Crazy for Houndstooth

Perhaps it's the math teacher in me.  I love a good geometric pattern.  Houndstooth especially!  I've got more than one piece of houndstooth in my wardrobe and decided it was time to add some to my furniture collection!

I got a great little table at an estate sale recently.  It was already painted turquoise!  Score!  But the top had water damage and the veneer was buckling.  So we stripped off the top layer and I painted the top white.

I used my Silhouette to cut a houndstooth stencil.

My original plan was to paint the houndstooth black and white but I decided to go for a softer look and used Paris Gray.

I just love pulling the stencil off to reveal the pattern!

Perfect!

Two coats of clear wax later it was ready to show off.

I think the gray was the perfect color choice!

She's gone to the shop this week.

Such a pretty pattern, don't you think?

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Another Scripture Chalkboard

Can't say it's been a productive weekend.  I did get two small projects finished, but I hit a dead end twice with a demon buffet and he's got me stumped on how to proceed.  So tonight I'll show you one that DID get finished!

Last summer I bought three old arched window frames from a friend.  I knew when I bought them I'd make chalkboards out of them.  

The first one was this one.  I painted the frame in Provence and decided to keep it.

I decided to leave the frame shabby white on the next one.

You can read about it here.

So this weekend I decided to get the last one done.

I painted the frame in Emperor's Silk and the hubby cut a board for the chalkboard.

I chalked up another scripture and took it to the shop on Saturday.

I'm claiming His promise that my demon buffet will not overcome me!

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