Al fresco dining

So I painted the black end table that used to be in my bedroom, the one I replaced with the round white one. It's the same blue paint color as the cane seat chairs I found on the street earlier this summer. Now we can dine 'al fresco' when it's not too hot (I think I dated an Al Fresco once...hmmm)

I shortened an old table runner I had for the dining room table and it looks great on the 'bistro table' as I'm calling it. 

This table is the END

 So trawling, once again, my favorite website Nextdoor.com I found a great looking round table AND IT WAS FREE. A guy who lives in Settlers Landing very near my ex-friend Dean was giving it away. We drove over and picked it up, it was in great condition. He had obviously tried to spray paint it white but had done a lazy job of it, there were some drip marks here and there. So I gave it a good sanding and was happy with the result, it had that worn 'shabby chic' distressed look. 

I was going to leave it like that but Scott said "I think you should distress it some more." I plugged in the palm sander and let him have a go at it. Much to my horror, when I returned he had ruined my subtle finish! It looked like a Dalmation! Who did he think I was, Cruella Deville??

Here is his 'handiwork', YIKES.

So I decided to start from scratch and just paint the thing solid white. I primed it (two coats) and covered it 3 more times with a nice white satin indoor paint. It came out great. 

Now remember, this table replaces the black IKEA number I was using as an end table. I liked that one but I always felt it was a temporary piece I'd use until I found something more substantial and stylish...cut to THIRTEEN YEARS later, I finally found what I was looking for! Here's the black table, I have plans for it, stay tuned for that...