Bedside Table

Blood, Sweat, & Tears!  It's what projects are made of, right?  Well, maybe not for everyone but it was for this girl!  I worked hard on this first project, really hard.  I sweated a LOT and I cried a few times.  I had the help of my amazing husband as well, but 95% of this project was done by ME!  

I started with this table.  I used in my living room when Larry & I first got married.  When we got new furniture in our bedroom and we couldn't have two nightstands I moved it into my bedroom.  It stayed in my bedroom until we moved to our house.    

Now, at the new house the bedroom was already a deep red and I decided I wanted to keep that but I wanted to add a pop of color.  I picked my color and started to work on this project.  I looked on pinterest and I read a few different blogs where people had done the same thing but with different pieces. 

So I started....  First, I did a little sanding - just to rough it up.

Larry was sure I was going to need to paint on this stuff that makes the varnish bubble and come off.  I did, but I don't think it really mattered if I used it or not... so don't tell anyone but on my next project I am NOT using it!  Of course, you have to do a little more sanding to get that stuff off, which is one reason I think I am NOT going to use it!  

I picked up everything I needed at Lowe's to get started. 

I was ready to prime it!  This was pretty fun because I was able to paint like I was in 1st grade & well it was just FUN!  I did two coats of primer! 

Finally, I was ready to start painting that baby "Ocean Soul"!  I couldn't wait, so I started with the first coat.  And let that dry....before going on to coat two.    

 Well, I couldn't go on to coat two without a little help from Larry, but not by my choice, mind you.   The whole time I was painting and sanding Larry was giving me advice on how I should do this or that.  It was perfectly fine, but when it was time for the second coat, he thought he would do that for me with the sprayer.  That was really nice of him and actually it looked really pretty...

 UNTIL the polyurethane came out!!  What a disaster... this is where the tears came in!  Larry sprayed it and the paint started coming off.  All my hard work...going, going, gone...  So like any normal girly girl, who has just finished her first "real" project, I ran inside and cried while Larry worked outside "distressing" the table.

It isn't exactly what I was wanting but after having in my bedroom a couple of days, I really do love it!  Maybe, because I know how hard I worked on it or maybe it is because it is my first project.  And when I am ready to have a bedroom make-over I know how to repaint this beauty!