Hand Painted Checked Table

I bought this old table at the flea market for $6.00:

A little sanding, glue and a quick spray coat of Heirloom White really cleaned it up well:

I wanted a "Mackenzie-Childs type Courtly Check" on the top so I drew grid lines using a yardstick as a guide for width and length:

and began the tedious job of painting checks(I call this "doodling"):

And being a right-handed gal, I KNOW I should paint from left to right, but I got carried away and got a bit DIZZY and smudged:

And that is when this comes in handy:

Here is the finished table:

A perfect little tea table!

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