Miss Pink: The Coffee Table!

by Sweet Peas Charm

I've been "rejuvenating" furniture for a few years now, and I tend to lean towards the color black and a few other dark shades. I enjoy distressing the paint for that cottage chic look, but I have typically stayed away from the whites, ivories and other lighter colors. However, when I came across this table, my first thought was to paint it pink....what?...so I did! Admittedly, I left the top finished in its natural wood (the grain is just too beautiful to paint over), but the remainder of the table is pink. Check it out....

She is a "Lane" brand table, so she is very good quality. Very sturdy...solid as a rock, really. However, being so sturdy didn't sway me away from girlie pink...

This is what Miss Pink looked like when I first got my hands on her...

coffee table up cycle in pink, painted furniture, Miss Pink and I got down to business I taped off the underside of the table in order to retain the Lane stamping I then sanded off the original finish leaving a bit of the darker finish remaining in the grooves around the top

Miss Pink and I got down to business. I taped off the underside of the table in order to retain the Lane stamping. I then sanded off the original finish, leaving a bit of the darker finish remaining in the grooves around the top...

coffee table up cycle in pink, painted furniture, The creativity crazy in me kicked in so I added a rose graphic from The Graphics Fairy to the center of the table top I had to hand paint in some of the detail that didn t transfer correctly see the messy parts

The creativity (crazy?) in me kicked in so I added a rose graphic (from The Graphics Fairy) to the center of the table top. I had to hand paint in some of the detail that didn't transfer correctly (see the messy parts?).

coffee table up cycle in pink, painted furniture, Don t you just love the mix of color in the top The hand rubbed polyurethane finish really brought out all of that color and richness

Don't you just love the mix of color in the top? The hand-rubbed polyurethane finish really brought out all of that color and richness!

I love this graphic....thank you, Graphics Fairy!

This is Miss Pink after I'd finished with her and I am in love!

coffee table up cycle in pink, painted furniture, Once Miss Pink looked absolutely perfect I completed her by applying a polyurethane by hand to give it that hand rubbed finish that is so beautiful and classic And man oh man did the polyurethane enrich the wood grain on the top

Once Miss Pink looked absolutely perfect, I completed her by applying a polyurethane by hand to give it that hand-rubbed finish that is so beautiful and classic. And, man, oh man, did the polyurethane enrich the wood grain on the top!

coffee table up cycle in pink, painted furniture, I painted her legs and base HD Oops Pink distressed her stained her in a dark shade to really bring out the distressed areas and to tone the pink down to a color that pink lovers and pink not lovers can both enjoy

I painted her legs and base HD "Oops" Pink, distressed her, stained her in a dark shade to really bring out the distressed areas and to tone the pink down to a color that pink-lovers and pink-not lovers can both enjoy.