Remember when I was so high and mighty about Nebraska Furniture Mart’s furniture – all plastic-veneer-covered particleboard? Well, hold on to your hats. Lauren’s doing a big ol’ 180.
So, now that the guest bed legs were stained and looked a little better, the glaring grey metal was so obvious. Yes, this is a guest room. Yes, the blankets usually cover the frames. Yes, the only people who ever use this room are our friends who don’t care one whit about what we have. But…….. the metal…… looked bad to me.
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Well, it was probably time to Lauren this thing up. Bring on the duct tape.
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That’s right – wood grain duct tape. Specifically, wood grain duct tape that DOESN’T MATCH ANY OF THE WOOD IN THIS ROOM.
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Specifically, wood grain duct tape that doesn’t match any of the wood in the room that ran out before this project was finished. (The sunlight has been absent this week. Once I have good lighting I’ll take a good photo of the table in its new home.)
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*sigh* Kathryn’s coming this weekend. I hope she doesn’t notice. More duct tape will arrive after she leaves.
Oh, here’s the table in the sunlight! So pretty!
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(Who are we kidding? I am totally going to point out the troubles to Kathryn.)
“If the women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.” Uncle Red
The table is beautiful! I think it will draw any attention away from the duct tape 🙂
Wood grain duct tape? Who knew???? Once again, you are so clever, Lauren!!!!