Tall, Teal and Pretty side table ~First project in 2013~

Happy New Year everyone!!!

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season :)

As for me, I had lots of fun with my family and friends.
Before Christmas, I made some ornaments & pinwheels
with a friend to donate for a charity which supports an orphanage in India.

...and for Christmas, I made a very special chair for my husband
who is a die-hard Montreal Canadiens fan.

 I wrapped it in a big table cloth,put a big ribbon on it and placed it beside the tree

and  gave it to him on Christmas morning.

He had absolutely no idea I'd been making this chair for him!!

The night before, I snuck the chair in after he went to bed.
( Did you know the word*snuck* is informal and don't really exist and I'm supposed to say * sneaked* here?)

When he unwrapped the gift, oh.....my....goodness!!!!!

He was so happy!!!!!!!!!!!

(I personalised it by putting his name on the back as well)

This is of course, before ;)

(The other chair was for our son.)

He laughed when he read the sign:

***DANGER AHEAD***

STOP

      ***CANADIENS COUNTRY***

He said to me this chair was the best gift ever!! Yay!!

He also said that I should start taking orders to make 

 personalised sport theme chairs :)
Do you think I should? lol

OK, today I finished my very first project in 2013.

Here's the before picture of the side table.

It was hiding in the corner of a thrift store, almost invisible.

It was wobbly,covered with cobweb, nails were sticking out in many spots

and poor thing was smelly too....it looked (and smelled) very sad.
I could hear the word  " RESCUE!!!!! " ringing so loud in my head
so I took her home :)

I gave it a good cleaning, pulled all the nails out and
took it apart so I could rebuild the table.

I like this eco friendly remover :)

Sometimes it's important to keep a track on which leg goes to which corner,

so that you'll have a perfect match later on.

 I put the table back together, glued it with Gorilla Glue.

Then tied ropes around, stuck a pen or knife between the ropes

and tighten it really good so when the glue dries, it'll be nice and tight.

You see a ball on the shelf?

That's to make sure shelves stay leveled.

I made my usual homemade chalk paint in two colors.

One was a shade of grey ( oops! color from Behr but I love it)
and the other was Teal for Two (Debbie Travis).

I love both colors and I couldn't decide which one to use so...

I used both!
Also I used white to enhance the details:)

 I painted with grey first then teal, distressed it here and there.

On the top shelf, I decided to put a stencil

which I made for my rocking chair while ago.

Making stencils is easy and economical unless

you try to make something intricate.

I simply print out an image I find on the Internet and glue one more paper to it
( to make the papers a little sturdier)

let it completely dry and cut with a sharp cutter.
( I use Cutter Bee)

Waxed all over and here's the finished product:)

I absolutely love the grey showing here and there.

It's not smelly, wobbly or ugly anymore:)

For some reason,I have to love the legs first in order to take on a project...

...and I love these legs for sure!!

I'm finishing up another side table today,

 I'm going to stage it and take some photo

so I can share it with you soon.

Kids are going back to school tomorrow,

I hope all the kids in the world will have fun and safe school year.

Thank you for stopping by!

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MMS Milk Paint Tricycle Side Table

I finally got Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint from Creekside Abbotsford.

I bought Tricycle and Shutter Grey, along with bonding agent and antique wax.

I often shy away from vibrant colours,
because I'm more comfortable with soft tones.

But this Tricycle colour is such beautiful red, I had to try it.

Also this was my first time working with milk paint.

First, I mixed it with warm water.
( 1 part paint & 1 1/4 part warm water )
I used 1/4 cup of Tricycle for this side table and
it was just the amount needed in the end:)

I mixed it really really good with sticks..

Mixing part was the hardest for me,

probably because I used a shallow cup and 2 sticks to mix,

I splashed some mix on the sheet.

Then I used a whisk to mix and it went much easier:)

I didn't add bonding agent because I wanted to have a chippy look,

I heard the way milk paint chips is really unpredictable
and I was curious how it'd react to my table.

 I found this side table at a thrift store.

I painted grey first then black for under colours.

Then the first coat of Tricycle, it went on really smooth.

I still had a little bit of lumps from the powder but just used my fingers to smooth it out.

After the 2nd coat it was still showing lots of black

I felt it needed one more coat so I did 3 coats altogether.

I was hoping it'll chip but it didn't.

All it did was this much and after I sanded, it was all gone...

...and here is the finished table.

I distressed the table with a 220 grit sand paper.

Milk paint distresses so easily and beautifully.

I just loved how it shows the black

( and some white and grey as well) underneath.

I added some vintage papers to the top and the bottom shelf,

using Mod Podge.

Then aged around the papers a little with strong brewed coffee

finishing with MMS's antiquing wax.

Inside the drawer, I added this cute Eiffel tower picture.

Isn't it adorable?

I really like this aged look Milk Paint creates:)

I've been loving my homemade chalk paint and

 now I've found my new favorite paint:)

I have Shutter Grey as well,

What am I goint to paint with it...just thinking is much fun too!

Have a wonderful December everyone:)



Yay!! This table was featured at

http://www.redouxinteriors.com/2012/12/link-party-83-and-mes-preferes/

&

http://elizabethandco.blogspot.ca/2012/12/be-inspired-features-and-link-party-49.html

&

http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/2012/12/transformation-thursday-no-183.html

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