{Happy Accident} – Before & After

I cant believe I didn’t get a before pic of this table, it was falling apart and almost had to be trashed.  But it was old and chippy, just how I like’m. 

I was painting another table white, so I thought I would paint this one at the same time.  After it was dry, I distressed it with a sanding block.  I didn’t sand the table real great before painting it, so that way when I distressed it the new paint would flake off and look chippy.

But, I wasn’t feeling the bright white, it was too plain and had no “umpfh”.  So I grabbed some Kona stain by Rustoleum and slathered it on and then wiped it off.  (think I need a manicure?!)

I was thinking that when I wiped it off, it would give me a creamy tannish color.  But, instead I got this awesome pinky, gray color that I love!!  It totally fits the table and has that vintage feel.  I cant wait to try this on a bigger piece of furniture.  Its such a unique color.  I love when things like this happen – happy accidents :)

When I was all done wiping the stain off, I clear coated it with Wood Classics poly by Sherwin Williams in a gloss.  By the way, the top is also stained with the same colored stain.

I love the top – I didn’t sand off all the old finish, I really wanted the table to look worn.  So after I restained the top, I sanded off a lot of the stain to show the old stain underneath.

I did list this table for sale @ Sweet Pickins, but I really think it would look awesome on my front porch, so im kinda hoping it stays :)

AND, I finished my first “home” project of 2012!  Its awesome (well, at least I think so!) and cant wait to show it, I will be back Sunday with that post.  I posted this pic on my Facebook Page – can you guess what it is?!  Sorry – super bad cropped photo from my phone!