A Little White Table

I'm still on vacation but taking a break from skiing today.  I want to share one of my latest projects with you.  I built this little white table using scrap wood, moulding and railing balusters for the legs.  I have so much fun building these little tables because each one is unique and I never quite know how it is going to turn out while I'm building it.  Here she is all finished and styled in my entry way.  Let me just mention here that what you don't see is the other four little tables I have scattered about my entry way and living room waiting to be sold or photographed.  I do have a tiny little problem with separation anxiety when I have to take these to the antique mall or shop I sell at to be sold so sometimes they start to pile up!

Here's a close up of the legs that I made out of railing balusters.

Close up of the twisted moulding I added.

That's all I have for now.  Have a great day!

Jennifer

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My Newest Venture

So I haven't posted for over a year.  I really need to get better at this blogging stuff.  I've been very busy over the past year with my furniture and creative projects.  My furniture painting has slowly turned into furniture building.  I started running out of things to paint and the pickings at the thrift stores and yard sales were getting slimmer and slimmer due to more people doing what I do.  One day I was looking through blogs and stumbled across Ana White's amazing blog.  Ana is a mom and wife living in Alaska that builds her own furniture and has an awesome blog with free furniture plans on it.  Years ago I had found I really liked building and using tools while doing some small projects around my house and when I stumbled on Ana's blog it just seemed like the natural thing to do.  I started with one of her projects about two months ago and now I'm hooked on building furniture!

My first project from Ana's blog was a flip top console table.  My husband and I followed Ana's instructions and built it in a couple hours.  What a sense of accomplishment!  Here's a photo of it at the store where I consign at, Eco Chic Boutique in Fargo, North Dakota.

When I bring pieces in to consign Eco Chic takes a photo and posts it on their Facebook page.  This time they posted the photo and within an hour someone had called in and bought it over the phone!  Boy was that an ego booster and just the motivation I needed to build some more.  

Since this first piece I have been making my own designs using Ana's general building instructions and I'm having so much fun doing it!  Thank you Ana White!

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Getting Attached and Separation Anxiety

I am a self proclaimed borderline hoarder.  Well, minus the flat dead cats, rotting year old pumpkins and garbage.  With this being true it makes my new interest of restyling furniture kind of interesting.  I now get to justify the things that I buy and the things I won't get rid of because I'm going to "re-do" them and "sell" them.  (I use the word "sell" very loosely because when I finish something and it turns out really cute I have a hard time parting with it and taking it to my antique booth.)  I also have been collecting so very many pieces of furniture, antiques, primitives, etc.  Most recently it was this chair that I really wanted to keep.

I did, grudgingly, load it in my  Jeep and bring it over to my booth.  It hasn't sold yet, though, hmmm..............

I do feel that I am getting a little better at giving things up.  I am finding that there is always another one right around the corner.  

Here is a photo of some cute little nightstands I just finished and brought over to my booth on friday.  These were a bit hard to part with as well.  

Good night for now!  

Jennifer