Whimsy End Table

I found this end table at an Estate sale for $20.00.  It was not in very good shape, but I decided to take a chance on it because the price was right and it had character.  It is the first piece I have ever had to do any stripping on.  Thank goodness only the top needed it.  I used liquid sand paper on the rest.  It was separating a bit where one of the legs was connecting to the side.  I asked Gregg if he had any ideas on how to tighten it up – I had already put primer on it and even started painting it.  He told me that he would have to take the whole thing apart and I probably should have done it before I started painting.  He was right of course, but I didn’t like that answer, so I went to my friend Steve who has his own woodworking shop.  He helped me glue and tighten it up a bit.  It’s not perfect, but it worked.

Before

I painted this for my girlfriend, Jacqueline.  I asked her if she had any colors she preferred or if she wanted to be surprised.  She said ‘surprise me, but I really like green.”    I made sure to use green, but also turquoise, black, white and some yellow for polka dots.  It was very tedious painting the legs – I had to use a very tiny brush to get in the tight spots where the colors met.  Jacqueline always posts on facebook ‘Live love laugh and celebrate often’ – which made it easy to decide what to do to the top.  I finished it off with some embellishments of mirrors, metal flower charms and upholstery tacks(which I think are really cool).