Sunday 26 May 2013

Grandmothers Tables sitting around your house? I know mine are.

I have had these tables for 13 years, and my grandmother had them since the late 1950's.
They are such well made pieces. Not like the junk you get now a days that fall apart after 5 years.
But they have seen their better days, I guess my kids playing crash the car on the top of them, or spin the lamp around has made a few scratches along the way too.

It is time for a face lift.

I picked up Annie Sloans Chalk Paint and will be painting these pretty tables as beautiful Graphite, which is a color close to a slate grey. I have white leather couches, purple&grey curtains and side chairs to match the curtains. I will be posting the pictures as soon as I get under way on the painting.
Here is the coffee table and you can see on of the side tables in the background.


Side Tables


The only thing left is to put a dark wax on after the clear wax has time to set. It will darken this up a bit more to be richer looking.