Yardstick Table {by Bliss Ranch}

I have a special treat for you today!!
I don’t know how I talked her in to this, but the amazing Bliss from Bliss Ranch is my guest today. I’m very excited about her project and I might will be making one of these!

Take it away Bliss:

Yardstick Table.

In the blog world there are lots of people to know and love.  Debbie is one of those.  When I think of a classy lady, she comes to mind and I am honored to be here doing a guest post.  I’m Bliss, and I blog over at Bliss Ranch.

So imagine my shock and horror when I read that the classy Deb’s new venture was named Two Women and a Warehouse!  Is it just me or does everyone start humming a Dolly Parton song and think of a wh*rehouse?  (I put that * in there on purpose so no freaks start stalking Deb).  Truth be told I wasn’t shocked or horrified at all, I thought it was a clever name and darn funny even if the Two Women didn’t intend for it to be a spin on Dolly’s movie.

Just like I hum a Ms. Parton song each time I see Deb’s shop name, when I see a yardstick I hear the slap of it hitting my rear end.  My mom was a gentle lady.  I was a brat.  One of my first posts was about her and the Christmas cactus she left me.  She kept her yardstick by the refrigerator.  Was it just a convenient spot or did she keep it there so when I came by she could quickly grab it and smack me on my butt?  I will never know, but since that time I always look suspiciously at yardsticks.  A mark was never left on my backside and I don’t remember ever crying.  But I knew I was being a serious brat if the yardstick came out.

I picked up this little table at an estate sale in July for $10 bucks.  I didn’t need it.  Didn’t have a place for it, and didn’t like it’s blonde finish.  It sat in the garage till October when I put it in my entry decorated with a dangling eye ball in a birds beak for Halloween.  Nearby in an umbrella stand was the stock pile of yardsticks I have been collecting for a project.  When the two were in close proximity to each other I made the connection and knew they would become one. October over, dangling eyeball put away, I got to work on the table.

There is no tutorial for this.  The yardsticks were attached, the edge was cut off and a router was used to finish it.  I used CeCe Caldwell Traverse City Cherry with a wash of Virginia Chestnut Brown, which I also painted the top edge with.

I distressed it, followed with dark wax and left the hardware as is. 

I only wish I still had that old yardstick of my mom’s.  It would be on this table top. 

I also hit part of the mirror with some of the red.  I ran the brush over lightly and wiped it back.  I can’t say how long this table will be in this spot, but the warm tones are nice for this time of year.  Perhaps I should load it up and go see two women at a warehouse? 

I hope you will go over and visit Bliss Ranch!