Coffee Tabular Array Stride Yesteryear Step

 

First, allow me start off past times maxim I am far from an practiced on icon furniture. In fact, although I guide maintain painted belike close 80% of the pieces inwards my dwelling menage I unremarkably but rush through icon them as well as skip steps as well as hence ever terminate upwardly regretting it later. Well, I don't unremarkably regret that I painted the slice (I LOVE painted furniture), I but regret that I didn't accept the fourth dimension to create it properly. This fourth dimension I decided to accept my fourth dimension as well as at to the lowest degree endeavor to create it right. I photographed the pace past times pace procedure of stripping the top. I didn't bother to photograph the icon business office because I figured that wasn't actually necessary. Anyway, similar I said, I actually don't know what I am doing I to a greater extent than oftentimes than non but "wing it" as well as promise it turns out. If yous desire to actually acquire to a greater extent than close icon article of furniture I highly recommend visiting 1 of these blogs, where these lovely ladies guide maintain a wealth of noesis as well as plough over far to a greater extent than detailed data on icon furniture: Marian at Miss Mustard Seed, Shaunna of Perfectly Imperfect, as well as Kate at Centsational Girl.

Okay, hence hither is what the java tabular array looked similar before. We bought it close 5 years ago. It was a flooring model at Pottery Barn as well as was hugely discounted equally they were clearing things out addition it had a few piffling dings inwards it. I LOVED the size of it as well as the fact that the drawers pulled out on both sides (there are iv drawers as well as each 1 is actually long as well as tin dismiss endure pulled out from either side).

When nosotros moved hither 3 as well as a one-half years agone the movers damaged most of our furniture. In those get-go few weeks I painted hence many pieces (with assist from my sisters) I idea I would scream. The java tabular array was on the listing but I never got some to it as well as I but decorated the piece of job past times to shroud all the damage. Over the past times few years it has gotten to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than messed upwardly as well as finally finally calendar week I decided to cook it up. I had originally been planning on icon the whole affair 1 coloring but hence decided it mightiness endure fun to strip the piece of job past times as well as stain it for a to a greater extent than natural expect as well as hence pigment as well as distress the bottom. I figured worse case, if it didn't plough out correct I could but pigment over the top. 

The piece of job past times had all sorts of marks similar this:

So, hither is what I started with:

I followed the directions on the tin dismiss as well as brushed on a coat over the whole piece of job past times as well as hence allow it sit down for close xx to xxx minutes.

Then I started scraping away.

In some spots it came off ridiculously slow as well as some spots non hence much.

So, I brushed on some other layer of the gel:

Here it is after 2 rounds, looking meliorate but yet non done:

Lillie loves "helping" alongside my projects but because this wasn't a child-friendly projection she but watched as well as made certain I was doing it right. =) She was allowed to assist pigment the other 2 projects I did finally week, though (a chalkboard frame as well as an armoire).

Whew! Three rounds afterward hither it was! I could already tell I was going to love it! I guide maintain to tell fifty-fifty though it did accept 3 rounds it actually was quite easy. So much easier than I had anticipated. The finally projection I did using stripper was a nightmare as well as I had been scared to role it since. This was remarkably slow as well as it was fifty-fifty quite fun watching the erstwhile stain but pare correct off!

After that I used my piffling sander to sand the whole piece of job past times down. You could but role regular sandpaper too. I bought this sander at Lowe's 5 years agone for less than $30 when I was fixing upwardly a couple of twin beds for our finally menage (those hapless beds got damaged hence badly inwards our motion I could entirely salve parts of both as well as made the daybed out on our dorsum porch alongside the pieces that were usable). Anyway, it was a worthwhile investment equally I guide maintain used it over as well as over for quite a few dissimilar projects.

Once I had it sanded downward I used this stain as well as applied 1 lite coat. After that dried I added a 2nd coat as well as that was it!

And that was it for the top!

 For the bottom of the tabular array I used Benjamin Moore's Revere Pewter. I used 1 coat as well as hence touched it upwardly inwards a few spots alongside a 2nd coat. After it had dried I mitt distressed it alongside sandpaper. I conception on sealing the piece of job past times but but haven't quite gotten to that yet.

And don't forget today at noon nosotros volition endure having our largest batch ever of Growth Charts available! Yay! And if they sell out don't worry nosotros volition piece of job on to endure making much larger batches equally long equally their is yet a ask for them!

I promise yous all guide maintain a wonderful Tuesday!