Who doesn’t love peonies?! A gorgeous bloom with a glorious fragrance. Can you tell they are my new-found love? I was blessed by a local freecycler who wanted to part with all of their pink peony plants last fall. I grabbed them all up along with some chrysanthemums, black-eyed susans, and some other yet-to-be-named plants. What a generous person! As if that isn’t enough, I just finished another painting project – a lovely coffee table makeover that I found at a local garage sale. Yes!
Here are some pictures of my first blooms.
REFINISHED
One of my favorite ways to accentuate carvings on a piece is by glazing, but this time I went with a distressed time-worn effect, using sanding only.
After doing some distressing, I finished with several coats of a water-based polycrylic so that it would stand up to daily wear and also those loving childhood doodles. ahem.
This table has sold, but you can still stop by my online store. Also, check out my other antique and vintage treasures. I would love to hear what you think!
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Beautifully done!
Thank you! And thanks for stopping by!
Your coffee table looks so pretty all painted. Lovely details showing with the distressing.
Mary Alice
Thank you for your kind words. :o)
nice job on the coffee table.
Thank you! It was a fun project.
Love what you did to this table!
Thank you very much!
I love this table, I love the distressing…it’s perfect. What a transformation! I would love to invite you to share over at my Weekend Beautiful Blog Party 🙂
Shawna
Glad you stopped by Shawna! I’d love to stop by you blog party. Thank you for the invitation! :o)