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DIY addiction: I can't stop painting things
What is wrong with me? Every weekend I get the itch to paint something, anything. Painting is so nicely mindless. And you have the satisfaction of a very clear before and after. And if you're someone like me, who gets the itch to change looks every half-decade or so, paint provides cheap flexibility.
I've been debating painting this coffee table. It came into our lives many years ago - a somewhat classic, very sturdy, $10 garage sale piece. One nice thing about buying things so cheap is that you feel free to experiment with them.
In the beginning, I painted it white. It got dirty and scuffed up. I painted it white again. It got dirty and scuffed again. So I decided to give it the distressed look and had at it with a sander and a little green paint daubed on here and there. And so it's been for about a year or so. Until I finally HAD it up to HERE with the dirty scuffed look.
I have also been entranced lately by all the smoky grays floating round in the design world, most notably led by Abigail Ahern. I don't have the guts to paint a whole room or house smoky gray, and my husband would choke! But a piece of furniture? That, I can do. It's a start anyway.
And so I luckily found this $3 castoff paint color at Wal-Mart that turned out to be a perfect charcoal. I felt a bit nervous painting it. And of course my husband was a bit shocked at this sudden turnabout to what to his eyes appeared to be black paint at first glance.
But I love it now. It's still very neutral, but it adds a magnetic masculine edge where there was once country white. I'm still working on my "styling" ideas for the table, but I want to do some things that are a little organic, like maybe driftwood, or shells or a succulent arrangement. Or maybe a little bohemian... Or a little funky modern. Right now, I think my white rabbit skin (also causing horror for my husband) looks super chic laying on top of the dark gray.
So whaddya think?
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I love the dark grey. Much more chic :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really looking so cool!
ReplyDeleteI go in painting phases too! Although sometimes I use spray paint!
ReplyDeleteLove the table and the chic rabbit fur!
love the after color, I ant to paint with chalk paint our coffee table :)
ReplyDeleteThe color on that table is fantastic!
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