French Provincial End Table ReDo

Bonjour or Good Morning

French or English- Take your pick..

Want to see what I have been up to?

Pretty darned cute, huh?

Paris inspired!

Simple and sweet.

It didn't start out so cute!

It was REALLY REALLY dirty

and pretty beat up.

I didn't have any white chalk paint

so I scrubbed her down and used good old

Behr ultra white in a semi gloss.

Two coats did it.

There is no distressing on this piece.

Distressing, isn't it?;>)
I lined the drawer with some 
"watercolor" wallpaper that I 
have had for at least 15 years.

Anyway- I think it turned out pretty cute

and this is going in some sweet girl's 

Paris themed bedroom.

And speaking of Paris~

When MyHero and I got married he

promised to take me to Paris for our

5th anniversary.  

He came through on his promise. He did!

He took me to Paris.

Paris, Wisconsin!

It coniists of a few houses and 

some closed down stores.

How about THIS place?

Now-Look at the top of that picture.

Does it?

Yeah......

Welcome to my world!

Painting A French Phone-Yes I Did

The joke in our family is that if you 

stand still long enough you will probably

get spray painted.

As you know-in the past I painted a

TV set here.

TVs? Telephones?
No problem!

Both begin with a T, right?

IF I can paint a TV I can most certainly

paint a TELEPHONE.

See?

Want to see more, do you?

My friend, Ruthie, was donating the phone..

I said...Whoa Baby-

This will be perfect for Lulu's 

Paris Themed Bedroom.

You cam see more of that here

It had been stored for a long while

and had yellowed considerably and 

was a bit the worse for wear.

Not so pretty there, huh?

I took apart the section that held the numbers

and decided to leave the gold plate that

surrounded the letters.

The gold ring just popped off.

I covered the number with stickers to keep the paint off them.

It was a nice day so I set up outside

because I never spray paint in the garage

I am SUCH a liar

It took 2 light coats of Cream Satin paint.

Look how cute it turned out!

I think Lulu is going to LOVE it, don't you?

If I can part with it!

If she doesn't see this post it's MINE!

oh-yeah- it works...

too bad her parents won't let her have a

 PHONE IN HER ROOM!

It'll look cute just sitting there anyway,

won't it?

Little Lulu's French Themed Bedroom

As  you know,

if you are a regular follower,

(and by regular
 I am not talking bathroom
habits here if you get my drift)

we had a special French themed

birthday party for 

Lulu at my house last week.

If you missed it you can see

it here.

She had no idea about the 

party because the day before

her Mom surprised her

with a makeover for her room.

She moved into the guest room

across from her sisters' room.

It was all ready for her.

She went out for the afternoon

and when she came home

this is what she saw...

The colors are black and pink

and silver.

Three sweet little chandeliers

hang over this area.

Her bed was dressed with

some stenciling.

And decked in new bedding

in black and white and silver.

Are you awake, sleepy head?

A cube to hold  her treasures.

Mirrors and more~

Her Auntie Mimi painted this

special old window sash

using the Eiffel Tower

for the A in her name.

Lulu wrapped one of the boas

from her birthday party around it

to hold onto the memory

of a fun day.

Is she one lucky little girl...or what?

ha-made you tip your head sideways,

didn't I?

I knew I could!!!!

Ummm...just a reminder...
4 months until Christmas

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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The Party's Over And I Ain't Dead Yet

Wondering what I did with

that table, are you?

Well~Yesterday we had

 a French themed party

here for Little Lulu's 

10th Birthday.

How DID she get to be 10?

I am doing a short post

this morning because I

am too tired to do more!

My daughter made these

"flags" for banners on

her computer.

Do you love them?

Lulu was VERY SURPRISED.

She got all choked up and 

teary-eyed when she walked

in.

Her babysitter took her 

for the day to spend some

special time with her and got

her all dressed up.

Then she brought her here

under the guise of 

"showing Nana 

how cute you look".

In the entry hall she was

met with this.

There's my table and I

will show you more of that

another day.

A banner across the opening

into the dining room read

CELEBRATE

And one across the family room

fireplace said

BONJOURE

There were roses on two tables.

Where paper plates were

married to white plates

from my everyday set.

 16 friends came to celebrate..

here are the first few arrivals.

We had a beautiful

three tiered cake.

The color is hot pink but

doesn't show up that way here.

And pink malted milk balls

on a tray from my friend,

Donna- My Shabby Chateau.

Is that the perfect tray, or what?

Now..

I am too tired to post more 

right now but 

SOMEONE 

was REALLY EXCITED

while waiting for her sister.

She got her hair cut.

Don't you love her new do?

Sooo...while I would

LIKE to stay and CHAT

I am off for my coffee..

cuz if I don't get my 

coffee- it ain't purty..

and that is all I'm gonna

say 'bout that! 

Tomorrow- 

Day FIVE of the

Giveaway will 

continue- 

PINKY PROMISE!