Last summer, I bought a sad little white table at a yard sale for $3.00. It had good, sturdy bones and a cool art deco design on the side. The poor little thing has been begging me for a makeover ever since.
I finally gave in and decided to give my sad little table a new decoupage burlap top. I've tried many decoupage techniques for paper and fabric but never on thick burlap. I picked out a fun, burlap pattern with french words and a wine theme, since the table will be located in the bar area of the house.
Fabric was 9.99/yard on sale at Jo-ann's fabric.
It was fairly easy to decopauge the burlap on to the top of the table. The hardest part was cutting the fabric to the correct size. I made a pattern out of some old wrapping paper by tracing the top of the table with pencil onto the paper and cutting out.
It was sooooooo cute! And the old, sad table started to smile.
The white legs no longer went with her new "rustic-french" look. After painting the art deco design black, I rubbed some bronzing paint with a clean, white cloth onto the legs and shelf. You work very fast, rubbing on and then rubbing off the paint for a weathered look. And the old, sad table started to shine.
With her new fancy french look, she only needed a few choice decorative accessories to be ready for cocktail hour.
Accessories: Ballard Designs wire tealight, boxwood ball from Tai Pan, and vintage wood cigar press from the antique mall).
Her debut was a smashing success and cocktail hour has never been so delightful!
Just goes to show, you're never too old or frumpty for a fabulous makeover!
Take care,
Di
