Whitewashing.....

a dear friend of our family, Kayla, put some pictures

up on Instagram of an end table that she whitewashed

I loved the look.....I think one reason is that it just reminds

me of something "beachy" 

I've had this unfinished piece of furniture in my kitchen

for so long......just really, a long time, unfinished.....haha

but I never knew what color I wanted to paint it so

just seemed easy to leave it unfinished!! 

but now I was anxious to whitewash it

some emailing with Kayla, a trip to Lowes and I was ready

here's the piece before I started......unfinished!

I had taken when door off when I remembered to take

my "before" picture

I put my undercoat color on first....weathered gray

and oh gosh, it really scared me that I had messed up

I text Kayla a picture and then end up calling her

she re-assured me that it will turn out right....

so let this coat dry and then sand it again

a couple of coats of the whitewash and it's starting to get the look I wanted

and below is the finished product but now that I have

the picture up, it looks a bit dark

it's actually more like the picture above

I'll try to get a better picture another day

I love how it turned out and a big 

THANK YOU to Kayla!

I bought the new knobs at Hobby Lobby

later......