My friend Doris told me about this group that gets together fortnightly for....ya, you've guessed it....serious upcycling activities! I say it is serious because all of us put our hearts into our projects and if that is not serious, then what is?
Two other friends were supposed to go with me and I could do with some company on that long drive, but last minute plans prevented them from doing so. Michael had lovingly vacuumed my car and cleaned my little table with sugar soap. I found a table at a shop in Kilkenny when I was there last month.
So I had a wonderful time at the club where I sanded and painted the table with Rustoleum Clotted Cream chalk paint. Since the surface was pretty large, I used a roller for the paint. Once it was done, I found that the roller worked far better then the brush. The paint certainly looked more even. The downside was, more paint was used.
After that I decided to stencil the top. I love the 'Champagne feel' because it reminded me of halcyon days in France.
I later distressed the sides and legs of the table by using a piece of sandpaper to reveal the original wood.
Having completed the table, I went on to decoupage a metal planter which I bought from Garden world in Limerick. Usually I'd use a primer and a compatible paint before doing the decoupage. In this case the planter is in a bright chirpy yellow and so I decided to leave it as it is. Now I think I'd go back and buy the green and pink planters too. The colours are gorgeous!
I've put the planter in my 'summer corner' next to the bear that I made sometime ago and another chair that I upcycled recently.
Now all I have to do is to wait for the sun to shine brightly again....
