Dearly Distressed

At some point in recent history, furniture makers thought it necessary to attach tiny little railings to much of their furniture. Perhaps it was in case of tiny little earthquakes. You wouldn’t want your knickknacks to scoot to a sudden death if it could be prevented, right?  Wrong. Sorry. There is no logical reason for these things to ever exist.

But Larissa was excited when she found this table, not because she was planning to bring the railing trend back, but because her son had been itching to try a DIY project of his own. She figured this table would be the perfect place to start, and with twelve holes left behind by the spindles of the old railing, it also made a perfect  …

 

… clock face! They filled the holes with dowels and went to town with paint and stencils. Check out her post at Prodigal Pieces to read all about the process, and to see her adorable son being all adorable and proud of his creation. Rightly so!

 

This next project would be right at home next to the clock table, if that home happened to be a church.

 

The lovely after version, that is. It looks like it could belong in quaint countryside chapel.

The before version reminds me of the movie theater in the town I grew up in. It may have been the world’s oldest and smallest and grossest theater. I’m pretty sure the rows were only about four seats deep, and the floors were so sticky I literally lost a shoe AND a sock there. Several rows had seats that were missing the actual seat part. More than once I would stumble through the row in the darkened theater, settle down in my seat, and land flat on the filthy floor.

That theater, somehow, is still in business today. Shout out to the El Rio! Stop by if you’re ever in Springerville, Arizona and aren’t too attached to your shoes or tailbone.

And be sure to stop by Jenny’s blog Ava Blake Creations to see how she gave this bench its distressed charm.