I mostly stick to writing about personal style for a reason. Despite having the kind of job where I stand on ladders, build and hang things for much of the day I'm almost hopelessly clumsy and accident prone. In my personal life I try to be avoid being around anything that could permanently damage anything else. But Pintrest has gotten to me, like everyone else. After seeing so many tutorials I managed to convince myself that it didn't look so hard. On a bright and sunny weekend I began my attempt at updating furniture on the cheap with two little vintage style bedside tables I had. The shapes were cute, but the thick blonde varnish and chips (and one large-ish burn mark...whoops) were not. I made my mind up to paint them clean white and cover the tops with a trendy chevron pattern. And it actually worked pretty well- and cost less than buying cheap particle board stuff at Target.
