My $5.00 Front Hall Table

 

I'm participating in "Thrifty Homes"

 Refinished Furniture Party!

I found this really nice table on my "Saturday Sailing Day" (garage sale) No haggling was needed, the lady only wanted $5.00 for it. "SOLD"
Since I'm on the quest to do my entire townhouse in "French Country", I thought it was perfect for the front hall....I also found, yes in the trash in front of a house, a really nice, heavy, mirror! I thought this would be perfect to replace the very old and not very sturdy one, that hung there for the past 5 years....
The found mirror had many layers of different color paint on it.. not wanting too much work for myself, I just primed and painted white.

My plan, is to distress my kitchen cabinets, and thought this might be the perfect piece to test my skills.  I do know you put on white paint and sand the areas you want to distress. Since this table was painted red I thought better, then primed and painted with a satin, heavy white, used for cabinets and trim. 

After letting the paint dry overnight, I put some dark brown craft paint in furniture gloss... shook it well,  then with a soft paint brush, I applied the gloss, trying to go with the grain of the wood. (that was tricky)

 After letting the gloss remain on for just a few minutes, I then removed most of it until I saw the desired look I was after. Although I did have to reapply in certain areas.

I'll tell you, "It was easier than I thought".  I loved the finished look!

Now that I'm looking at the photo above, I think I'll put some pewter craft paint on the key hole.

I found the perfect spot to display the "Black Eyed Susan's" growing in my garden!

Now that I know how easy it is to distress furniture, 

it's "On to the kitchen cabinets"

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Thrifty Home Refinished Furniture Party