He Leadeth Me

I have wanted to learn to Chalk Paint for a long time, but was just a little scared to dive in. My daughter-in-love, Mandy, is never afraid of a project. She has done several pieces with chalk paint and offered to teach me how.  Since David and Jeremy were going on a weekend road trip, we thought Saturday would be a great day to have the tutorial. Excuse the fact that this BEFORE picture is off-center. Kelly and I picked up this little dresser years ago on the way home from a trip to Canton, Texas-- oh how I miss that place. I like the wood finish, but thought this might be the perfect piece to get a make-over. My family, Jenny, Stacie, and Gail had picked up this wonderful "G" for me at Canton and it just didn't look right on any of my walls.  It needed to POP! Caleb was our photographer as we got ready to start our projects.  Mandy had picked up this little table on the side of the road--FREE- and she brought it along to show me ...

The card table and chairs that our grandchildren use had gotten pretty pathetic. Not really from hard wear, but from being out in the elements. Once a tear starts, little fingers just cannot help the idea of helping it along.   I had heard that you could use vinyl tablecloths to recover the table and chairs pretty easily. I'm happy with the way they turned out.  Thanks to my sweet husband who helped with putting all the screws back in the correct places.  I did most of them, but he had to step in at the end.