colour popping the old side table.

so the Lars and i bought this side table 5 or so years ago from a second hand store.
and ever since we have had it i stared at the orangey varnished wood and mentally painted it in my mind.

i haven't got a before picture... but this is the during.

this is in the garage...not my house...although my carpet does some what resemble this after a  few weeks of school holidays.

so with a bit of sanding...well a lot because the varnished that sucker good...and a slap of the brightest paint in the paint shop, we have this POP of colour.

oh yes 2013 you are full of YES. and this is pretty much true to colour...i have a good man who lets me indulge in crazy colour everywhere.
one day i'll get a photo to fill that green frame...one day.
a wooden puzzle, lamp (known as the onion lamp) wooden numbers and old milk bottles that usually have flowers in them...oh and that wee rock by the frame is a painted snail by Indie. cute.

and underneath.
a bag full of nappies and wipes for daisy, a letterbox that is supposed to be gracing the front gate instead of 'manky antville' letterbox that resides there now.
also a blanket and another bag of blocks.
and a rouge red block underneath...story of my life.

i find all sorts poked in that letterbox. from toys to cameras to bikkies...yum.

i also changed up the handles. i grabbed these ones from bunnings for 5 bucks each. i wasn't too sure but they were the right price and the only ones that didn't look like they belonged in 1990's nana house.

but i put them on and i quite dig them.

tadaaa! that zebra painting is still going strong. i did it in 2007 and it's the only painting i still love.

now i am looking around for my next victim/project.
have you indulged in a little d.i.y these holidays?