When my husband told me he wanted to make me a potting table, I was hesitant at first. After all, the patio table seemed to work fine for the little “potting” I actual did. And honestly, I could think of better places to spend the money such as new hostas for the shade garden, another ornament or two for the perennial border, more day lilies, you know……the essentials in life.
But then he said he could make it from reclaimed pieces of wood cluttering stored in the garage, it didn’t seem so silly. We had been holding onto this old wood since we found it stored in the garage when we moved here three years ago, knowing that one day the perfect project would come along.
So on Easter weekend, he got to it and quickly built a basic potting table. In fact, it didn’t take longer than an hour to take those reclaimed pieces and put together a really decent sized table. And he even custom made it to my height specifications – I’m 5’10” and am constantly hunching down to complete table top tasks.
Once it was completed though, I knew it needed gussying up a bit. And I had the perfect thing stored cluttering up the garage – the top piece off of a sideboard, mirror and all.
Out came the Annie Sloan, this time in French Linen. I wanted to create a worn look to go with the table and the old door which stands next to it. So once it had a couple of coats of paint, I got out the old garden hose and “wet distressed” it.
By spraying the piece with the hose nozzle set on “jet”, it removed just enough paint to make this reclaimed piece look old and worn. You can achieve the same look with sanding, but this was a lot easier and quicker and outside. And hey any time this Canadian can get outside to work, she’ll go for it!
Once I got it down to the desired look, it was sprayed with outdoor polyurethane to protect the look. And finally a little saying was added to the mirror, just to give it a little humour. After all, there never is enough thyme (or time for that matter).
The table has come in handy already. It was the perfect place to thin some garlic shoots for replanting today. And it provides some much-needed storage for important things like the old chicken feeder and egg basket which had been lovingly cluttering up stored in the garage!
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