Nothing but Nesting

And, the nesting still continues...

 

The other day I felt a strong urge to paint some furniture.

So, I went to Home Depot and purchased my tried and true

Rustoleum Transformations kit in pure white,

sweetly asked Alex to sand two old tables,

and got to work.

 

With Alex's help, we were able to satisfy my nesting craze in two days.

 

^^^ I failed to take a quality before picture, ^^^

but neither tables were too exciting.

{As you can see,

 Greta did most of the hard work.}

 

 

One is a coffee table that has been in Alex's family

since he was a little tyke.

It has the most beautiful lines

but was pretty beat up from the many years of use.

 

 

The other table, Al purchased from a yard sale

when he moved into his own apartment.

We have been using it as a sideboard in our dining room.

 

 

^^^ The first of two coats of bond paint in Pure White.^^^

 

 

 

^^^ After glazing ^^^

and sealing with a protectant coat. 

 

My inital reaction to the glazed layer

was absolute horror and repulsion.

 

F R U S T R A T I O N

overwhelmed me.

 

I think going from crisp white to brown

in an attempt at faux-antiquing with the glaze

really threw me for a loop.

^^^ But once we got the tables inside, ^^^

I slept on it for a night

and decided that I don't love it

but I don't think I hate it either.

 

{I forgot to snap a photo of the coffee table

but it turned out pretty streaky on the tabletop.

That certainly didn't help with my overwhelming

frustration with the situation.}

 

We decided that tables are fine for now,

but if we get another nesting urge we might just

have to redo them in a different color.

 

Any suggestions?