Vintage Stamps Side Table

Hello friends!

I finished another side table today,this is my 3rd one this year.

(and the first 2 are already sold, I'm super happy)

Actually I've got 2 of these round tables and finished one.

They had really shiny surface so I scratched them with

80-grit sand paper first to have better adhesion.

I painted first with white chalk paint, which I already had.

I used it as a primer.

Chalk paint has good grip on shiny surface

 so I figured I could use them as a primer.

( it's a small trade secret, I guess)

I wanted to have totally different looks on these two,

so I went ahead with only one first.

( and from here, I forgot to take pictures...again....hahaha)

Painted with the same teal paint I used for teal side table,

then lined around with black paint.

I glued some really cute vintage stamp images on the top

and this is how it turned out.

My son said he absolutely loves it :)

One side has this pretty handle.

and of course I had to distress it :)

I waxed the table first, glued papers on top with Mod Podge,

sealed the papers with Mod Podge,

then applied Polyurethane twice, waxed again and done!

and of course I have to show you the legs.

Love.....

I love these stamp images:)

Well I'm going to make dinner now...

I hope I can show you the second table before the end of this week.

Keep warm everyone and stay healthy!!

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One Side Table, Two Looks

Happy Tuesday!!

It's still cold and wet here in Vancouver suburb,

how is everyone doing?

My resolution for 2013 is to post more about what I do on here and try to get involved more in the Blogland :)

.....and also to get organized!...

(this is my every year resolution which I have hard time accomplishing lol)

Anyway, I'd like to share with you my *fun* table today!

Here's the before:

An all wood, lovely side table.

I know, I know, I just could refinish the surface and restian the wood

and I would have a beautiful side table.

But I like to paint.

So I painted.

I thought this year I would put much more effort in my blog
( and I just said that!!)

but then I realized that

I completely forgot to take any * during* pictures....aw...

So I'll go straight to the end result.

TA-DA!!!!

I think it's cute....what do you think?

( Notice the Chambord bottle? More about it later)

(The bottom center has a diffrent image)

I thought I'd stop here and finish the project but then I had a wonderful idea.

I thought it'd be fun to flip the table and have a different look!

So that's what I did!!!!

TA-DA!!!!  for the second time :)

I added the music sheet on the other side :)

So when you want to change the look,

all you need to do is flip!

( do not forget to remove anything on it though..lol)

Isn't it neat?

I absolutely love it:)

ONE TABLE...

( the bottom I used my homemade stencil )

TWO LOOKS!

It's constructed only with spindles, there are no nails or screws:)

Every parts come off like this.



 I distressed the legs and used a gel stain to make them look aged:)

The painted side is applied with Polyurethan,

Sheet music side is sealed with Mod Podge and

entire table is hand waxed.

Now onto Chambord Liqueur.

I found this beautiful empty bottle at a local thrift store.

Isn't it darlin'?

The moment I saw it, I grabbed it and put it in my cart:)

I'd never heard of Chambord before.

It is made from red and black raspberries,

Madagascar vanilla, Moroccan citrus peel, honey and cognac.
Doesn't it sound wonderful?
I heard that some people drizzle it over ice cream....yum!

I wanted to try it but I couldn't find one comes in this type of bottle,

so I didn't buy it.

I'm not  much of a drinker so...I felt it's just not the same without the cute bottle.....

This is the bottle I saw at a liqour store.

See?

It's not the same.....

Anyway, I hope I'll have an opprtunity one day to taste this sweet liqueur:)

Have a happy week everyone!!

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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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