New Projects - Coffee Table and Guest Bedroom

Today, I decided to tackle the coffee table on my to-do list. Here is the table I found a couple of months ago at Hotline for $50 - solid wood and just a little worn...

 

I have decided to sand and stain this bad boy a rich mahogany brown, and I am hoping and praying it will turn out okay.  I have never stained a piece of furniture and am totally flying blind here!  

So far, I have sanded with my DeWalt sander using 150 grit sandpaper and applied a coat of Dark Walnut stain.  It was leftover from another project and I thought it would work.  It didn't.  I didn't like the color AT ALL.  I only stained the top just to see if I liked it.  See for yourself...

So, I headed to Ace and bought some Bombay Mahogany Stain and Polyurethane in One.  

 

I resanded the table and so far I have one coat applied.  The can says it will take at least 6 hours before I can apply another coat in the right conditions.  Since it is FREEZING here and in my garage, I am going to wait to apply the second coat tomorrow.  As soon as I do that, I will put up a picture!  For now, here it is with one coat (please ignore all of the other items - our garage is a wreck right now, since we are in the process of moving)...

In other project news, my mom is mailing me her old white curtain panels (cotton duck material) so that I can add this fabric to the top to make panels for one of our guest bedrooms.  I bought this at Wal-Mart for $4.44 a yard - what a steal!

I am going to use the extra to make a bedskirt and maybe a no sew pillow.  This room is going to be white, black, and aqua.  Here are some of the items I have bought for this room...

These aqua pillows from HomeGoods (LOVE THAT STORE!) $29.99 for two, big, down pillows!

A duvet cover, shams, and a pretty black and white pillow from Target...

  

 

Two lamps from Old Time Pottery in Wilmington - $30/piece...once again ignore the crap in the background - all of this is hanging out in my garage...

And this mirror from HomeGoods - hard to tell what it really looks like in the box but saving it for the move...note the lawnmower in the black - classy...

 

Hopefully the wind will slow down and I can spray paint the headboard I have been meaning to paint tomorrow.  We are hoping to start moving into our house in three weeks so I better speed things up.  New house pictures to come this week, too!

Sara