the $12 console table and that ooooops paint

So I found a nice little project to use that bargain ooops paint on - a bargain console table in salvation army for $12.50.

The lid is hinged and lifts open and has storage but we're just going to use it as a table in our bedroom I think (currently zero furniture other than our bed and nightstands).

The lid was marked so I power sanded that and then sanded the legs by hand. A couple of coats of primer, 2 coats of the semi-gloss ooooops paint and some pure white inside and it was done. SO good to have a simple project to do, especially after those chairs - I was done in a afternoon practically. YEY.

I like the thin rim of white showing around the lid - what do you think?

the $3 balcony side table

I'd been looking a bistro table for our balcony that wasn't a typical plain old expensive bistro table if you know what I mean. After looking on all the usual websites for a new one and I just didn't love any of them. So I ended up with a project instead - this $3 side table from a charity shop:

It was in very bad condition, so I wasn't concerned with making it look 'pretty' and instead opted for something fun and functional until we find/transform another table we really like. 

I had been lusting after all the wonderful vintage union jack cushions on notonthehighstreet.com amongst others and was talking about making one myself for one of the chairs when my husband suggested painting one on the table instead... clever him....so that's what i did.

2 coats primer, 2 coats of off -white (dutch boy DB 356-1). Then I masked out with painter's tape the areas I wanted to stay white - I didn't measure anything as I wasn't after a pristine look.

Then i just filled in the gaps with a dark blue and a plumy purple (bit more subtle than pillar box red...) 

When it was (mostly) dry I removed the tape and viola, a cheesy, cute, sweet reminder of home whilst we're sipping beers or Yorkshire tea in the Santa Monica sunshine. yey! 

Sophie