Patchwork Painting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been sitting on two pieces of furniture for almost a year now, waiting for divine inspiration.

During my daily visit to Pinterest I came across this blog.  Bingo!  That’s all I needed. 

This patchwork technique works great with pieces that are built using “planks” rather than large pieces of wood, or built with lots of “bits and pieces”, as my plant stand was. 

I’m sorry to say I can’t find a before photo of this desk. It was just a little, unfinished pine desk with no drawers.

But here’s my plant stand that I just L O V E!

It’s hard to photograph since it’s so tall and skinny.  I’ll give you a full length shot, but you can appreciate it more by seeing it in sections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And luckily, I had the foresight to take a few shots of it before I went to work on it…

You’ve got to give this technique a try.  It’s impossible to goof it up!

Weekend Thrifting

Hubby and I were out shopping for bargains again this weekend.  He spotted a great coffee table that I had seen several weeks ago, but thought was overpriced.  It finally got marked down…so it’s mine now. 

My initial intent was to clean it up, cover up the scratches, and flip it.  But once we got it home, we both fell in love.  So out goes my old coffee table (which was purchased with the intent of being temporary anyway) and in goes my “new” retro table.  I’m thrilled with it! 

I’m sharing a few shots I took.  I’ve been working on my sofa pillow arrangement too. You can compare these pictures to the ones in  my previous blog to see the old table and old pillow arrangement.

      

 

 

 

 

 

      Love the brass leg accents!

I also spent some time this weekend breaking out the spring/summer accessories.  Hello sea shells, driftwood and baggies of sand from last summer’s trip to the Gulf. I added a few shells to one of my vintage ashtrays that I’ve been collecting (here). The ashtray brings a touch of coral to the coffee table without screaming matchy matchy.