My First Post

So....here it is.  My very first blog post.  Well, actually it's not really my first one.  I had to create a blog and write several posts for one of my Library Media classes.  You may be surprised to learn that you need a Master's Degree to be a librarian.  I assure you, it is necessary.  You have to get an actual degree.  Now I have the degree...but no library job.  Someday...fingers crossed.

This is my first blog post about a project I finished.  Now, I have finished plenty of projects.  But this is one I am seriously proud of.  I found this baby at the Goodwill for $29.99.  Now, I got 10% off because I have a discount card...yes...that's right.  I have a Goodwill discount card and I use it so often that I don't actually even have to get it out of my wallet anymore.  (Who am I kidding...I don't put things back in my wallet anyway, but I no longer have to dig it out of that space between my seat and the console.)  With my discount it cost me about $27.00.

Here it is...all finished and beautiful.  Sorry for the crummy garage photo.
Ta-dah...

The top is stained a Dark Walnut, while the bottom is sprayed with Rustoleum Heirloom White. I distressed the legs and put glaze in the crevasses on the legs.  The feet are brass, and I was going to clean them, but there is something lovely about the patina that has formed on them.

Here is the before...I knew this would be beautiful when I walked into the GW and saw it.

Here is the during...now I know what you are thinking.  That top is white.  Yep.  It was.  It's not anymore though.

I was about half way through and decided that I wasn't crazy about the top, so I decided to strip it.  I tried several things to fix what I didn't like about it, but to no avail.  My first instinct had been to go dark on top, Heirloom White on bottom.  I should of just done it like that to begin with.  What can I say???  I like to do things the hard way.  Like my bff Lauren says, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS PEOPLE!!!

 So, I started scraping and sanding away.  Then...I came home one day and lo and behold...look what was sitting on my stripped table...Buster got his lady a new DeWalt Orbital Sander.  He even got her a package of masks.  This baby has 4 speeds.  I am in love.