This Was a Roadside Table. Revamped to a Functional Piece
My first painted furniture project. I started without any idea of how I wanted this to look. Made my decisions as I worked on the piece and I'm very pleased with my results.
I spent a few hours sanding off the old dark finish.
And more sanding....
And yet more sanding,
I had decided that I wanted to keep the nicely distressed top in a dark walnut stain, but I wanted to add some colour too. So I mixed up a small batch of home made chalk paint using a bit of leftover colour from another project.
Next I decided that the paint was too bright, so using a dark gel walnut colour is started to age the blue paint.
The gel stain really brought out the destressed marks on this piece.
Now that I had it the colour aged I stained the top.
From junk to practical. This is the first piece of furniture I painted and aged this way. I'm so pleased with the result, I'm starting to look at all the antique furniture I have and planning my next painted furniture project!
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That's what happens when you have success on the first try, that paint brush will be smoking. This piece really looks good and solid.
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Can you give us your total recipe for doing this beautiful job??
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