Table 'Redo'ed Again and New Sewing Room

When we first moved to KY we bought a lightly stained wood table in "damaged" state from a furniture store. It was solid wood and nice and wide. I wanted it to teach school at... It was perfect until the girls got too big to all sit together at a table, so we moved on to individual desks. The table was refinished in a dark crackle (not too successfully I might add) and left in the basement for stuff to sit on. Poor table... 

When my oldest daughter moved into her sister's room to share her high school years, we agreed to make  a nice sewing and craft room for all of us to use. With all our space, we really didn't have a spot to leave projects out, hence it all began.

Trying to use as many items I already had, I planned to refinish the table yet again. As I would tease - re-doed again! The girls helped me sand down the crackle and we primed and painted the top a nice lavender. We painted the legs white. The lavender is a shade darker than the walls in the room which I made by adding high pigment artist's acrylic paint -- black & purple -- which makes a nice contrast.

 I found this cute saying and wrote it on the table using the lavender wall paint to keep it subtle. I painted some large scroll type designs ending with a little birdie just to make sure it was girlie enough!

Here is a picture of the mostly complete sewing room from the doorway. It is a very nice size room and I was able to angle both the ironing board and the sewing table. There is a nice view out the window while you sit and sew!

 View from the closet doors...Striped white silk curtains add softness and we will make a nice heavy shade to replace the roller shades. I think they may need to be hand painted with matching scrolls? The room must have something to keep the sun/heat out in the morning hours and the cold of  the winter nights.
The project included several other pieces of furniture which needed refinishing - several chairs, a  shelf unit, and my sewing table (which has yet to be tackled as we keep using it!)

This shelf piece was hunter green and wood finish. I think it came out so beautifully! We found my Madam Alexander dolls and have put the on the shelf at least temporarily.

 The girls picked out Proverbs 31:13 for our wall:

 This is a nice cane back chair that I will be re upholstering. I haven't found the right fabric yet and am considering a simple white...

We can't wait to fully use this beautiful room this year with my girls! Ironing is already so much nicer. I will post pictures as I finish the re-do on the three chairs.