Sometimes You Need a Change…

Ever have something that once looked awesome, but over time, as things change (and you change!), you feel like it’s just not vibing anymore?

That’s what happened to me last week when I was looking in my family room. I had just bought a few new throw pillows for Summer (sharing soon!) and this end table by my couch all of a sudden just looked plain wrong.

Remember that green one?

It started out as a $30 yard sale find:

It actually looks 100% better in this pic that it did in real life. It was all kinds of scratched up and banged up…it needed some TLC.

So I painted it green…

And it looked great.

But fast forward a few years, and the other green accents (like the pillow in this pic) have all sort of drifted away somehow.

Now, the green table sticks out like a sore thumb and every time I walked in the room, I knew what had to happen. It was making me crazy. I kid you not, these things ACTUALLY do keep me up at night!

Yes.

Again.

I grabbed my paintbrush, my white paint, and some plaster of paris to throw in there to make it go on beautifully, and an hour or so later…

As you can see, I sanded it up to make it look all chippy and delightful.

NOW it works again.

Works SO much better in here now, especially with all my Summer decor out.

I didn’t even worry about waxing it, because frankly, I don’t mind one bit if more paint chips off! 😉 It’ll just keep adding character…

Sometimes change is good.

Sometimes it’s great.

Sometimes, it’s the only way you’ll sleep at night;)