So after seeing Jayson's last blog post, like any good friend, I said, "I'm gonna do something even more last minute and better!" Our blog relationship is very much like most friendships, a stronger person befriends a weaker person for that constant reminder of how much cooler they are. So thank you Jayson, for reminding me.
But really folks, competition does play a big part in this blog. Like, have you noticed blogging has been spotty the last month or so? No competition is to blame. For awhile we had a contest that required a post every other day, the first one to fail bought the other beer and cigarettes. Yeah, I won that bad boy, won it good.
Back to the project! I've had this antique occasional table sitting around for a couple years now, I originally bought it to set my fish tank on. It's not my style, and has spent all of it's time in the attic since we bought our house. It would still be up there if I hadn't discovered a wonderful little blog last week that's rocking my socks off.
The blog is Knack. I discovered Knack after trolling for a couple hours on Design Sponge, also a recently discovered blog. Knack is a woman completely obsessed with painting all things furniture, she guest posts on Design Sponge with a series called "Before and After Basics". Seriously worth bookmarking ever one of her posts.
I for one, have always been anti painting when it come to wood furniture. My parents always frowned upon it, so I always did. I still cringe looking at some of her(Knack's) furniture, but it was this little piece here, that set my heart afire and inspired my last minute bazaar project.
Yes, I'm still the worst blogger ever. Again I forgot to take a before picture, so I dug this poor res pic off my wife's Flicker. It looks halfway decent in this picture, but the top was very worn, and the whole piece was a pecan color, which has to be the most feminine color for furniture ever.
Before.
Knack inspired, I was gonna do a masking tape design on the top. After stripping and sanding the veneer, I fell in love and decided to let it shine.
I painted the bottom sexy flat black, kept the top natural, and finished the whole piece with polyurethane.
After. Here it is in line ready to go off to the Bazaar. Apologize for the crappy picture, in a bit of a rush with tomorrow and all. See you at the Bazaar!
So I'm name dropping. So what.
