Inspiration has struck! This past Tuesday night, I started perusing
Martha Stewart's site and turned regular ol' humpday into Craft Wednesday!I set off in my environmentally unsound, yet functional, SUV and headed to Goodwill. This step was critical to Craft Wednesday. What if Goodwill had no workable furniture? What if all the legs were wobbly? What if everything was beyond help? I would have to scrap the whole idea!
But I was in luck. Stool and table be my booty!
Pretty ugly, right?
While Catrin worked on crafting her handmade cards, I sat on behind-numbing concrete, painting my table Olympic Shortbread color. Pedo watched...creeper.
It's strange how projects evolve. More often than not, I start without a clue as to how the end results will look. And if I have an idea, it will be wrong. After four hours, my excitement had turned to backache, so I scrapped the stencil idea, decided against upholstering a seat cushion to the top, and just decided to finish the stool.
^I'm about done with this.
Seven hours, a desperate need for a pillow, and less than $40 later, I am the proud new owner of a shabby chic table and stool!
Another example of a project's evolution was the case of the Catstle. First it was hideous, but kind of blended into the background.
It was when my enthusiasm for the table and stool projects bled over onto this, that my success streak took a nasty turn. I suppose that since the Catstle was splintered and found in a dumpster that anything I did to it would be an improvement. After I finished painting the legs, I grabbed my staple gun and started covering up the stained carpet. I am not entirely sure what happened, but the final product was a 90's Tribute Shrine to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
^Lookz mean nuffin.
^I had a pair of platforms that faintly resembled this.
I took the beastly thing downstairs and removed the layers of failure from the Saved by the Bell monument. Now we have a shabby chic corner and Tiny look just so sophisticated in it!
Oh, sweet satisfaction.
This is incredible! You are quite skilled, young lady! (Did you sand the table before you applied the "Olympic Shortbread," whatever THAT is?)
ReplyDeleteNo, it didn't need it; however, I did buy a sander for the next project!
ReplyDeleteAlso, sorry! Olympic brand, Shortbread color.