This is the last post in my mini series of pieces that I am re-loving and up-cycling. I've been very busy lately with applications and interviews so it has taken a little longer than I expected. So this project started on a warm sunny day in October and was finished on a busy day in November.
I didn't have a picture when I first started my mini series but I was going to paint this telephone table that my mum bought me home from where she works as a project for me to do over the summer while I was job hunting (it was done a little later than was expecting).
As with all my projects I started by sugar soap washing the table, and as it was warm and sunny I was able to paint it that day after lunch.
Once it was dry, I taped off the areas of the table that I didn't want to get paint on - I only wanted the legs and bottom shelf painted. The draw knob was also going to be painted.
Again as I love blue (I going to end up with a blue house), I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Greek Blue. I'm still getting use to how chalk paint works, so the bottom shelf isn't as smooth as some people may be able to achieve but it doesn't affect is function.
I will say that the paint is easy to get off if you get small splashes where you don't want it - just get a damp cloth and give it scrub.
Almost a month later, when I finally got round to waxing it to project the wood and paint, I would again Annie Sloan clear wax. I just used a cloth to apply the wax and to buff it afterwards. The cloth doesn't need to be anything special mine was made from some clean old PJ's cut up. The wax can also be applied with a brush.
At the moment my telephone table is living in my bedroom. My sister has informed me is that I need to decorate it to make the seasons and to show off pretty shoes (or shiny ponies as my sister has taken to calling her favourites) on the bottom shelf.
My sister at the moment is working on dip dying a chair so make sure to pop over to her blog FiveMinuteStyle to check out the results once she has posted it.
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