Resale Redo!

Uh huh. Not my style either. It's a very sturdy table though, and it's made of real wood instead one of those thin woodesque materials that don't fool anybody. When I saw it I knew I had to have it, and even though I wasn't sure exactly how I was going to redo it, I know that I was definitely going to redo it. Nothing wrong with patriotism but I don't want it on my table top.

Stripping the paint from the top revealed a beautiful chunk of wood that deserved to be showed off! I also stripped the paint from the drawer and stained it, along with the top, with a nice "jacobean" brown stain. Just a couple of thin coats of stain to let the wood shine. I really dislike sanding or stripping legs and thin little surfaces, so instead of sanding and staining the legs I went ahead and painted them bright red, right on top of the original matte white pain. Drum roll, please! 

Ta-da! Isn't she dashing? Yes, her drawer is a little crooked but I think that just makes her spunkier. I'm pretty sure that an actual human being with human hands made this table from scratch - she doesn't come from an assembly line, I don't think. Unfortunately, the little drawer knobs that came with the table were glued on there and I wasn't able to remove them and use the purdy metal ones that I had in mind. But I still think she's pretty fabulous!

Now you will need to use your imagination to picture what the next consignment shop table looked like before I changed it, because I completely forgot to take a "before" photo. It's easy to imagine though, because it was 100% white. The body was white, the top was white, the drawers were white, and the little knobs were white. All I did to this one was stain the top with a couple of coats of jacobean stain and painted the knobs a dark bronzey color. 

Dainty little thing! It looks like it has nine drawers, but it actually has three. So there you have it. That's what I have been up to lately. Now I have an old 70's style TV stand that I need to work on and hopefully transform it into something a little less ugly. Wish me luck!

You didn't think I would forget to end this post with a cute animal shot, did you? This guy is cute and menacing. Maybe a little bit psycho. But I'd still snorgle him!