I'm a Yarner: Bedside Tables

It's not very often that I hear the word "No" from my husband. In fact, I don't think it was until this project that he ever said no to any crazy thing I wanted to try.

I searched for bedside tables for quite some time. I wanted something substantial, and I wanted them similar, but not matching. I found one at a garage sale for $7.00 and the other at a rummage sale for $20.00.

Here's what they looked like before I started painting.

The original plan was to paint the bottom yellow and stain the top. I actually like the way they turned out, but the yellow was really pale, almost white. It looked so bad against our white walls. I knew I would have to redo them if I wanted to keep them in our bedroom.

Every time I look at this table, all I see is a smiley face.

They sat in my room for a couple weeks before I could figure out what to do. I ended up deciding on purple. Not something I would usually consider, but it was that or gray, and I really wanted some color in our room. When I told my husband, he didn't even consider it. He said no and walked away. Obviously he ended up giving in, because now I have purple bedside tables.