When I say Festooned I mean Festooned

The Blue Stenciled table

To me the word Festooned means to be totally covered with a design. The dictionary says I means totally covered with flowers, that’s close enough considering I have been using it for a few months to describe my uber stenciled … Continue reading

The Round Blue Table

Round Blue Table

Well I did it I finally refinished a piece of furniture without stenciling it. It was really hard, my stencils were right there. I really wanted to grab them but I didn’t. It wasn’t the project for that. I actually … Continue reading

The Yellow Mirror

The Ultimate Stenciled Mirror

Ok, I was bad, yet again I forgot to take before pictures of the piece I was working on. My friend gave me this beautiful mirror, it started off life being white. In this case I didn’t rescue some ugly thing , … Continue reading

My picks for the Best Paint to Paint Furniture

Paints I love! nice and reasonable too Paints that will save time and money I’m not expert on paint but when I spend two extra hours painting to get even coverage and apply six coats of paint when  due to … Continue reading

what not to do to your newly stenciled table

This is what not to do to your newly painted and stenciled table. I finished my stenciling and put the table aside. Usually I lay some drapes or a towel on table to protect it from my cats that want … Continue reading

Making of little Table

Little Table A Modern Antique Beauty 

After my epic first stencil project, The Table I was ready for a more manageable project. I was at the Thrift store and saw a table that was the perfect size $5.99.  It was made out of some mystery material but at $5.99 you … Continue reading

The Table the Table the Table

The Ultimate Stenciled Table

The Table The Table The Table. Well it all started with a picture that I saw in Oprah magazine of an accent table,  it was incredible beautiful. I thought I can do that.  So without knowing anything about it, typical for me, … Continue reading