This was an old console table given to me by my aunt. It had water damage and many scratches.
After a light sand, I painted with rust oleum chalk paint in pink, once dry I painted in charcoal chalk paint. A light sand all over to bring through the pink colour from underneath.
Finished with chalked protective top coat (not easy to work with) and new handles for the drawers as one of the original ones were broken.
This now has a new life holding my keys and lego 🤣
Steps
Step 1
Step 1- Ready the work area, make sure you have plenty of room to move. Get the song playlist ready 😊
Step 2
Step 2- Clean off all dust ect you can with damp rag before starting to sand.
Step 3
Step 3- Start sanding!
I hand sanded the whole table as I prefer hand sanding over the numerous power sanders I have.
Step 4
Step 4- Paint! I just used cheap brushes that I threw after use.
The beauty of chalk paint is you don’t have to worry too much about brush strokes as it all adds to the charm of the item once finished.
Step 5
I did two coats of the pink chalk paint. Then let it completely dry for two days.
Step 6
Painting the top paint colour. I did two coats of charcoal chalk paint over the pink.
Step 7
After allowing top paint colour to dry for a few days, get the fine sanding block and sand lightly to get the lower paint colour to show through.
How much you sand or don’t sand is up to how you like the look. But I’ll say take it light and easy, as you can sand more off but you can’t put it back as easily (lesson learnt) 🤣
Step 8
Continue sanding for colour to show through until you have achieved the look you want.
Step 9
Now for the top coat. 😬
The website for the chalk paint said to use their brushes for this, but they were horrible to work with and kept falling apart.
Other brushes also left brush strokes and this stuff is thick and a pain to work with.
I eventually settled on foam brushes, it left no brush strokes and applied easier than normal brush.
only use a little at a time and move quickly as this stuff gets thick and dries quickly.
Step 10
I did two coats of the top coat with a light sand of fine sanding block in between coats. Then using tack cloth to remove anything before the final top coat.
Then added drawer handles and put inside 😊
