Can you believe it is 2013??? I wrote two checks yesterday, and my hand had to be retrained to write a new date!
The weather here is Sunny and Clear, but COLD! (Well, I guess cold is relative), but anything below 50 is cold to me. I thought I would take advantage of the clear skies to get this “Free to Me” table done in the beautiful weather. Just in time for Paris Flea Market, starts tonight!
The top of this table was seriously loved by its previous owners, two small children. Just needed a good sanding to smooth it out and it was good to go. Here we are with “le before”:
I wanted an industrial look, but warmed up with the base. I started with a base coat of Ce Ce Caldwell’s Smoky Mountain Blue. Mine was good to the last drop. Literally. If you just keep adding a little water when you get to the bottom of the can, you can get every last drop out, and I did!
After this dried, I went over the next layer with a thin coat of CeCe’s Seattle Mist. Since it was so dry and clear, this dried very quickly too. My next step was where the weathered wood begins.
I used a clear glaze medium, about 1 cup. I added 1 drop of Modern Masters Burnt Umber and about 4 drops of Modern Masters Black colorant. Stirred this very well, then brushed it on in sections, and went back over it, by “taking it off” with a cheese cloth scrunched up like a pompom.
When the glaze was complete, I spritzed the top of the table with water. This produced the water stains look. This took about an hour to dry.
I finished the piece by sealing it with one coat of CeCe Caldwell’s Satin Finish, then one coat of CeCe’s Clear Wax for extra durability.
The base of the table I painted in one of my favorites. CeCe Caldwell’s California Gold. I sanded the final coat with a 320 grit, followed by a 220 grit for distressing. I sealed the base with CeCe’s clear wax. Which my dried out fingernails and cuticles loved too!
It took a trip down to Paris Flea yesterday where it will be for sale for this weekend! Let’s hope it is Sunny Skies and someone will want a fair weathered table for their home.
The combinations on this look are endless Grey skies where you live? Make some weathered wood and add some California Gold, it will seem like a beach day in no time.
Sharing my fair weather creation at these sunny parties:
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This table is gorgeous Karen!! I love that top…perfection!
That is awesome! I love the weathered look. I’m pinning this to my ‘fine furniture’ board so I can find it quickly when I have a piece that needs this technique! and you have no idea what cold is – it’s been about 9 degrees the past couple mornings and it doesn’t get up to freezing.
You are truly an artist! I hope to be as good as you one day! And you have certainly inspired my junking trips. Stuff seems to find me and I never come home with the empty car that I started with! The garage is overflowing as is the back deck so I am off to sign the lease on my first space in an antique mall. As much as I lvoe it, I can’t keep it all!! lol
that is SO cool! love the color combo and finish! happy 2013!!
Love it, as usual you work miracles. I still haven’t repainted my dresser in which the dark wax did not cooperate. Soon I hope.
absolutely fabulous!! can I order directly from them?
Love it Karen! Happy 2013!
What a great job ( as always my friend )
Happy New Year – can’t wait to see what dumpster diving treasures you come up with this year!
XXX
This is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful finish you’ve created Karen! You really are so talented! That table will be gone in no time!
It turned out nice. And you know… there are more of *them* then there are of *us*. Them is the people who don’t paint or refurbish furniture, they go buy it from the people like *us*.
Bliss
Wow! This table turned out wonderfully! I gotta do this to my table. Thanks for the inspiration
I’m a new follower!
Oh my gosh you’re absolutely right, it’s FREEZING out…… waking up to 30 degrees is SICK. Great table by the way!
I love the way your table turned out . . . the weathered look of the top is something I’ve been wanting to learn to do. Thank you for sharing your technique. Patti
The table turned out great! I have little ones who have “loved” some of our furniture a little too much. I may have to try this. Visiting from TT&J Wrap Party.
Wow! I can’t believe that baby was FREE! Nice!!! I’ve never heard of spraying water like that ~ I’ll have to give it a try sometime, because the table turned out GREAT!