Side Table

I forgot to say Hello to all the new readers from the Nesting Place! So, Hello! Welcome, I'm glad you're here!  :-)

I have a nice before and after to share today.  I think it's one of my better buys.

I got this little table at the Restore (where else?) for $10.  Could this be the first furniture I bought to makeover?  (Except for the big coffee table we bought in NC and I painted yellow)  Here is the terrible before:

And here's the pretty after:

I primed with Zinseer 123 and did the bottom with some light blue, also from the Restore.  I couldn't decide what to do with the top. I thought maybe decoupage with some maps or maybe brown kraft paper, but in the end I decided on good old chalk board paint using a foam brush.  I sealed the bottom with old polycrylic that has since yellowed a bit.  I did 2 coats of chalk board paint on the top and made no notes about sealing it.

This table is temporarily in our bedroom but will eventually live in the back living room.

So, onto more current affairs- I finally bought some flooring for DS's room!

 He's had particle board on his floor since he moved in.  Won't the new floor look so much better?

That room used to be our bedroom and had carpet in it. When DD was coughing when she was just a baby, the dr recommended taking it out. So we did, but never got around to replacing it. And DD is almost 8!  I just couldn't decide what to do in there.  Since we're doing so much for DD's new room I thought this would be the time to do DS's room.  So, when DD moves into her room, DS will move his stuff to the back room. Then we'll do his floor and he can move back in.  (This way it will be Fair and everybody will have a chance to live in the back room.  I realize it isn't really necessary to move all DS's  things out since we could probably just move them over to the side, but he wanted to have a turn in the back room. And I would too, if it were me, so we're gonna do it! :-))

You can see that it kinda goes with our existing kitchen flooring (which desperately needs to be refinished or redone or something.)

 I got such a good deal on the flooring, we bought enough for DD's room too!  It should go in pretty fast and we won't have to wait for the paint to dry for so long!  (Although, I'm  a bit sad I won't get to use the flower stencil I made for her floor.)  

Anyway, the end of school is almost here, along with DS's birthday.  That would be a good deadline to get the kids settled.  Also, my youngest brother is coming for a visit with his girlfriend and son!  So, I really hope to have the back room as a living room when they get here! We'll see how it goes! Now off to look at the progress on the drywall and see if it's dry enought to recoat...

:-)