Chelsea's Garage: Peek-A-Week #5 {Two-Toned Table}

May 26, 2014

Peek-A-Week #5 {Two-Toned Table}

By Cate

Happy Memorial Day all! We are so thankful to all those who serve, have served, and gave their lives for our country. As a diplo-brat myself, I have had the honor of meeting a lot of wonderful service men and women in my travels. Wherever you are serving today, I hope that you are safe and know we at Chelsea's Garage are grateful for all that you have done.

For all you readers here on the "home front," I have another sneak-peak for you! Since the June 7th Garage Sale is also my debut, Chelsea and I thought I should do this week's peek-a-week.

Voila! A two-toned coffee table.

When I found this table at local thrift store, it was an outdated yellow mess. But underneath all that scratched-up polyurethane was a beautifully intricate weave design. So I applied my trusty Citristrip and let it do its magic. After a couple of hours, that polyurethane flaked right up and was easy to scrape off so I could stain the natural wood. You can see some pics of the process below.

From yellow to handsome-fellow (see what I did there ;)

I re-stained the top with a warm Colonial Maple Minwax stain and painted the trim and legs with a crisp white homemade chalk paint. I would have used some Annie Sloan Pure White, but I was too impatient to run out and get some. I did, on the other hand, have a generic flat white and some Plaster of Paris - the two key ingredients in a homemade chalk paint recipe I found on LiveLoveDIY.