Dining table refurb!

Something thats not all that new but still makes me proud of myself for actually finishing a project. I'm more determined when its for someone else.

Any who, my sister popped over before her wedding and asked me to do this table up.

At first she wanted to keep the top natural, I suppose a French cottage style with distressed detail. I tried to get it to this point but found it near impossible to achieve as the table had mould spots and white patches not to mention some random paint on it. I sanded it back, tried bleaching them out but the spots just wouldn't budge. The legs were grubby with mould too but i found just lightly sanding them back made them look white again.

We finally decided that the best way to make the imperfections of the table seem perfect was to gently white wash the top. Gosh I had a grand old time doing that! I did actually.

In the end I had a victory over this beast and ended up with the table you see below. My sister and her husband were so happy with the result that they now use it as their dining table.

I also learnt a trick when distressing white paint for a high usage purpose such as this - Clear Water based varnish. Costs more than typical varnish but ends up nice and white, no yellow bits!

Corn-hole toss bean/rice bags for my sisters wedding

These are some rice bags I made to order for my sisters wedding. I say made to order as they where her idea. I chose the vintage fabrics from my collection and made them. They're so cute. She absolutely loved them. Off course when I saw people throwing them at the corn-hole boards I was thinking 'please survive' and from what I know they did. :D.

So if anyone needs these for their next event please feel free to contact me. Cheers, Ame.

Dining table FYI

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This table is currently my dining table. This is an old pic so excuse the imperfectness of it. I bought this table second hand for $50. It was a hideous brown/ green stain and varnish. I sanded it back and after a number of tireless hours I re-stained/varnished it with Japan Black Varnish from Feast Watson. Now it looks like one of those glossy Pianos and looks elegant. Goes well with my mint green 1950s dining chairs.

Cupping Therapy Cup Restyled!

If your like me and have random items hidden in pockets of your home, you may also have Cupping Therapy Baubles.
Although I've seen it done with Jars and the sorts I thought I'd share the concept of using these Baubles for some chic mini decorative hanging vases.

There so teeny tiny that you need mini flowers but the effect is pretty neat and oh so eco-friendly based on the fact they are being up cycled. After use at your event you can always take them down and use them to get rid of back pain too! What a treat!

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