End Table Makeover and Over and Over!

Did you ever have one of those projects that you just couldn't seem to get right? Well, this is that project for me! I did, however, finally get this little end table to look the way I pictured it in my head.

It started out like this...

I paid $10 for it at the thrift store.

I knew that I wanted to paint it and add a graphic and a pattern. Of course, the Graphics Fairy always has something I like to use for the graphics...

I printed out the graphic in reverse on my computer, taped it ink side down, and rubbed over the design with a pencil. This transferred the graphic onto the table. You can paint over the design with any color, but I like the way it has an aged feel with just the transfer.

I decided I wanted a houndstooth pattern for the top. It would have certainly been great to have a stencil for this part! I didn't, so I had to figure it out on my own. Luckily, my days of designing patterns for a carpet company kicked in and I figured it out.

I drew this part with a pencil. It's not perfect, but neither am I! I don't mind a little imperfection!

I didn't want the traditional black and white houndstooth. I wanted the design to be a little more subtle and be more the color of my graphic. So, I added a little black to the white that I used to paint the table with ...

It was still too dark! So, I did a wash over it with the white...

that turned it blue!!! FAIL!

So, I decided to see how it would look black...

It looked okay, but still not what I had in my head. And, actually, it looks better in the picture than it did in person.

So, I washed over the black...

It was okay, but still not what I wanted.

This time, I decided to treat the design more like a watercolor. I mixed a light gray and painted over the design AGAIN!

Much better! Now it looks more like the graphic. And, once I put wax on the table it made it even more subtle, which is how I had envisioned it.

 Finally, I got the look I wanted...

This just proves that paint is forgiving! If you don't like how something turns out, just paint over it...even if you have to paint over it again, and again, and again!

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