Alphabet Laughs- L Is For Le French Table

Okay- 

You asked for it-

You got it!

That is what 

MyHero said to me when

I asked him to trim the

bushes out in front of our

second house.

It was NOT a pretty sight.

So, since then I have

been very careful

about asking for 

things that might involve

a saw....or a chipper.

(anyone that saw the movie

FARGO will know what I

am talking about).

HOWEVAH!

You asked me about my

little table-

I am by no means an expert

at furniture fix ups.

I just do what I like.

First off,

I had some 

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

(ASCP)

that I used.

That meant I did NOT have

to sand the piece down 

beforehand.

I removed the hardware

which looked like this...

You probably all know the trick

of sticking a toothpick

into the little handle hole

to hold it up for spray painting.

Anyway, I decided to reuse the

original hardware and just 

spray painted it soft black.

Then I dug out my little cones.

Do you use these?

They lift the piece off the 

ground so that you can paint

right to the bottom without

hitting ground zero.

wallah-

Yes-I painted IN THE HOUSE.

shhhhhhh

I washed the piece down with TSP.

I use that because it cuts through

all the crud and gives the piece

a good "grab" for the paint.

I base coated it with 

antique white ASCP.

One coat did not quite give

me enough coverage so I 

did give it a second coat.

I then used a sanding pad to 

lightly sand and smooth

the paint a bit.

Next-I went to 

The Graphics Fairy

She has the most amazing

images for anything and everything.

I printed out two images

from two different graphics.

I used a very simple transfer

method.

I simply placed a piece of

graphite paper under the 

image and traced over it

with a sharp pencil.

I lifted the paper off

and used a 

PAINT PEN

to copy over the lines

of the image.

I did Paris first...

Then the laurel design...

Once I paint inked that in

it looked like this....

I then sanded over the design
slightly to give it a
slightly aged look.
I then applied two coats 

of paste wax.

I buffed between each coat.

I put THREE coats

on the table top.

All I had to do was

screw the painted hardware

back in place and 

Presto-Chango

Here she is!

Purrrrrty cute, huh?
Please ignore the cord hanging
down in back- I have now
fixed that~

So...If I can do this- 

Anyone can!

Hmmm...I have noticed that all

the kids are starting to put 

their names on pieces of 

my "stuff"....

You know....for 

"someday".

I better look underneath

and see whose name is

on this one.

Pffffttt.....maybe for a 

joke I will leave it to

The Cat!

That'll fix 'em!

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