Small Drop Leaf Table - Homemade Chalk Paint With Art Added
by
Leslie D
$30
3 Hours
Easy
I love adding original art to my painted furniture pieces. This table made a great canvas for a Poppy painting. Art doesn't have to be just on the walls!
Hand-painted poppy added and a just slight distressing. I also went over the entire top with a Minwax Stain & Seal, which slightly darkens the paint and ages it a bit. I find chalk paint to be a bit "pastel" for my taste at times. I left the legs and skirt the natural color and matched the brown in the flower to the color of the base. I had enough of the chalk paint left over to do a wooden file box with a transfer and stencil, as well!
Small Clover-shaped drop leaf table from auction - $25 (had cigarette burns on top)
Homemade chalk paint (1 part Plaster of Paris, mixed with enough water to whisk it smooth), and 3 parts Latex Interior Flat Paint (sample container from Lowes for $3), in a country green color.
File Box, done with leftover chalk paint, with Matte Medium Gel Transfer from The Graphics Fairy images, with stenciled details.
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That table is just beautiful. You are very talented it will be gone in the blink of an eye. Wish like anything that I had the extra cash. Heck, I'm proud of you and don't even know you.
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Thank you!
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