A Pair of Artissimo Tables

I usually get lucky at my local Habitat for Humanity ReStores, but my last trip was record setting. After 2 minutes of walking around, one of the workers was wheeling in a cart of newly priced furniture, including 2 sturdy French style end tables. He had barely walked 5 feet beyond the back storage door before I ambushed...ahem...approached him and quickly claimed the tables.

After stripping the old finish, I applied some DIY Driftwood stain. It comes in powder form and is mixed with 1 cup of water. It basically reacts with the tannins in the wood on your project and ebonizes it. It smells a bit like copper pennies as its working, but it does a great job!

I decided to paint the bottom in Miss Mustard Seed's Artissimo.

It's a deep and rich navy that looks simply stunning and is one of my favorite colors to use. After some Furniture Wax and minor distressing, the tables are ready to go!

I picked up the baskets from a local thrift store. I've seen people decorating with them on Pinterest and Instagram and I've been dying to replicate the look.

Source: Pinterest

See? Aren't they pretty? Mine are simple and don't have the patterns that my Pinterest inspiration do, but I still like them all the same. Plus, they were ridiculously inexpensive at a local thrift store. Double win!

I finished the tops off with Hemp Oil and they're simply lovely. I also like how the shape of these tables makes them a little on the fancy side, but the distressing keeps them from being too fru-fru. Froo-froo? Frue-Frue? How do you spell that adjective anyway?