Our New Old Table

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I lost my mind over this y’all.

Fact

My Lord would you look at that pedestal?

I found this gem on Facebook Marketplace and drove to that soooo awesome junk store in Hendersonville that I told y’all about in my last post.  What I left out was that I begged the lady to take my credit card over the phone because I was irrationally afraid that someone else would get there before me.  Once I got to the store on a sunny less than 20 degree day it appeared that I had myself something very special.  Alas, some industrious soul had for some reason attempted to refinish the top.  The newer stain had a decidedly purple cast to it and the grain of the table top was really raised/rough.  It is important to note at this point I was completely unfazed.

Hard. Head.

That’s me 🙂

I took me almost an hour and a half and 4 sanding disks to remove that old finish and I applied the new one by the light of our from porch light.  I didn’t care one bit.  I was a girl on a mission.

Or a girl possessed.  

Pick one.

Oh. My.

I am so happy with the way this tabletop turned out!

 I was worth every bit of work I had to put in to it.  All that is on it is Annie Sloan dark wax.  Big Daddy is afraid to eat on it until I apply a good coat of AS clear wax, just to be safe………and keep me from wringing his neck.

I painted the pedestal in General Finishes Bone White Chalk Paint and I am really glad I invested in this new can of paint.  I am slowly but surely filling my paint cabinet with GF products.

I also picked up a can of Flatout Flat which is a topcoat/protectant.  I haven’t used it yet but I am excited to.  It is getting harder for these fingers to wax a lot.

Back to The World’s Greatest Junk Store story.

So far I have shared this table, the lithograph and the little table/desk that I painted green.  I have one more find yet to share and it is a mirror.

Have a great week!

Paige