Blue and White, Minus the Nautical Vibe

I finally have a color palette for our downstairs.  (Everyone cheer please!)  I have always loved blues and should have just known, but now it's decided.  I love a navy blue with crisp white.  It's clean, it's classic, and it's so pretty.  Yea!!

I picked up this coffee table at a garage sale.  (Along with the $3 sander!)  And put the kids to work.  Really though, they were so excited to sand.  

After a couple paint coats, wa-lah, I have a fabulous blue coffee table.

Question for you: The top seems a little sticky.  Has anyone had this problem and remedied it somehow?  Is there a solution to coat the paint with that seals it more, so it isn't sticky?

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This pillow is my inspiration.  I LOVE it.  I found it at Target several months ago and had to buy it.  Now, I can't find it anywhere.  I would love fabric like this for my kitchen valance.  Has anyone seen this for purchase somewhere?  

And I love how it's blue and white but not nautical.  I'm thinking navy and white chevron would make for good pillows too.  Really, I just want to find all the blue and white fabric possibilities out there.  So please send me your favorites if you find any!

5 comments:

  1. Ok if you figure out how to fix your stickiness, be sure to post about it! because i have two sticky end tables! They attract dust like crazy which is unseemly, but makes them less sticky, and when i clean them off they're newly sticky again! argh!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011

    Love your color combo. My dream living room is navy blue and white with tan, especially jute / sisal / other natural fibers. My dream kitchen is hydrangea blue and white.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011

    Anonymous = Rachel D, btw. My browser has serious issues with your blog. grr.

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  4. Okay, two things. 1) Paint DOES take very long to cure/dry--even when it's 'dry' to the touch, the under layers can take a while, especially if they were thick layers. Plus it's humid here, so that doesn't help the process. So, I'd say if this was happening just for a few days or even a week after it was painted, that would be expected (but it's been longer than that, huh?)

    SO, 2) I would try giving it a few coats of poly--plus you'll want the extra protection that gives you since this is a coffee table in a well-used space. I'd use Polycrylic (since it's water-based) instead of Polyurethane--the kind I love is on the stain aisle at HD, in a blue can. You have to really pay attention to the drying times in between coats, don't jump the gun (I think it's about 4 hrs in between, but go longer if it's drizzly outside). Put a thin coat on, let it dry the alotted time, then sand lightly with 220 sand paper, wipe off dust, apply a second coat, then repeat until your third coat is dry.

    Just because I was curious, I googled it too and this is what I found (you could also try this blow-dryer method, but it also could be caused by the surface under the paint):
    http://www.ehow.com/how_7799467_fix-tacky-paint.html

    Good luck. Keep us posted! (Oh yeah, and LOVE the color combo, AND congrats on coming to a decision!) Uh-hem.. and sorry for the novel.

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  5. This is awesome! I really like it and i appreciate our idea to combine the blue with whites. Really a dream home room and i am also going to try something new from your creation.

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