Feel Free to Put Your Feet Up...

I decided to work on some things
for our home yesterday
because it was too hot for the studio...

As I was cleaning
I decided I wanted a new coffee table
so off to the warehouse we went
(yes, it IS nice to have a 1500sf
warehouse packed to the rafters full
of options!)

My living room
gets tons of light
but it's not great
for photographing
so please pardon the wonky lighting

The coffee table I was using
was a darling little French Provincial
painted piece...
my boys sit on it
their friends sit on it
they put their feet on it
I was waiting for it to collapse!

This Empire piece is as solid as they come
I painted the base in two colors
then heavily distressed
(before the kids did it for me!)

I wanted the top to look sort of like pickled
or bleached-out wood
so I did a color wash
then clear waxed the whole piece

Now the boys can
put their feet on it
eat at it
sit on it

heck,

they could dance a jig on it

if they really wanted to...

and being boys, they just MIGHT!