Thursday, March 17, 2011

From Sidewalk Trash to Industrial Chic

Dinnertime fun!

I'm not sure if this is really my style but as I found the table on the footpath I thought I'd do something fun and a bit out there!

A ultra red chalkboard centred table. I thought it would look good in a house which is decorated industrial chic.

The red is Sassy Red by British Paints and I used some White Knight chalk board paint I had in my shed. For the red I bought a 500ml sample pot which is a very economical way of buying paint especially when it's a colour you may not use a lot of. I then topcoated it with Miniwax Wipe on Poly - what great stuff!

Now it's ready for sale.




cheers
Fiona



14 comments:

  1. i love free pieces that you can try fun things on. i think it looks great, and i can see it with silver and white at christmas time and holiday greetings on the chalk, or i can see it with turquoise and retro cherry patterned napkins... it's fun no matter what!

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  2. This is absolutely adorable. I love the red and the chalkboard paint was genius.

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  3. That's a found table? It's great and I love what you did with it.

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  4. That is a gorgeous piece of furniture and what you have done with it is very cool.

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  5. I love this piece! You did a fabulous job!

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  6. Oooh nothign is better than free! It looks great! ♥ the chalkboard!

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  7. I wish I wish I wish my husband would let me paint our dining room table (it was his parents) this way. I am in love.

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  8. cute i would have never thought of this i love the red

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  9. How cute! The red is such a fun color for children too. Dropping by from Furniture Feature Friday.

    Allison
    Atticmag

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  10. how cool is that! new follower after finding you on the miss mustard seed linky party

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    laura@imnotatrophywife.com

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  11. Hey Fiona this is beautiful! You are so talented. I love the idea of the chalk in the middle! Thanks for linking this up to the party this week.

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  12. Love this...especially the color...very clever painting the chalkboard in the center, too

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  13. This would look awesome in a converted warehouse or farmhouse style cottage.
    Thanks for the message about my dining setting sale. It was exciting to watch the end of the auction. I was thrilled with the result though it's pretty rare to find a setting like that and took a tonne of work so hopefully I deserve it :-)
    Kristine

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  14. It's totally amazin! I am just crazy over the color and the chalkboard middle...what a great idea! Found you on Roadkill Rescue...

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