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Showing posts with label seashell drawer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seashell drawer. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2012

Tweaking my delivery from Ocean Styles...

I can't express how happy I am with my latest delivery from Ocean Styles!  I didn't even get to track the delivery and it was here!!  Talk about fast!!??!  I was so excited when the delivery came.  Everything was packed so carefully and nicely.  Holding my breathe as I unwrapped the lamps, just because they were glass, I was thrilled with each one being in perfect condition.  Everything was exactly as I expected.




I had just thrown a drop clothe over my couch as a slipcover and the pillows go really nicely.


You can find these and so many more here!
My NAUTILUS  lamp on....surrounded by love of the beach!



My Flip-Flop Trinket Dishes hold more shells.  You can find them here.
I think this STARFISH lamp looks so darn cute on this table!!

To see more information about my table, click here.
Heidi building sandcastles in her dreams!



Saturday, July 21, 2012

Just FYI: my shell drawer table





I think my Starfish lamp  (from Ocean Styles) is the perfect finishing touch to this little table!  I wanted to tell you how easy it was to do a presto-change up of this table I've had for years!


painting end table


Now this is before I was smarter and paid attention to what I was doing so I'll tell you my recommendations rather than what I think I did. 
  1. Clean the entire table well and let dry;
  2. Give it a light sanding and wipe with damp cloth to get any sand dust.
  3. Prime and let dry;
  4. Paint; I used sand textured spray paint on the drawer after taping paper around so not to spray anything else but the drawer front.
  5. Paint the table; I used the same ACE Paint- Going My Way, as I used on the living room walls;
  6. I used the primer in spots and then sanded to distress;
  7. I gave it a few days to dry before I added shells to the drawer on top of the sand paint and topped it off with a LandShark beer bottle cap on top of the knob.  FINS UP!
  8. Last, you really should, at least, coat or seal the top!
Let it sit for a few days to really dry.

shell drawer
I used it for my printer before moving everything around.

fins up!, shell drawer
FINS UP!

perfect!!

ta-da!
I think I may have to just add some of my starfish here and it is complete!!