From Wooden Spool to Awesome End Table for Chicago Cubs Theme Mancave

Even though I mainly work with upcycling clothing, I can not resist an opportunity to recycle just about anything. When I stumbled across this wooden spool that had been left to rot on the back corner of our property, I couldn't resist it. I had a need for an end table in our Cubs themed mancave, and since my tastes run on the rustic side, I knew that need was about to be fulfilled! I started be sanding it down (after cleaning it up, of course) and then rubbed white paint on with a rag, to give it the white washed look. Then, I stenciled a vintage Chicago Cubs logo on to the top and painted the outline, filling in the blue areas but leaving the distressed white to show through. I had to enlarge the logo on my laptop and print it out in sections to get the correct size, then I taped it together and used simple tracing paper (the kind you use to mark fabric) to trace the pattern on to the top. I watered down red acrylic paint to get the washed out, vintage look and coated the top with polyurethane so that it would be water resistant. It fits perfectly in with our Cubs den!