Aged Perfection Sings to me!

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Who loves natural aged perfection? And Pianos?! ME! 

I got lucky with this one. Within minutes after seeing it posted for sale I immediately got in touch with the seller and set up the arrangements to pick it up. Right after I did that, she got tons of offers higher than mine on it. So sad. But she was kind enough to let me know and I hurried down to check it out and paid a little bit more, which is totally ok because I love it. I loved it from the start. 

I'm lucky my husband wanted it too!

We've been searching for a piano so our children can learn to play for over a year! We just couldn't get to them before everyone else did. I wanted to know about the age of the piano so I got as much info as I could. The serial number inside the piano dated it back to 1986. Then when I saw it in person, there was another serial number on the music backing(where the music books sit) that did not match the inside. It dates back to 1940. That means someone rebuilt it. Pretty cool!

My first instinct was to just leave it as is. Then when I got there and looked closely, I saw it would need some help. The paint was is chippy and some pieces of wood are missing.

I went through a whole debate in my mind...  

1) Strip it completely and paint it?  

2)Lightly sand the chippy paint off the top and paint the rest? 

3) Or lightly sand it all and seal it in so that no more paint chips off?

Which do you think I chose?

Stay TUNED for the after shots!! Side NOTE: anyone know a good piano tuner in Southern Utah? 

I know I know, my jokes often fall FLAT... Oh I'm just killin myself here! Ha! Ok, I'm done. 

 {BTW my dining room set just took a backseat to this piano project.}

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Frog Tape Wins this War! Kitchen Table Redo!

Our poor table was in dire need of a refinish on top. 

We got our dining set for free when we were engaged. We decided to try and paint it ourselves and it helped... but let's be honest, WE HAD NO IDEA HOW TO PAINT! 

We were told to use a latex paint, DON'T do that! It is really like a stretchy latex material and peels off! And it is terribly hard to clean, especially if you don't know that you should use a finishing coat of gloss! We didn't! LOL... so naive to the painting world... we have learned a lot since then!

We had put a clear vinyl sheet over the table to make it easier to clean, the only problem was when I went to remove the vinyl, it pulled off the paint... such a natural distressed look... buuuut a little tooo distressed!

Well, here is the new look! 

I ran out of my green Frog Tape but had some Scotch Painters tape so I had to use that to finish off the stripes. As you can clearly see, Scotch Painters Tape DOESN'T work.

 Frog tape did a much better job but I still with there was something better.... 

Anyone have any tips here?

GUESS WHAT OUR FIRST MEAL WAS AT THE NEW TABLE?!! 

Leave a comment and I'll reveal the answer tomorrow!

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