You're Going to do What with My Coffee Table???

               Just before I sprayed this guy, I remembered to take a before picture.  :)

I sprayed it with a $5 mistint from Lowes.

After a light distressing, I glazed with black RL glaze~

I sealed the table with two coats of  Minwax Paste Finishing Wax~

My chalk paint waxing brush made it a breeze~ so much better than cheesecloth or regular cloths because you can really lay down a nice thin coat of wax with this fabulous brush!

*Update:  After Maya played with her My Little Ponies on the table top, I could see scratches in the wax.  I decided to pull all the wax off using mineral spirts, which works great, by the way, and sealed with polycrilic spray instead, to make it more durable.  :)  Of course, if you read the end of the post you'll see it really didn't matter...

Here's the before again~

All fixed up~

*Now, here's the kicker...the nice older couple who bought the table from me planned to 1- REPAINT it a different white (covering up all the distressing and glazing work, my friends) to match their fireplace hearth, and then 2- CUT the table in half and place on either side of the fireplace...SAY WHAAAT???   Now that's just brutal.  :( 

Have a great Thanksgiving holiday!!!

A Thanksgiving Table

I promised my son, Zach, we would get to park in the garage this winter so we won't freeze on the way to school again this year, so this table set that's been hogging up the garage had to be dealt with! :)

Everything got a coat of Paris Gray Chalk Paint.

The chairs and table base only needed one coat, but I gave the table top several coats. 

To distress, I mostly used a sandpaper grit of 400, along with 220.  It just doesn't take much effort with the CP!

There were so many carved details on this table set, I knew glaze would add the perfect touch.   It was pretty dang brutal glazing the six chairs, with all the legs, spindles and details!

As I wiped off the glaze, more of the paint came off.  I loved it, though, because it gave the set an extra chippy look!

I used Wipe-On Poly for the finish.  Everything got at least 2 coats.  The seats and backs of the chairs got 3 coats, and the table top got four coats for extra super duper durability.

Here is the table and two of the chairs before~

All ready for Thanksgiving dinner!

Add a leaf, and there's room for more!!!

Here's some shots of the chairs...did I mention there were 6 of these to do???   :)

HAPPY {early} THANKSGIVING!!!

Goodwill Dresser

I couldn't believe this little cutie I found at our local Goodwill store.  I never find good furniture there, but we always go because it's Maya's favorite thrift shop! :)

I gave it a light sanding, just to smooth everything out.

The sides and front of the dresser were painted with one quick coat of Duck Egg Blue Chalk Paint, and the remaining areas got a sparse coat of Old White~


After distressing, I waxed it first with clear then dark wax~

*FYI ~ Duck Egg Blue looks really gray at first!  The clear wax brings it to a pretty blue, and the dark wax adds a greenish tint to it. 

I stripped and sanded the top.  A mix of dark walnut and ebony stain gave the top a lovely, rich look.

Several coats of Tung Oil finished the top off just perfectly!


I gave the original hardware a spray of this~

The drawers were lined in this pretty brown and white fabric from JoAnn's.  I used spray adhesive to keep the fabric in place~

I think the before is pretty cute~

These are the after pics of the dresser in its' new home!  I forgot to take pics before it sold, so I got to go see it this morning in Melody's home.  I've never seen any of my pieces once they've sold, so it was so much fun!

Did you see the little glass globe on top of the dresser?  It says "Seek Beauty."  I like that!  :)  Have a beautiful day!