tiled night table.

I haven't had a night table on my side of the bed for a while.

That's why I was pretty excited to find this on guy the curb 

while taking one of my young women home one night:

  

 That poor young women was mortified when I pulled over 

and hefted this spider infested piece of garbage into my car.

After sanding and painting, I decided to try tiling the top.

I played with a few different patterns - none felt quite right.

I wanted more gray, but Home Depot didn't have much for me.

Then I remembered that our backyard lawn 

is strewn with these little stones:

I hand-picked the flattest and grayest ones.

After washing, placing, and gluing them down,

it was time to grout ... the part I was most nervous about.

I'm definitely not a professional, that's for sure,

but I think it turned out ok!

The inside of the drawers were pretty grody, 

so I lined them with cork.

I hope the next time that young woman sees this night table

she isn't quite as disgusted.