Stain stain stain!!! I'd stain the whole thing with a rich cherry stain and then do a thin layer of white over and shabby and sand the heck out of it! let all of the stain show through!
If this were *my* table, I would probably paint each plank of wood in a different beachy shade - maybe one creamy white, one blue, one surf green, one brown, one cream? (if we must "paint by numbers" the annie sloan way, then 1-old white/2-provence & Louis mix /3 antibes & louis mix / 4-primer & oliver mix / 5-cream) HEAVILY distress, then seal with a poly product, because the waxing of a heaviliy used table top has NEVER worked out for me. Then I'd paint the base in either the surf green or blue, since I love color and I think the base would need something "heavier" than just white, so that the top doesn't look out of place. I'd heavily distress that too. Anyway, I hope you get my vision and it doesn't sound too crazypants. I did a piece like this, it's on my Facebook page if you want to check it out. www.facebook.com/stellarjunk and flip thru all my albums till you encounter a project called "Courtney." I loved the look and the piece sold very quickly for me. Good luck with your project, and Stiltskin, I love this concept! :)
Stain stain stain!!! I'd stain the whole thing with a rich cherry stain and then do a thin layer of white over and shabby and sand the heck out of it! let all of the stain show through!
ReplyDeleteI would stain the top and paint the bottom and legs white!
ReplyDeleteI would paint it, distress it and stencil something creative on the top :)
ReplyDeleteOld White first coat,then stripes, distress the heck out of it, clear and dark wax
ReplyDeleteIf this were *my* table, I would probably paint each plank of wood in a different beachy shade - maybe one creamy white, one blue, one surf green, one brown, one cream? (if we must "paint by numbers" the annie sloan way, then 1-old white/2-provence & Louis mix /3 antibes & louis mix / 4-primer & oliver mix / 5-cream) HEAVILY distress, then seal with a poly product, because the waxing of a heaviliy used table top has NEVER worked out for me. Then I'd paint the base in either the surf green or blue, since I love color and I think the base would need something "heavier" than just white, so that the top doesn't look out of place. I'd heavily distress that too. Anyway, I hope you get my vision and it doesn't sound too crazypants. I did a piece like this, it's on my Facebook page if you want to check it out. www.facebook.com/stellarjunk and flip thru all my albums till you encounter a project called "Courtney." I loved the look and the piece sold very quickly for me. Good luck with your project, and Stiltskin, I love this concept! :)
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