Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Smiling Sunflower

That's how I perceive sunflowers.... the smiling flower, because they are so bright and cheerful. My mom made a mosaic tabletop for a "found" table that we refurbished last summer. Don't you just love the ladybug accent? :-)


The table base was left here at the house by previous owners. All we did was clean it up and spray paint it a bright and vibrant red. We also painted two old metal patio chairs that were Tom's, but they got a fresh coat of aqua instead of the red paint. Click here to see a photo of the repainted table and chairs.

Mom will probably visit sometime in May, and bring the new tabletop with her! Isn't it gorgeous?! Can you just imagine what something like this might cost? I'm glad my mom is soooo talented. :-)

16 comments:

  1. It's gorgeous! I love renovate things and give a new look for old stuff. Enjoy the teatime on your gorgeous new table Susan. Love: Evi

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  2. wonderful table and I love sunflowers!

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  3. This is such a "WOW" piece! So adorable, esp the ladybug!! I wish I were talented and pateint enough to finish something like this.

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  4. I always think of sunflowers as smiling, too. Love that table.

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  5. It's going to be gorgeous when you put those two pieces together!

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  6. WOW, that is just beautiful!!
    I wish I had a creative mom...

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  7. Wow - that is beautiful. It's going to look great with the red base and aqua chairs!

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  8. This is beautiful!!! Great photo. I love mosaics a lot, always have. As a kid I would create my own out of cut-up magazine pictures. I went to the other site to see the repainted table but am confused. Did you spray paint the whole mosaic table red?

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  9. OMG!!! This is so cool! What a great mosaic ~ yes, it's cheerful! :) Love the ladybug.

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  10. I love it. What a fab way of recycling something and wha a clever mummt you have! Just needs a couple of glasses of Pimms and your set.

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  11. That is beautiful. I wish the previous owners of this house would have left us something besides a lot of work.

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  12. What a cute tabletop. Love the ladybug on the sunflower. Your mom is so talented!

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  13. Freckles doesn't like her one bit and is pretending to not even see her! No surprise. He's 11 years old and she's 7 weeks and very mouthy.

    Thanks for the encouraging words, though, one can only hope!

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  14. Terrific mosaic table. Great colors-I love mosaics.

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I love all your comments, thank you!