French Side Table

I found this awesome little table at an antiques store for an amazing price.  I walked past it 3 times trying to figure out what was wrong with it & why it was priced so low.  I finally figured I had better grab it before some one else did.

I painted it Vintage White with minimal distressing.  I love the way it turned out!

Available for sale at City Antiques

Late to the Party

As usual, I am late to the party! I know the Union Jack dresser has been done & redone but I just had to try it!  I purchased this chest from the auction a few months ago.  It was on of the oldest pieces at the auction that night.  It was in great shape, only needed to be cleaned.  I removed the piece across the top on the back, it looked too girly for me.

I loved it immediately!  I was thrilled that I actually won & got to bring it home.  It was dying to be blue & I thought that was a great idea but I also wanted to add the Union Jack flag.   It was a lot harder than I thought & actually took me about 4 months to complete.  I was so imitated!  I was trying to make it as accurate as possible & I turned it the other way.  If I were to do another one, I would lay this on its side & draw the flag out.  

It is now for sale in my booth at City Antiques.  

Spring Hill Green

I picked up this little table for my daughter's room. The picture on CL was awful! I couldn't tell anything about it but it was listed for $25 & said antique so I thought it was worth a shot. I asked for a better picture expecting to get an email back that it was sold since it had been listed for a few days. Much to my surprise, it was still available & was a cute little table. We agreed to meet the next day, the lady was so sweet & worried about the condition of the table that she sent me several emails & pictures to make sure I was ok with the condition before I drove all the way to meet her.

Sorry this is such a bad before picture but I was trying to hide the legs that I had already started painting.  I forgot to take the before picture again!

 The lion head pull sucked me right in! 

Unfortunately it is only for looks but I still love it! I showed it to my daughter & she said it might be too short for her chair so I just tucked away with all of the other to be finished projects. Two days later she decided the table would work & wanted to know when it would be finished. Really!? You didn't want it & now you want to know when it will be finished!? Luckily it was a easy table, I did sand the top down since it was so scratched. I used CeCe Caldwell's Spring Hill Green It only took a few hours to paint & wax. The cute lion head pull just got a good cleaning. No distressing :( my girl likes a clean paint job!

If you would like to try CeCe Caldwell Paint, you can order it here.

Thank you to Becky@Beyond the Picket Fence for featuring my table.

Monday's Treasures

We found some eggs in the yard today that must have been blown out of the trees by the storm last night.  I am so loving the blue one!  

This picture was taken with my iphone.  It is now my go to camera because the pictures are so amazing!   I don't know what I ever did without it.  

Hope you have had a great Monday & found some cool treasures!

Thrifty Treasures

Pallet Table

I have pallet fever!  Who knew you could make such cool stuff for practically free!?  It does require some hard work!  Have you ever cut apart a pallet?  You will need a reciprocating saw & some very strong forearms.  And some gloves to help prevent blisters!  And lots & lots of patience!  But it is fun!
I have made a couple of pallet shelves, those are so easy.

But this was the 1st time I was actually building something.  I forgot to take a before picture so imagine it looked like this:

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The only pieces that were cut were the 2 long sides.  I just made the table the size it wanted to be.  

Here is a picture of it all put together.

I use regular latex paint, something I had left over from who knows what!  I distressed heavily with my palm sander & wiped on/wiped off stain.  I sealed the whole table with wipe on poly.

Thanks to Becky & Desiree for featuring my pallet table this week!

Jennifer Rizzo