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Yes it is currently raining and the forecast is calling for light rain most of the day.
We have set up tents and tarps to protect everythinig.
Here are a few shots of us during set up yesterday.
This should give you an idea of the amount of furniture that will be available.
Side tables and a vintage bed frame,
chairs, french provincial stereo cabinet, 2 hutches with great character,
The driftwood pieces are even for sale .... great cheap garden art!?
The fire chiminea, the adirondak chair,
Lamp shades, french provincial dining table, vintage rocking chair,
8 pc set of deck chairs, older but good quality, great for trying out Krylons plastic spray paint.
Several cute wall shelves, some shutters,
A very pretty wardrobe, and so much more still wasnt out yet.
Plz come get your next project piece
NOW CLOSED
THANK YOU ALL WHO ATTENDED
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She creeped into my dreams last night so first thing this morning I checked my work schedule
finding it was going to be light so away I went to rescue her from the left overs in the yard sale tent.
Some of you know we hosted a fairly good and definetly fun yard sale this past weekend,
We met lots of great ppl and some of my followers.
Leigh and George got to chat extensively about both their european trip tours.
Leigh is such a nice lady and is looking for antique wood corbels.
Does anyone local have suggestions?
Victoria and Pursie stopped in with family. I got to have a great chat and share some other
projects going on inside.
Sis and KC were a big help especially after we all attended a spa party Friday night
that ran quite late for our early Saturday morning start.
Now to the project at hand.
She was already painted white but tired and chipping exposing the cream color
I spent the beautiful sunny day hand sanding all the details and belt sanding the top
down to bare wood to take the walnut stain.
New perfect hardware, and a walnut stain wash all over the body really finish this piece off.
BUT WAIT!
its not really finished till it gets a beautiful sprayed clear coat tomorrow.
UPDATE:
the finished piece with kewl drawer liners can be seen here
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Regardless of the rain we had a good turn out today at our yard sale.
George has decided we are going to open again tomorrow as we still have great pieces left.
Like this french provincial stereo cabinet. In the right hands you can recreate this:
How about a driftwood bench to make a fun space in your garden with a little stool beside.
This driftwood table could be your next potting bench
BELOW is the perfect result for the above $20 tall boy.
How about styling this vintage vanity above into this chic look below.
Heres a great and simple upholstery project perfect for a make up vanity, with great storage.
How about practising your hand painting on this white vanity below.
So come on out to get a great project piece for cheap dollars.
YARD SALE IS NOW CLOSED THANK YOU ALL!!
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While out and about a couple of weeks ago doing our garage sale thing, we found this sofa table-coffee table-not sure what kind of table, for only 5 bucks. Well, we sure couldnt pass that up and turns out it was perfect timing.
Ive been gathering pieces here and there to start redoing our oldest sons room. My first born is 19 soon to be 20, going to college and working and I thought it was about time to give him a more adult room. His room is the last on our bedroom design agenda, so, Im pretty excited about getting started on it. It has looked the exact same for the last 6 years and I know he is ready for a change.
One of the things I needed to find for him was a bedside table and so I thought, why not turn this table into one. The top of the table is just awful. Paint, oil, gunk, and a thick lacquer type top coat. Heres a couple of shots of the table when we brought it home.
Its very retro and cool. And here is a close up of the nasty top.
When I first saw it, I said to myself, "self, you are going to have to sand that thing for 97 hours to remove all that gunk on top of it." But then, I looked underneath........
Underneath the wood was absolutely beautiful and in its raw natural state. Why someone would want to cover this up with all that other stuff is beyond me. What I decided to do was remove the legs and flip the top. Perfect!! And no sanding!
The legs were dirty and rusty but with a little work and some sandpaper,
I brought them back to their original retro condition. Next, I cut a 20 inch long piece from the center of the original tabletop to be the top of the new bedside table.
After reattaching the legs to the opposite side of the newly cut piece,
I got to work on the top.
What I really liked about this table was that it was solid wood. To be more specific, it was walnut with narrow oak pieces joining them where Ive shown with arrows. I loved that, so, what I wanted to do was highlight the two tone effect of the wood. First, I sanded the top just to smooth it out.
As luck would have it, the strips of oak were the exact same width as my masking tape, so next, I taped off the strips the arrows are pointing to so I could apply raw dark tung oil to the wider walnut pieces in between. The oak pieces I wanted to leave as is. The purpose of doing this was to make the walnut stand out a little more to emphasize the two different types of wood. I got so excited at this point, I forgot to take photos of those last couple of steps.
I applied the raw dark tung oil very carefully with a rag and then removed the tape immediately. Ive done this with paint many times but never with oil, so, I wasnt sure if it would bleed or seep through the tape or not. It didnt and I was thrilled with the look! After I let that dry, I coated the entire top with finishing paste wax in natural. And ta-da!!
The table got its own little photo shoot outside. Next time, I will remember to wipe the crumbs from the cookie I was eating while taking photos, off the table. Im not ready to put this into my sons room yet cause I havent started painting. But I did want to go ahead and share it with you. Youll see it again when I blog about the room redo.
Isnt it cool and retro and perfect?! Here is a closeup of the top.
I absolutely love the two tone effect! Here is one more before and after....
This was So. Much. Fun!! And this totally has me inspired to get busy on the rest of his room!
Have a great day!
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