I’m bored with what I’ve been doing with my lamp table, so I made a 'tabla rasa' of my table and decided to go for all white.
I bought this table around 2004 when I worked two full-time jobs, knowing $95 was a lot for a wobbly table, but I didn’t have time for the hit-or-miss of yard sales back then when I needed something. I painted it white. It’s from a housewares/antiques store in High Falls, NY called High Falls Mercantile that’s been featured in Country Living. Jeff and Larry are wonderful people – please stop in if you’re ever in the area!
I love its fluted downswept legs.
Candles are one of the things that make a house a home,
so I started putting one of each kind I have on.
It still looked too ‘bare and spare’.
It needed height, so I put my $20 Marshalls repro mercury glass finial on.
It needed romance, so I found a bit of lace.
Nothing looks good without flowers to me, so I put a spray of pink silk flowers on. I have to wait until late April for white flowers. It’s hard for me do 100% white because I love pink so!
I tried a cute little box, but it looked ‘heavy’.
My dainty dollar store play crown looks better. I’d love to find or make one of those pretty tiaras I see on other blogs and websites. Maybe I’ll get lucky.
Angela Harris’ paper ‘bubble’ flowers gave a gorgeous effect, like lilies.
Until next time, stay shabby!
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