I Don't Really Want To Let This One Go

I have had this end table for several years. I really don't have the room for it so it must go. And it doesn't really fit with the other things in our living room. We didn't realize how much detail this table has until I painted it.

After 3 coats of white chalk paint, heavy distressing, paste wax finish here it is. 

I sanded the top and restained with Minwax Ebony but couldn't get it to go darker than this. But it is still pretty. I left the original hardware just the way it was. 

My front porch looks like a paint shop. I have several projects going on out there. The neighbors probably think I am nuts. 

Another Addition To My Living Room

I can't say it enough. I love free. This little table was just that.

3 of the 4 legs needed new bolts. 2 of the 4 pulls were missing. But it had great potential. Dave cracks me up he still looks at me with this What??? face when I pick something up. 

I sanded the top down and stained it with Minwax Early American. Then I painted the bottom with the oops chalk paint from Lowes. The pieces in my Living Room are all going to be this color. This table is also great because it has the same legs on it that match the coffee table that used to be my parents. 

After 3 coats of paint, some distressing, paste wax and new knobs from Menard's here it is.

Kitchen Countertop Done and for 30.00 Woot Woot

We finished our countertop this weekend on the sink side of the kitchen. It looks beautiful. We used 2 x 4's. Who would have thought after sanding they have so much grain to them. The total cost for this countertop was 30.00 which is a double plus. We also made a pattern in the corner. We absolutely love that part. First we layed it all out. Then glued the pieces together and used clamps to hold it together with cement blocks on top. Dave cut the length once it was placed and glued. Then cut out the sink hole. I sanded the whole thing down and stained it with Minwas Early America. Then coated with 4 coats of poly. It was probably need more but I will do that once this heat breaks here.

It took 7 boards on the sink area and 8 on the snack bar area. I may make that part wider later, I am not sure about it yet. This is a work in progress but it is coming along. I am the kind of person who changes their mind 9 million times before I finish so we shall see how it turns out.

A Dresser Done Just Right

I just love the Habitat For Humanity Restore. I have picked up several pieces of furniture there. This dresser was 4.77. Gotta love a good price on something with lots of potential.

Sorry about the blurry pictures. My eyes are just not working right with this heat we have had here. I did not notice the blurriness until I uploaded them, and it is too late to redo them. The dresser is done. 

I mixed some white chalk paint. It is just a basic white wall and trim paint from Menards. Already mixed on the shelf and ready to go. I mixed 1 cup of paint to 1/2 cup of baking soda. The baking soda is mixed with just enough water to make it soupy before I mix it with the paint. It took 3 coats of paint to paint the dresser. It doesn't look that dark in these pictures, but it is a darker almost black. Then I sanded the top down and stained it with Minwax stain in Ebony. One of the drawers was missing so I took the drawer slide out of the top spot and also stained the inside of that. 

I wanted a natural looking distressing on this piece so after the paint dried I look a damp sock and started wiping. This will usually take the paint off only in the areas that seem to want to come off. That is the easiest way to explain it. There are some spots that I would like to be distressed so I use my nail with the cloth and kind of scratch it off. 

Then I used Minwax Finishing paste and gave it one coat. And here it is I LOVE the way it turned out. The drawers have an old newspaper look on the inside so I left that alone.

I did not do a thing to the pulls. I loved the way they looked so that is the way they stayed. The little shelf on the top was also purchased at the Restore on the same day for 3.00. It was already painted white so I just got out the old sander and distressed it. That is going to go on the top of the dresser with a few things on it. I'm not sure what things yet but we shall see. 

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