Kids Table with Annie Sloan Chateau Grey Chalk Paint

I saw this vintage schoolhouse table at Restoration Hardware baby & child a while back and kept thinking we could create something with the same look and feel for our house.

Restoration Hardware baby & child schoolhouse table

The table at RH is 30" x 60" which is a bit larger than what I wanted... also thought it would be cute to have a square shape so we went with 30" x 30".  The table top is a piece  of plywood (thought this was fine since we planned to cover it with stainless steel) and the legs are poplar.

My favorite part of this project was the Annie Sloan chalk paint & wax that I've been dying to try out.  I used the Chateau Grey plus the clear and dark wax. for the legs and trim.  I used Sherwin Williams Sea Salt underneath, because I wanted the table to be completely finished, and happened to have some left over from a room we painted earlier  in the year.

We had the stainless piece made at a local ironworks shop called Fields.  They were wonderful to work with and did a fantastic job, so I recommend them if you're in the area.


I love how it turned out!

Summerville Flowertown Festival Finds

The Flowertown Festival is one of my favorite Lowcountry events - I look forward to it every year.  I like to get there early on the first day of the festival so that I can wander and spend hours contemplating which items need to go home with me.

This year, it was too cold to want to be outside on the first day, but the weather today couldn't have been more gorgeous.

I love looking at all the beautiful items and talking to the artists about how they are made.  Here are some of the pretty things I want to remember from my day.

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Ode to the Hand Turkey

The Hand Turkey was certainly among the original hand print arts.  This year, Punkin' and I decided to create a few original pieces based on our interpretation:

All of our Hand Turkeys

We had everything we needed at the house:

• A few pieces of paper (I like card stock and buy packs of it at Michaels or Hobby Lobby whenever they have a really good sale)
• Craft paint - several colors
• Small brush
• Cute little hands

At 15 months, hand art is still fairly messy.  The biggest tip I have is to get everything setup before you start, including towels set aside to help clean and dry hands.  Not going to go into details about the steps other than to say start with hand prints and then and beaks, beards, eyes, and what not.  I also like to use a few different colors of card stock because I'm often surprised by which finished piece I like best.

Closeups...

I like to think these are a step up from most hand print art you see these days.  I think they'd make cute gifts (for grandparents or someone who really loves your kid, of course).