Side Table

We have a six car garage that is packed with my little (and big) projects waiting for a coat of paint, a part, a wipe down, a few screws, you name it. So I am so thrilled to announce that I finally finished one of my projects! Although this project has been sitting in my house and turning the corner where it sat into a dark, sad corner. The dark wood of the side table next to the black marble fireplace was just too gloomy. I needed to brighten it up! And the price was mega right. We inherited this table when we moved into our condo so that was $0...cha ching! Its very a high quality table from Crate and Barrel but it has definitely seen better days. The edges were pretty banged up and there's a nice long scratch down the side.

So what did I do?? I pulled out my spray paint of course and brightened things up!

First I took off the knob and gave this puppy 2 layers of primer since it had a glossy finish. Then I spray painted it with some Rustoleum (my personal fave) in gloss and I painted the shelf in teal that I mixed up from several different colors I had laying around. Then I used denatured alcohol and 0000 steel wool to antique it. After that I lightly glazed it with some black tinted glaze to bring out some of the cracks and crevices. Finally, I covered it with a coat of polyurethane in semi-gloss. 

The final result has me swooning.  

Leave it to me to leave a bright pink computer case in the picture. dangit.

 It bightened up that corner like you would not believe!! 

 This basket was already being used in here to hold my ridiculous amounts of magazines. I just can't help subscribing to every home decor and health magazine out there when its only $3 for a year! (Black Friday deals my friends;)

 Did you want all the details??

I love the dramatic effect of the dark wood showing around the corners and accenting lines.

 I stole this pair of birds from my bro's wedding reception and they have since lived all over my house. They complete this vignette perfectly =)

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Hurrah for checking projects off the list and loving the final product! Next on my list to do with that area, find a different lamp- something a little shorter and maybe round and shiny and black :) and then take down the current picture and replace it with two square colorful pictures. Too bad you can't do everything in one day right??

Anyone else finish some fun/necessary projects over the weekend??