Ballard designs inspired table

I got this great table at; you guessed it.....GOODWILL. Now it has been sitting in my shed for a few months while I waited for inspiration to hit. I loved the legs on it but I didn't know what I wanted to do to the top.

So I started sanding.................

and priming...........

and while I was painting, I had to wait for my air compressor to charge...(its very old and has a small hole so it needs to recharge after a little bit) I walked to my mailbox and the newest Ballards catalog was in it...I opened it and saw a great little armoire, that had legs like mine....whooo hoo...LUCKY DOG!!! You can see the Ballard cabinet HERE. Then I saw this great French canvas thing HERE.  I knew right away what I wanted to do...So I got to finishing painting...

Here she is all painted and waiting......

Then I took my freezer paper and printed off the wonderful Paris address graphic from none other than Karen over at THE GRAPHICS FAIRY (Do you guys have any idea how much I love that site...:))

I would show you better pics, but I only have two hands and I cant lay the paper down and burnish it while taking a picture....:)  I have a hard enough time not smudging..:)

I had to do each line of the address on a separate sheet. Then I found this great Fleur de lis and added that as a little UMPH to the bottom..

distressed her a bit and sprayed her with lacquer when she was dry....OOOH LA LA, I am in love!!!!!!!
I hope you all have a BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

French Label Dining Table

Do you ever find something and have an idea and get so "GEEKED"
you can hardly stand it?????
That was me with this project.

I found this table at my local Goodwill and knew what it was meant to look like
So I started sanding, and sanding, and sanding.
Notice in some spots I "super" sanded.???
I did this so that when I stained it the stain would really take to those spots

Then before I did anything more to the top, I flipped it over
and primed the heck out of it.

Then I stated painting the bottom with Heirloom White..
(notice my trigger for my spray paint.....Is it possible to love a piece of plastic this much?)

I then stained the top with a provincial stain, since I was going for a French Provincial look
and thanks to
www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com
I found a cool vintage label that I wanted for the top of my table.
Since I don't have any fancy machines like a
Silhouette or Circuit I have to do things free hand.

Luckily my coffee had worn off by then to let my hand be a little more steady.
This is what I ended up with.
Notice the dark spots of stain...It makes it look like an old distressed piece of wood.

Then I got to distressing the base

then finishing off with about a billion coats of Satin polly.
and this is how she turned out....
Isn't she lovely???

I think so....
Have a beautiful day!!!