I’m sure you’ve heard many bloggers say how wonderful the blogging community is and what great friendships and connections you can make through it.  I’m here to tell you it’s all true.  I’ve made some great friends through blogging and have connected with fellow bloggers across the country.  Blogging has also strengthened my connections in the design right here in Atlanta.

A couple of months back I connected with a fellow Atlanta designer and blogger, Kellie Smith via Instagram and learned about her new paint line.  In addition to running her design business, Kellie Smith Design Studio, Kellie recently developed and branded her own line of paints called Velvet Finishes. 

Velvet Finishes is a low VOC paint available in 18 beautiful colors and requires no special equipment or skill set (my kind of painting).  In addition to the paint, the line also includes prepping product, clear and dark glaze, wax and a satin polyurethane.

After corresponding a bit, Kellie graciously offered to send me some paint to try and I just so happened to have the perfect piece I wanted to try it on.

I found this small folding table at a thrift store in late spring ($5.00) and purchased it to use as a serving/food table when we go the park on the weekends to hang out.  I love that the table folds up, is light weight and easy to carry.  Naturally the oak wood and the traditional design on the tabletop was not the vision I had for my “picnic table”, I had something a bit more sporty in mind.

So with the help of Velvet Finishes, my little table was transformed…

 

I painted the entire table in Luxurious and then used Vivid and Eloquent to create sporty stripes.  To give the table even more of a sports vibe I painted a circle offset to one side and free-hand painted the numbers 713.

713 represents July 13th which is the day the hubs and I got married.

I just love how my folding table turned out and can’t wait to give it a spin in the park or maybe at a tailgating party this fall.  Now I just have to find a red, grey and black plaid blanket to go with my table.

You can read more about Velvet Finishes on Kellie’s website and view a gallery of projects using the paint.  I can’t wait to try the color Baroque which just happens to be the color of the year!

Thanks Kellie for sending me Velvet Finishes. I loved working with your paints and can’t wait to use it again on another project.

 top and bottom images via Kellie Smith Design Studio, all others by ConfettiStyle