Nesting...

I found this set of little nesting tables on Kijiji (thanks Sophia!). She sold them to me for a hefty twenty dollars! (thanks AGAIN Sophia!) Here's a "before."

It's funny, I'd been looking for nesting tables, and when I want something specific, I rarely find it. These little tables were perfect for my needs...which include a "hen party" tonight and a buffet for a dozen of my favourite women. So they had to be READY...and they are! I re-glued and stabilized and did all the things we "trash to treasure junkies DO..." stripping, sanding, redoing...you know the drill! I thought initially that I'd paint the whole table, including the top...

So I scrubbed them with TSP, then primed them with Rustoleum Spray Primer (lazy 'eh? lol) THEN I decided to strip and sand the top of ONE of the tables, just to see whether the woodgrain was "pretty enough."

Oh my GOODNESS...it sure WAS!! Do you ever DO that? Go into a project with a particular finish in mind, then change midway through?

So here's that beautiful grain all prettied up...I used Minwax Wood Conditioner before I stained...makes a FABULOUS even stain; then I used Minwax Jacobean stain to bring out that gorgeous grain:

Some other views...tables "nested..."painted with Martha Stewart Heavy Cream...made into knock-off chalk paint with Calcium Carbonate...GREAT for chipping and sanding...

Just a peek...accents of ASCP Arles, Duck Egg Blue and Louis Blue (all won in a wonderful "paint-a-chair" contest with Anne right here...

...separated, chipped...stained tops have three coats of Minwax Polycrylic ( can you tell I LOVE Minwax!?) for sturdiness, and everything else was waxed with light brown BriWax and buffed...

One more before...

...aren't they just the PRETTIEST wee things!? They'll have their inaugural presentation this evening, as I host a "hen party," replete with great food (every single recipe having come from blog parties!!), good wine and WONDERFUL women! Aaahhh, life is so very VERY...good! Once I have time after clean-up, I'll post links to the blog recipes I used, and will let y'all know their success.

Thanks so MUCH for stopping by again. I'll be visiting YOU too, through your comments. Partying here and here and here and with these fine bloggers this week.

Wishing you a week filled with the joy of doing what you love with the people you love...

"Do what you love, love what you do."

Edited to add a hearty THANK YOU to Tammy over at Type A and to Mary at Very Merry Vintage Style and to Beverly at Flamingo Toes for featuring my little tables!