What's a Girl to Do?

Do you ever have one of those moments where you're stuck? That's me!  Dead in my tracks.  Stumped.  


I found this awesome dresser and matching desk at a resale shop recently.  I've been staring at it ever since.  What should I do with it?  

With the inset drawers I could do some two-tone technique.  But what to do with the top drawers?

The top needs work.  Do I paint the whole thing, or strip and stain the top??

The desk has the same drawer features and great legs.

It's almost like it's got so much character you can't accent any of it.

Is it speaking to you?

What should this girl do?

Sometimes Plan B is Better

I don't usually start a piece until I know what I'm going to do with it. I found this cute table at an antique mall that was going out of business.  I got it for half off!  Score!  It had cute legs and great stretcher bars so I knew it had potential.

So the plan is to paint the legs and skirt turquoise (surprised?) and stain the top dark walnut.  Well, I gave it two coats of ASCP Provence, and stripped and stained the top.  Only problem is that the stain didn't take well and it just didn't look right.  

Great!  Now what?

Plan B:

Paint the top black.

Then I cut a stencil using my Silhouette and applied it to the top.

I painted the uncovered sections in Old White.

And the most fun step - pull the stencil off to reveal the pattern.

Yep, I'm lovin' it!

Two coats of clear wax and off to the shop it went.

Plan B stands for "Better!"

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