Guest Blogger - Poppies At Play - "Nice Legs" Bench Transformation

HEY THERE!

I'm Andy

My blog home is called:

I'm so very thrilled to be here on Someday Crafts!

I was super dee-dooper excited when I got an invitation from Michelle. As I'm sure you know, Michelle is so sincere and generous. Her comments make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside right?! Yep, she pretty much rocks.

Thanks for giving me this fun opportunity Michelle!

First I'd like to tell you a little bit about myself. If that's too boring feel free to jump down to the project of the day. That's probably what I would do. Tee hee hee.

Why do I blog?

I have a HUMONGOUS desire to be a creative person. I believe that the best way to achieve that is to practice, practice PRACTICE! If I can create something every day, even if it's just a quick little project I feel very energized! I would love to go to school for interior design and furniture making, but with 5 young kiddos at home and a tight budget, that will have to be put on hold. That's just fine because I have a lot that I can learn while I'm staying home!! Blogging my projects helps to keep me motivated, as well as track my progress!

What do I blog?

I'm drawn to furniture and home decor. I love to restyle, refashion and upcycle!! Even typing those words makes me happy! Sometimes I keep things, sometimes I sell them, sometimes I pile them up in the garage and basement. Here are a few of my

BEFORE and AFTERS (Click on the words)

I love working with wood! My sweetheart, to whom I lovingly refer to as "The Joe", is a shop teacher. We have a wood shop in the garage and he's taught me to try and conquer my fear of power tools! This shop teacher's wife will most likely end up missing a couple of fingers, but in the meantime I'm having a lot of fun!

Well, enough with the jibber jabber and onto the goods!!

I picked up this board in the "as-is" department of Ikea. It was only 5 bones. You could easily find something similar at The Home Depot, but it might cost a little bit more, and probably won't be green.

As much as I love green, it wasn't right for this particular project.

Let's paint it white:

No one likes to sit around and watch paint dry, so let's move on to the other half of the project!

The Joe is a garage sale maniac. Even more so than I am. Every Saturday morning he gets really anxious to get out shopping. He is always finding interesting things to bring home to me that he thinks I'll like. He found 2 of these side tables and even though they were only 5 bucks for the pair, he started walking away. The seller told him to take them both for $3. What the?!?

The top is pretty shredded. Let's just take it off and use the legs.

After taking the screw out, I realized they had glued this sucker on and it wasn't coming off without some serious help. I cut the top off and then straightened the edges with a chop saw.

Now, let's think about design.

I have a lot of polka dots in my front room so I decided make a circle stencils. Yes, this is vinyl, but you don't need a vinyl machine or a cricut for this particular pattern. Just trace a bowl and carefully cut the circles out with a razor blade.

Place the gigantic sticker stencil on the board.

*** Before painting, paint the edges of the stencil with the same color as the board to seal it and avoid having leaky edges.

Attach the board to the side table with wood glue and nails!

Decorate with your favorite whatevers!!

Welp, that's about it for today!

Here's what's coming up next on

Poppies at Play

Don't miss our Parade of Homes!

20 amazingly bloggers (all well-known) will be opening their doors to us and giving us a tour of their homes! It's going to be AMAZING and I'm sure you'll walk away with a zillion great ideas!! We're featuring 4 blogs a day and by Friday you'll be able to click thru all 20. On the following Saturday {{May 1st}} we'll be having a special linky party. Create a post featuring a favorite room in your home and come join the parade!!!

It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Again, thanks so much for having me Michelle!

Peace out!

~Andy

ANDY, Thank you so much for guest blogging today! I love the legs on that bench!!! Poppies At Play was one of the first furniture and home decor blogs I started following. She is amazing!!!! I don't understand why she doesn't have at least 1000 followers! She is that GOOD! I am inspired weekly by her projects. If you didn't click on her before and afters, click HERE and be motivated to go refinish furniture. Poppies at Play has too many fun ideas!!! I'm so excited to view the Parade Of Homes that is being hosted over their this week! Add Poppies At Play to however you view blogs and become a follower. You won't want to miss out on the next week or on Andy's inspirational restyles!

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