Sunday, October 21, 2012

Repurpose an old table with beach pebbles...and distressing

It has been awhile since my last post.  Since my mom and I have no following right now, I guess it doesn't matter!



I have always been a fan of beachy things.  I like to be creative with shells and pebbles; especially when my family is the one collecting them!
This bag for collecting shells and such will be in another post!





Our goal on vacation this year  ( okay, MY goal) was to collect as many pebbles as I could.  My husband and kids get VERY into it.  After a day at the beach, we would come back to our place and go through our treasure.  It has become a family tradition, and this year we took it a step further.

My son also caught fiddler crabs!


Prior to leaving for vacation I worked on fixing up the table I intended to use.  This was a task!  I peeled some wood off the top.  I painted it with some paint I had laying around.  Then I did my first distressing job.  I like how it turned out!

This is what the table looked like before the project.




Although you can't see the distressing and paint job, you can see how the top turned out.  I used Mod Podge to secure the pebbles and shells to the table.  My daughter enjoyed doing this with me.  We carefully placed each one.  I then poured on some resin.  The effect is awesome.  It looks like you are looking under water!