Craigslist

Hi, my name is Lauren and I am a Craigslist-a-holic.  I am always searching for a good deal on some new furniture piece to redo.  The freebies are my first go-to place to search.  So, imagine how excited I was to find a free "night stand".  There were actually two pictured and they were super cute!  To make a long story short I was to make the pick up at a hotel...um, no!  Now I will be reading secret code messages in every post!  Hubby said "dressers are okay, desks are okay, no more night stands!"  So all you Craigslist shoppers remember there are weirdos out there and be careful!

Now onto one of my latest redos.  I have wanted a side table for our living room couch and found this...

The feet sold me!  Aren't they cute!  She was bright white and in great shape.  I decided to try a new technique I had read about using Vaseline to make the distressing process easier.  I started out by painting the edges black with an acrylic paint...

Then I rubbed a very light coat of Vaseline on the areas I wanted to distress.  I sprayed the entire piece with Heirloom white, same as the coffee table base.  Once it was dry I sanded where the Vaseline was and wahlah!  So much easier!  I love it!!

I sprayed the knobby gloss black and put it all back together...

  Here she is in her place...

And for the fun part...

Yep, green drawer!  How fun is that!

One more exciting purchase recently...

Sanding has become much easier!

I have a new project I am excited to share soon, so stay tuned!