Our Chalk Painted Kitchen Table

The Annie Sloan brand of Chalk Paint has been swirling around the internet on many blogs & Pinterest for quite some time...It looked easy enough for me to do, so I took on the challenge.

My $30 Craigslist table was dying for a makeover!

See ugly photo below:

With Chalk paint, you don't have to prep your furniture beforehand (like sanding). However, our table had a bum leg and a few huge knicks on the sides that needed wood filler, so I had to sand those.. but that was it for prep!

Since my chairs were from another kitchen table set, the wood color wasn't the same as the table.

So, in order for the darker to show through when you sand for the distressed look, I put on a thick layer of French Linen around every "corner/edge" of the chairs. A little goes a long way so I got a tiny sample of that color.

 

 

Drying time was fairly quick! Next, I put on the first coat of Pure White. Since my chairs had spindles I found it quite hard to get in between and keep it stroke free but the second layer covers up most of that.

And some progress photos ...

Sorry for the poor quality photos, but I wanted to document the process. 

After all the coats were dry (about 2 on each) all I did was sand it down to my "distressed" liking. The last step was to apply the wax to everything. This helps seal everything in. Also, a little goes a long way with the step too. I have wax for dayyyys. Too bad it doesnt work on eyebrows. Bummer.

 I went over the table top a few times since that will be the most used area. 

We used it for a Friendsgiving meal and it did just fine!

So, anyway...

I'm just now getting around to snapping some better photos of the finished product... Enjoy!

Let me know what you think! We love it :) 

I'm linking up over at the following fabulous blogs: 

Happy Housie

The Blissful Bee

Place of My Taste

The Turquoise Home

Happy New Year!

It's finally 2014!!

2013 was awesome and I can't wait to see what happens this year!
Check out some highlights here:

http://flipagram.com/f/AY3z7ygPyX

This year, I'll be turning 27. My favorite number! So, to celebrate what will be the best year ever, I'm naming it the year of 27 & I'm doing 27 things I've always wanted to do. I won't share my whole list (some are more private) but a few include:

A New York trip (never been!)
Read through the Bible
Crochet a blanket
Become debt free from credit cards(already getting close)
Spend more time with family
Morning workouts
Blog more!

Some are small, some cost money and some are just fun but all are attainable in a year's time. I want to chronicle all this fun by using this hash tag: #theyearof27. I will also blog about  what I complete along the way!

Here's to a great new year...  Make it count y'all!

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Our first piece of wall art...that's actually ON the wall.

I love Pinterest. I think we all do. However, its so hard to make a decision. I just want to do it alllll.

So, while doing my nightly scroll through the great world of Pinterest, I found a pin I thought was perfect for my breakfast nook area. I knew I wanted something that would fill up the wall but also something that was kind of different. The thought of a gallery wall crossed my mind a time or two but I didn't want gallery walls everywhere. I plan on doing to do one in our master bedroom one of these days...

Anywho, onto what I actually decided.

This was my inspiration:

Liz Marie Blog

I loved it... and her blog! Her style is just so fun and cozy. And see those cute prints she has hanging up there? I downloaded a few from this cute little blog and put one in my frame in my kitchen. Some of you saw it on Instagram:

Back to the pallets!

So, I showed Tyler what I wanted to do... and he pretty much turned into my hero after that. We went outside to look for boards to make it and BINGO, a pallet sat there ready to be torn apart! yay! Only problem is, that pallet put up a fight. For like over an hour. Bless his heart... he got two good boards out of it for me. Thank goodness two ended up filling that wall better than three or I might have had a dead husband...

After they were popped ripped off, I washed and stained the boards. Meanwhile, my awesome brother was coming through town and stopped by Lowe's to get me some materials such as eyelet screws for the wire to hang from and clips for the pictures. Thanks bro!

Here are our progress shots...Sorry for all the iPhone pics but my camera has been shooting blurry lately and I just fixed it.  We finished this project in a few nights! That like never happens around here...

  

And here is the final product! 

My materials list:

2- 4ft boards from a pallet

Dark Walnut wood stain

4 eyelet screws

Picture Hanging Hardware

Picture hanging wire

Silver binder clips

Bring on the Christmas cards people.. I have a place for them all ! 

What do you guys think? 

Happy Halloween - Happy Fall - Happy Door

Hi all!!

Hope everyone had a HAPPY Halloween! We had nasty weather here in KY, so I'm sure plenty of Trick or Treaters weren't thrilled! Since we live out in the middle of nowhere, we didn't get any kids... but we bought candy anyway and had one cute kitty treater on our hands :)

We just ate candy and relaxed that night. My kind of  fun!

Ok, so I'm a little late on the 'Hey look at my fall wreath I made' pictures, but I wanted to get my door & table painted and the swing hung up first.

The tape off...

June watching the first coat dry

The swing before...

And the after...

The boys figuring out the swing 

Tyler, looking a little scared to test it out...

And here is the final... for now. I still have a project for the house numbers up my sleeve!

Fall wreath money shot!! Still trying to figure out why my camera is reading blurry lately! arrrgg!

The color on the door is Stratton Blue by Benjamin Moore. It reads so different in each shot... sometimes green, sometimes blue and sometimes a more teal look.

Either way it reads, I love it so much! My goal was to have a happy front door. 

Done!