A Little Table Redo

This week has been stress-city for us.

How about you?

If you follow me on facebook, you know that we took an impromptu run out to Competition, Missouri for a funeral.

Beautiful country, sad occasion.

And driving eight hours in a 24 hour period is rough.

Especially having class the very next day to catch up on.

I thought it'd be a pretty normal week of school but they love to throw stress-covered wrenches into the mix.

So keep your fingers crossed that I get good numbers in our lottery next week so I can pick decent electives.

Because that basically determines my stress load for the next year.

I took a bit of a break from fall this week and showed you my clock cloche on Monday.

So I thought I'd follow that trend and show you a quick furniture redo, kay kay?

I got this, er, beauty from goodwill a while back.

Cheap as dirt...and I think dirt was looking better...

It was outdated, worn out and needed a fresh facelift :)

So paint to the rescue!

I painted it my favorite go-to color at the moment- Pottery Barn Cream.

And then decided to add some extra fun to it with some stripes.

I taped them off with painters tape and used a glossy black for the stripes.

Aren't they purty?

I also added a stenciled design in the same glossy black to the bottom level.

In a total ADD moment, I failed to notice that my fleur-de-lis stencil I had just bought also included hearts...

hmmm.

I probably would have done something to get around that if I had not been so excited about the fleur de lis.

So they stay for now.

I used my antiquing glaze to go over the whole piece and then sealed it all with a clear gloss.

I love the stripes and the extra 'oomph' they give to it.

Doesn't everyone love a piece with 'oomph??'

And you can't go wrong with the classic black and white...

This piece was already put up on good ole' Craigslist and sold pretty quick.

Yay!

So I'm really hoping it's new owners are loving it :)

A quick before and after shot.

From sad and tired to fresh and 'oomph'-filled :)

Have you painted any fun pieces lately?

I'd love to see them.

Head over to my facebook page and share them with everyone!!!

I hope you guys have a fantastic weekend.

Mine will be filled with papers, figuring out my schedule and hopefully a couple of fun projects!!

Happy Friday my lovely followers  :)

Linking to:

Weekend Wrapup Party @ Tatertots and Jello
Craft Catwalk @ Embellishing Life
Sunday Showcase @ Under the Table and Dreaming
Amaze Me Monday @ Dittle Dattle
Your Whims Wednesday @ My Girlish Whims

Under 100$ @ Beyond the Picket Fence
Weekend Wrap-up Party@ Tatertots and Jello
Sundae Scoop @ I Heart Naptime