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Accent tables

Accent tables are so fun to paint, especially when they have great lines and character.  Adding new knobs, keeping the old ones, or just painting right over the hardware are all possibilities.  It's also fun to add a pop of color on a small table, although you'll see that two of these were destined for Annie Sloan's Old White. But how can you go wrong?!!



This is the "before "of the table. I don't know if you can see, but there was a chunk of wood missing to the right of the front right leg. I generally shy away from structural repairs to the wood, but I think I did an okay job on it. 

Lovely little number in ASCP "Emperor's Silk"


Oh-so-cute bedside table for a little girl's antique big-girl bed. In ASCP "Old White."


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