soft black (if that makes any sense) and is super smooth.
This chunk of veneer was missing when I brought the table home. To my crazy little head its character. It doesn’t bother me in the least. The runner I used on the table is actually a throw that I got at Homegoods last Fall. I really like how the grays look against the finish of the wooden top.
The ceramic turkeys came from the Clearance section at Big Lots last year also and I think they were down to $3.
You gotta love a pile of pumpkins! A wicker tray, grocery store roses and a handful of champagne corks later and you’ve got a Harvest centerpiece 🙂
Enjoy this lovely Season!
Paige
Blogs I love!
http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/?m=1
http://theblissfulbee.porch.com
http://www.patinaparadise.com/?m=1
http://seekinglavenderlane.com
http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/?m=1
http://www.stonegableblog.com
http://www.findingsilverpennies.com
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net
I love your pumpkins and your table. That table looks fantastic.
LOVE it!
Really nice, Paige. I have a small one with a 3 board top I think would look nice like that. Thanks for the idea!
Paige, beautiful job on that beautiful table. Those legs are elegant. I also use GF Lamp black on anything black I paint. I love that paint and am branching out into other colors of the brand. Really pretty and the pumpkins are just the right touch..Happy Week..Judy
Another gorgeous transformation! Thanks for sharing, Cynthia
That's gorgeous Paige, wow!!! Love, love the color and those pumpkins are super freakily pretty. Hope you have a happy fall
I'm crazy about pumpkins too, and I love your table. Fabulous makeover!
I'm so impressed with your table makeover. I love what the dark wax did for the top and the black was a perfect color accent! I'm in love with pumpkins too. Your table setting looks wonderful! Visiting from Inspire Me Tuesday.