Metamorphosis Monday: Drab to Shab

Finally, some sunshine around these parts! The rain has been keeping me from doing any outdoor projects and I finally got the chance to finish one up this weekend. I was itching to re-do a piece of furniture, and the only candidate I currently own was this little side table in the dining room:

The top had seen better days, and it was in need of refinishing or paint.

I decided to paint and distress this little table to match the other two shabby pieces in the room.

So first we painted the table using our handy pneumatic paint gun.  It was our first time using it, so things got a little messy, but we eventually figured it out!

Then I used the electric sander to remove some of the paint and distress it.  Of course, my sander blew up before I could finish the table completely, but I put it back in the room anyway to see if  I was going to like it.

One more look at the before:

and after:

I think I’ll still do a little more distressing in a few spots but overall I think I’m liking the new look.  This little re-do satisfies my craving for change for now!  What do you think?

I’ll be joining up with Susan and Gina for the usual linky parties, as well as a couple others.

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