Wash Stand Redo-Part One

 This has been one long weekend, starting with a Friday evening cruise with the Mr. then on Saturday, our Sailing Club had our annual Jimmy Buffett party!  I was in charge of the decorations with another member.  We always enjoy that part of it almost as much as the party itself.  LOL!  Fun, fun, fun! Rested up today and cleaned the porch!   Then Monday our club is hosting a Memorial Day Cookout in the evening after sailing.  We have had heavy thundershowers roll through everyday for the last 3 days.  It hasn't been a washout nor has it put a damper on all the activities.  Whew!  I am already tired and isn't over yet!

Luckily, Friday afternoon I got a jump on my wash stand redo.  Do you remember this cute little (VERY DIRTY)  wash stand that I got at a yard sale last weekend?

After giving it a thorough washing, and sanding, I was ready for some paint.

 I already had spent the week searching the paint isles at Walmart, Lowes and Home Depot, in hopes of Oops Paints that would be a color I wanted. Unfortunately, I struck out!  No luck there this week!  I did find several colors I really liked in spray paint but wasn't quite sure that was the way I wanted to go.  After thinking it over, I decided to look through what I already had on hand.  I narrowed it down to these two. 

Both of these were older Ooops paints that I had picked up and used on previous projects.

While I like the color green of the larger can I didn't want to go that dark on this piece.  The smaller can was nice but not quite green enough.  So as I've done many times before I made my own custom mix.  I simply poured the darker green into the lighter color until I got the shade I was looking for.

If you look closely at this can you can see the shade it was in the middle.  Then you can see the color I created around the rims after I mixed in the darker green.  Perfect! 

And here it is!  A nice springy green!  As you can see I also have moved it to the front porch.  I really like it here for now.  I have much accessorizing to do but for now I'm pretty pleased!  I still need to find the match to my window box planter so it's not installed yet and resting nicely on this table. Cute!

However, I do have a bit of a dilemma!  I can't decide if I want to glaze or distress this piece, both, or leave it as it is.    I kind of like it how it is!  It's got enough imperfections already without adding more!  What would you do?  I'm really hoping some of you will offer your advice.  I keep seeing so many lovely pieces out there, so I know y'all wouldn't steer me wrong.

Here's a few more shots to give you a better perspective.

Let me know what you think, Okay???   I know it's a busy weekend for everyone and may take a while for you to see this.   I'll be happy to hear from you whenever you get around to it!   Hope your having a great Memorial Weekend too!

Please be sure and check out more wonderful makeovers here at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

for Met Monday