Tea Trolley/Side Table & Shabby Chic Bar Stools

Today I have a couple of projects to show off at once...mainly because I have photographed them together!

First up, a tea trolley/side table.  It probably had wheels at some stage, but doesn't now.
It would be an easy job to put some on.

It was pretty filthy, and had also previously been painted in a gloss oil based paint, and not very well...it had runs and drips in the finish.  Depending on the look you are after, you can use this to your advantage,  similar to varnish that has peeled or cracked, like I talked about before here, or bubbled, which you can see on the corner of this duchess that I did in December 2009 (the actual post seems to be archived and won't let me link back to it!)  Here is the photo I am talking about...see the little lumps in the bottom right hand corner?

If you want to look at this project, go to my 'search' box and type in French Cream Four Drawer Duchess

Basically if you like the french country'distressed/shabby style of painted furniture, you need to work with certain 'imperfections', these are what add character and uniqueness to your piece.  Bear in mind that deep ugly scratches and names carved into table tops are NOT in the 'adds character' category ;)

On the tea trolley, I sanded it all over, but not so much that I completely removed the drips of paint, I just took down the gloss level (plus the sanding helped clean alot of the gunk off!).  Gave it a good wash then primed and painted it before distressing.  Here it is all done...

I think the green colour looks pretty cute next to the bar stools I recovered in Blue Rosebuds Oilcloth.

The barstool on the right is pre-makeover...boring grey vinyl top (with about 1000 staples holding it on...I should know, I removed every one of them!) and black foot stoppers.

You may be able to spy the green tea trolley and bar stools in these photos of my last market stall :)

The tea trolley has sold but I have two barstools still available.
You can contact me here if you are interested in purchasing them.

Karen

Cute Pink Side Table/Magazine Rack

This little pink table was actually already painted when I found it.  I just hit it hard with the sander, gave it a good clean, then glued on some Pink Rosebuds Oilcloth to the top of it to give it my brand of cuteness :)

Handy magazine rack at the bottom.

The table is designed for these long pieces to sit underneath the side of your couch or armchair to help balance things, although it does stand quite steadily on its own.

Here it is at my market stall in May...it was snapped up very early in the day!

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Shabby Chic Desk

I was thrilled to find this great little desk recently...I particularly loved the handles!

I kept this one very simple and after sanding it back and cleaning it, painted it in Antique White USA, before distressing it.  I relined the drawers with red and white polka dot contact paper.

Here it is, all done...

Unfortunately this is the best 'after' photo I have...taken at my last market, where it quickly sold!

The chair above also sold to the same buyer...here is what it looked like before I restyled it...

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