Honey-Do Project

I am pretty useless these days, just sitting and resting my leg  until surgery Wednesday, but that doesn't mean I can't come up with projects for Dave. I bought this drop leg table from Pier One about ten years ago and never really liked it because it was a dull brown. I bought it because it was a great deal and I planned to always cover it with a colorful tablecloth. Here it sits in the garage gathering dust...until today. I thought that maybe Dave could paint it and we could use it as our dining room table, since it is small and easy to move and if it were a pretty color, then I would LOVE  it.
He took to the idea, as painting is always good busy work, so he began sanding the stain away and our colorful plans for paint, turquoise, yellow, red or orange, ended up being a draw at white. He bought spray paint in a glossy white, which goes with the white woodwork in our room, so that worked out fine. I could be happy with shiny white.

After the first coat  he had another idea. He came into the house and suggested that the table looked really neat with the grain showing, like it was a whitewashed antique, or pickled. Hmmm.



I'm calling it Shabby Chic, for the moment, and will wait until this coat is dry to make a final decision. It does have personality, I'll give him that. But will it wipe up nice when spaghetti sauce or wine is spilled?
That is the question. So we'll give it a try and if not, he has lots more spray paint.