Shabby Swank: The Table Progresseth

About Shabbyswank

I rarely see anything that I don't want to embellish. Having started as a decorative painter in 1994, I soon developed a passion for re-designing, re-purposing and re-defining vintage furniture and accessories. Little did I know that someone else had already coined the phrase "Shabby Chic" and created a design empire around it...I was just taking ugly old castoffs and making them pretty again.
Working out of my home studio in Ontario, Canada, I have established a popular line of vanities, mirrors and other accessories in the Shabby Chic style as well as a line of retro kitchen ware and one of vintage Paris artwork.
Please contact me at qb623@hotmail.com for information on any piece pictured or to request custom work.

Monday, February 1, 2010

The Table Progresseth

Finally, a weekend off.....well sorta. Got called in on Sat, so Sunday was my only day to play. It's time to finish the round table that was shown in my last post.
The first challenge.....masking a perfect circle. A lampshade comes in handy here, and sign painter's tape is the best masking tool I've found.
After painting the outer circle black, the next challenge was what to do with the border. A quick perusal of my "stuff", and there they were! Clear stamps of various flourishes. Sure you're supposed to stick them onto an acrylic block, but $20 per block seems a bit silly when they work perfectly well on the bottom of a glass dish.
So here is the newly flourished top....the finished product soon to follow.