BECOMING A SWAN

This is one ugly duckling, but it was free.  F-R-E-E that spells free, opps sorry I got off track.  Back to this poor ugly thing.  My parents have rental properties and someone left this poor thing behind, I can't imagine why.

I think these corners are beyond rustic. 

I don't know what happened to this, but it wasn't love, thats for sure.  But I have a plan and this little table is going to get all the love it has been missing.

My plans start with removing the doors

and the hardware.

Then I did some night time sanding,  I think the neighbors love me for this.

So I am going to let you lovelies in one one of my little secrets.  I mix my own paint colors and you can too.  To do todays color I used some left over Behr paint samples from when we where tring to find the right color for the kitchen.  I poured both tubs of samples into an old coffee container and then started adding craft paint until I came up with the color I was looking for.

I was trying to match the spray paint

I was happy with how close I got, it just takes a little trial and error but you too can do it, I promise.

Next is where things went a little crazy.  I had a great idea to Mod Podge some cute paper onto the inside.

Once I got the paper on I noticed how thin the paper was and as it dried it started to look like this.

The wood showed though and looked like mold, YUCK.  So I started stripping it down, it was a lot like stripping wallpaper.  Lucky for me I have had lots of experience stripping wallpaper.

Now, those are words I never though I would say.

Next, I added finals to the bottom to make it taller and a bit more feminine.

I spray painted the hardware and put it back on and this is the end product.

What a beautiful swan she has become, it's amazing what a little love can do.

By the way I painted the inside, after all the scrapping was over.

So have you love something back to life lately?

Cha Cha