PJH Designs

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Dutch Chocolaat Side Table

Hello everyone I hope you had a wonderful week.

It has been a little crazy around here as my daughter had her third child, a boy named Bowen, prematurely. Mother and son are fine and are suppose to be able to come home tomorrow. Isn't he just precious?!

Before all this happened I did finish a few pieces of furniture including this ca.1968 side table. I thought I had taken a before picture but was unable to find it. Sorry. It is a solid wood table and was stained with a medium, dark, orange stain.

I started out by painting the whole table with "Soldier Blue" milk paint.

I did not use the bonding agent as I wanted the table to have a distressed look. If you don't add the bonding agent to milk paint it will not adhere like regular paint in spots, and as a result you can just scrape the loose spots away and voila, your piece is distressed.

If you look at the top you can see the areas that had loose paint.

I changed my mind about what I wanted to do and painted the top only with "Old White" chalk paint. Changing her mind is still a woman's prerogative isn't it? :-)

Once that was dry I added an image from The Graphics Fairy using decoupage. I chose a Dutch chocolate ad and applied just the image with Mod Podge and free handed the words with Expresso paint and a fine, artist, paint brush.

I then applied an antique glaze tinted with Expresso paint to the entire table wiping it away with a dry cloth. After the glaze dried I took a sanding block and distressed the entire table again.

The streak across this picture is a rainbow reflection from my chandelier. I just couldn't get rid of it! lol

Once everything was completely dry I applied two coats of clear wax to seal it.

I hope you have enjoyed this little make over and that I have inspired you to try milk paint. It is very easy to work with and if you want it to bond like regular paint just buy the bonding agent and add it according to instructions.

If you would like to see another post on using milk paint go here.