Side Table Redone

This little side table is really unique. The honey got this table when his grandparents passed away several years ago (at least 20!). It has some beautiful workmanship but also has several problems. Biggest problem it didn't have a top and one of the feet was broken off. Also the spindle in the middle was put on lopsided ;-) I'm pretty sure this is a repurposed piece from years ago as the legs hang over the top (on the inside) and the spindle was, I think, added to the bottom. I like all of the personality the little table has.

Yep-it's upside down :-)

See where leg was broken and then attached -sort off

So I thought I would try "white washing" this table and I'm not done yet but here are the different phases:

I did a "thicket" green wash over a white base paint. I used the thicket green because I was trying to match the faux marble top I painted

Then I did a linen wash over the thicket green

I'm going to let the table sit for a while until I'm inspired again :-)

Have a cool Wednesday!

Katy

I'm linking to the parties in my side bar this week. Come on visit...these bloggers know how to party !

Riverwalk at Sunset

What an amazing two weeks! We had the granddaughter the first week (without any parental interference :-) and then my daughter, her husband and the two step-grandchildren joined us. This was my first time meeting the step-grandchildren and they are delightful! The two weeks were filled with water parks, beaches, sail boating, motor boating, lots of evenings in the pool (can you tell we like the water??) It was wonderful and the two weeks past way too quickly.

Bella decorated the walkway by the pond

Sailing at Sunset

"Seal Splash"

Sunset after dinner at Nick's

A heron enjoying the photo op :-)

Now it's time to get back to work so I don't noticed the silence in the house screaming at me.

I hope you have a beautiful week!

Chalkboard Table in Use :-)

Here's the chalkboard table after Bella has added her special touch to it :-)

And just because I feel like bragging ...some pictures of the chalk drawings Bella made on the deck :-)

Getting Ready for Company

I thought I better put a post up before I get fired from my cushy blogging job :-)

I'm obviously still working on this but it will be done tomorrow night because we're picking up Bella on Saturday and I want it to be here waiting for her.  So it looks like I'll be burning the Midnight Oil of Olay :-) The purple looking color is actually hot pink-lighting is bad at night :-)

I don't know if I'm being punished or what but this computer has been s-l-o-w!!! and it is really annoying. I thought I was going to fall asleep waiting for the pictures to load. yawn.

Updated picture below-better lighting :-) I still have to paint the aprons and add some design to the bench. But I'm getting there.

Below is a hint at what this chalkboard table was in a former life:

You know those old end tables that you see everywhere? That's what this used to be.

I hope you're having a wonderful week!

Katy

My Back Yard. WARNING Picture heavy!

This is the first phase of growth in the back yard.

Red Wave Petunias with Stonecrop and lavender

Strawberry Planters

Front is Purple and Red Wave petunias, Creeping Thyme (in pale yellow bucket) and silver artemesia in Yellow pot~the whirly things are to keep birds out of the strawberries.

Silver Santolina in large pot/cuttings in cobalt pot

Creeping Rosemary on second step

Creeping thyme on bottom

Pink Wave Petunias

This is my lavender garden. This time of year you can't really tell it grows lavender because the bulbs take over for a month or so. When the bulbs are done blooming I pull them out of the garden and save them for next year :-) The tall purple flower is soapwort, in front of it is orange tiger lily, to the left is oak leaf hydrangea and in front of the flamingo is a violet :-)

Black Pepper Mint in larger pot, Star Anise in blue pot and a Rosemary cutting in bottle

The pond is home to lots of tadpoles :-)

The pink thing you see here is actually a discarded flip flop. I put holes in the flip flops and put cuttings in the holes and they flourish! I call it a flip flop float :-) (The cuttings will soon spread and cover the entire flip flop)

Below is a friend of my granddaughter. A frog. He's sitting in the pot almost in the middle of the picture

Not a great picture of the herb pot I got from Barbara at Once in a Blue Moon. I LOVE this pot! The rattan table came from Perry and Clay at Two Guys Antiques

My green house. I'll be adding another green house this year made out of old windows. The cat you see peering out of the green house is also from Perry and Clay and it is guarding the sunflowers, moonflowers, morning glories and sweet peas.

Miniature Rose in the back, galvanized tub is full of spearmint, bundt pan has lettuce growing in it, ugly black planter is ginger root, rosemary next to it and another galvanized tub with stonecrop, moss rose, angelina and ice plant.

You can barely see it but that is a Eucalyptus growing in the middle of the petunia :-)

Hope you've enjoyed the mini-tour. Lots more to come in the next few months :-)

Have a beautiful day!

Katy

What the Heck?!?!

My kids and grandkids are coming for a visiting in less than a month and I decided to spruce stuff up. Beginning at the back of the house (the den) I decided to paint the white sconces that hung over the fireplace. Well, somehow I ended up with about 10 gallons of different colored paint that I've had stored forever and a paint roller in my hand and a HUGE job I managed to create for myself :-) I hope to finish up today (with THIS wall) only three more to go after that ;-)but the other 3 are not brick which will make the painting SO much easier!

Here's a picture in progress:

Now all I have to do is figure out how I'm going to tie all of these colors together AND how and what I'm going to paint the fireplace insert. Stay tuned for the finished project.

Ok, back to the painting...have a  wonderful Wednesday!

Ottoman Slipcover

Went to JoAnn's Fabrics today to buy some fabric to slipcover the reclining sofa. I'm not sure how many reclining sofas I thought I had at the time but I ended up with a LOAD of fabrics and no money in my wallet :-)

So here's my first project:

BEFORE

The denim is actually much lighter-it's a stone wash

There is actually a box spring inside :-) and the base is VERY heavy.

Ok, let me go measure the sofa and keep my fingers crossed that I can find something else to distract me before I start on it :-)