At the time, I was reading blogs about amazing people who take ugly furniture and make masterpieces out of them. Inside I desired to do this, but lacked the courage, or the know how. I figured this little table couldn't get any worse than it already was, right? So I took it home and started sanding it down right away.
My inspiration was to turn this piece of wood into a cute white shabby chic table. I painted the whole thing white, then bought some glaze and glazed the heck out of it. Obviously. I had no clue what I was doing because the table started to turn yellow. No problem, I thought. I'll just make the whole thing yellow and add even more glaze. That will look great! HA!
I know, I know. This poor thing is U-G-L-Y! Yes. It could get worse than the shape it was in when I bought it. But it was too late. I was bitten by the re-do bug. Since this project, I have bought books and studied techniques and had lots of practice on furniture victims. My passion has turned into an obsession. I wake up every morning and make myself finish my housework quickly so I can go work on my hoard of furniture.
My poor little table now sits in a corner in my kitchen. I pass by it every day on my way outside to work on other furniture. Sometimes I stop to take a look at it and dream of how I want to redo it, but it remains in its deprived condition. I keep it there to remind me of how far I've come.
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