Anna

I think the hardest part for me in all of this is patience.  Delayed gratification is totally overrated!  However, because I also like to change my mind all the time (haha just ask Alan all about that one), it is a blessing that I can't just wave my hand and a piece is finished.

Take this coffee table for instance:

I knew that it needed something different, otherwise it would look exactly the same with a different color.  I thought I'd use it as an experiment with wall decals.  The big brown truck delivered them today and I was super lucky that I'd ordered two different ones (I only needed $5 more for free shipping!) because the one I was excited about using on the table?  Yeah... waaay too big.  Comically so.  Evidently I'm not awesome at the whole measuring and scale thing.  Anyway... the extra one I loved even more and I think it will be much better.  And by the way www.dalidecals.com is amazing if you haven't checked it out!  They have tons of unique decals and you can customize the color and size (which I obviously did not take advantage of).

Here it is so far, it's a light gray (the color is actually "weathered tin", how appropriate for my little line of birds!).  I'm thinking I will do a distressed look with an almost blackish stain to darken it up.  I'm excited to see how it will turn out, and glad that since it's not too big I can always start all over if it's really awful!

I'll post pics when she's done!  (unless it really does look awful)