Kitchen table: From IKEA to shabby chic

I love IKEA. It’s accessible, it’s fresh and it’s cheap. Only problem is that once in a while I do get slightly tired of the stuff.

For the longest time I’ve been fond of light and wodden furniture like pine. But the past few years my taste has more turned to white or light pastels which is a lot harder to find and especially at IKEA. So after a few months of glaring at my wooden kitchen table, it struck me: Why not just paint it instead of throwing it out to start searching for a new one?

So after a few rounds of considering cream or a light grey colour for the table, I decided to go for blue as it’s one of my fave colours. Next step was to chose which one, did I want a greyish blue, a baby blue or a light teal colour?

After several helpful inputs on Instagram and Twitter, I opted for the midle left colour.  Then I was ready to spend the Pentecost weekend, sanding, priming, two coats of painting and a light sanding of the edges and voila!

Now,  I’m afraid I don’t remember what the colour was called but the brand was Lady Interior, with a silky matt finish. And I couldn’t be happier with the result, I loooove the colour!  I could have easily gone mental and painted more things in my house with the same colour, but unfortunately (or luckily?) I only managed one small ladder before I accidentally spilled the bucked and had to throw out the rest of the paint.

Oh well… bring on the next pastel I say – I got more IKEA in the house!