Nesting with upcycled tables, ideal for small spaces and entertaining....

A very strange thing has started to happen, when my sister or I happen upon something we fancy painting the other seems to pick up the same or similar style of piece, in the same week in completely different parts of the city..sometimes country. But this little nest was the strangest of all, I picked up the biggest one in a local charity shop and a few days later my sister arrives, as we store all at my “Grenier”, with the two smaller ones, so I immediately started painting as I have had it in my head to pick three of the colours from my favourite oil painting, it’s an Irish beach scene of course, being "Irish" its very dark blues/greens/teal/turquoise. I also had taken this photo from a bathroom supply shop in a little town in Normandy as I liked the look of the colours together

and so I had it noted in my Annie Sloan colour inspirations as a possible combination to use together.

So you might ask why a nest of tables, do people really use them these days?

http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/48818/list/Nesting-Tables--Function-and-Style

I am also trying to decide on a new colour for the walls and so now I’m using the nest to help with the depth of colour I want to achieve. I find the colour wheel very helpful, especially deciding if it’s to be harmonious/complimentary or a complete clash. With the nest I decided I wanted a good sheen from the sides of the tables so I did two very thin coats of wax and really buffed on the last one with a lint free cloth. The great thing about the Annie Sloan paints is the little tester pots so if you are unsure its inexpensive to try them out on a small item or even a patch of the piece you are going to paint, you can always sand it lightly off so it will blend when you paint over.

If you are looking for inspiration there are loads to be found online here is a few that attracted me to the possibilities

I used Chalk Paint™  by Annie Sloan and decided that Provence, Aubusson  & Florence were the closest match of  the colours from the painting. I used Annie Sloan clear wax. Of course the colours might have to be tweaked a little when the walls are finally finished to get it to match the image in my mind. The  fabric was sourced in Ikea but Annie Sloan has some gorgeous options in her Ticking and Stripes section that compliment all of the Annie Sloan colours.

http://anniesloan.com/acatalog/copy_of_copy_of_copy_of_copy_of_Ticking.html

But it’s close as when I was painting them I could feel that childish sense of excitement building up, when you have had an idea and then see it coming together.

PS The walls have just been redone in a Teal and the tables really stand out against it.