Baseball Bat + Plant Stand = NightStand?!?

Remember this old baseball bat I purchase at an antique store a few weeks back on my shopping trip with my mom & grandma....?

Well I am sooo excited to show you what I did with it!

My mother-in-law gave me this plant stand that used to belong to her mother a couple months ago. She was getting rid of it & wanted to know if I could use it for anything or wanted to use it for one of my blog projects....

This is what it looked like before...

Well, sort of...

You see I had my dad remove the leg of the table...I'm holding it up in the picture to give you an idea of what it looked like. I specifically asked my dad to take a picture of it before he removed

the table leg, but guess what...he forgot!!

Can't complain too much...he works for free! :)

I had him replace the table leg with my new "old" bat! 

Ta Da! Pretty cool, right?

Well, it gets cooler...

So I began sanding the feet & the tabletop to get ready for the primer...

I had holes to fill in from where my dad had screwed the bat into the tabletop.

I just filled them in with a little spackling...

I primed both the tabletop & the feet...

I left the bat as it was...

I then painted the tabletop white & the feet black...

I was trying to make the top of the table look like a baseball, so I

wanted to add some red stitching to the top as well...

I used the edge of a dinner plate to get the curve that I wanted.

 I just used a pencil to trace the curve...

And then I free-handed the stitching part...

This is what it look like when I was finished...

My son's room is done in sports,

 but has a vintage feel to it with old sports decor...

which is why I LOVED the old bat! I wanted to make the tabletop & the feet look old & distressed as well, so I took some sand paper & went to work...

I sanded all of the edges of the table & then roughed up the tabletop in random spots as well...

I then took same antiquing medium & a sponge brush and began

to paint the antiquing medium onto the table top....

I just brushed on a thin layer over the surface of the table & then

took a dry cloth & wiped it off immediately after I applied it...

And this is what it looked like after I was done...

I just LOVE IT!!!

The antiquing medium really added the perfect touch to the

tabletop & totally gave me the look I was going for!

Here are a few more close-up pics to give you a better idea...

See...just like an old, beat-up baseball!

Exactly what I wanted!

I then finished the product by spraying a clear coat over the table top to seal it!

Once it dried, I took it into my son's room & it now serves as his nightstand!

I dressed it up with the antique baseball books that I also found on our shopping trip & some other items I already had in his room...

Then I had a little photoshoot...

so you could really soak up the cuteness! :)

So, that's it!

Hope you enjoyed this project as much as I did!

I am so happy with how it turned out!

I will be linking up to these sites...

 Before & After Party at Thrifty Decor Chick

Amaze Me Monday at Dittle Dattle

Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple
National Take A Risk Day at The Nester
Tips & Tutorials Tuesday at The Stories of A to Z
Tuesday Treasures at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Make it Yours Day at My Backyard Eden
Tuesday Treasures at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Time Out Tuesdays at Reasons to SkipThe Housework

Power of Paint Party at Domestically Speaking

Show & Tell Wednesday at Blue Cricket Design

Spring Fling Party at This Blessed Nest

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Transformation Thursdays at The Shabby Chic Cottage

20 Below Thursdays at Christina's Adventures
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday at Delightful Order

Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest

Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints on the Fridge

Flaunt it Friday at Chic on a Shoestring Decorating
Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous
Furniture Feature Friday at Miss Mustard Seed

Weekend Wrap-Up Party at Tatertots & Jello

Sunday Showcase Party at Under The Table & Dreaming
The Sundae Scoop at I Heart Naptime