In January when one of my favorite thrift stores closed, I took advantage of some great sales. You my remember this coffee table. It had been marked $15, then marked down to $10, I got it for 50% off.
This is what it looked like when I got it.
Later that month I won a giveaway over at Linda’s blog, Coastal Charm.
This is what I won—miss mustard seed’s milk paint.
When I paint furniture, I always turn it upside down and paint the bottom. On this piece I painted the very bottom, but not the bottom of the top shelf.
I painted two coats of the milk paint onto the table, the color is Typewriter. Please ignore the “disco” lights on the picture… not sure why my camera does that sometimes.
While the paint is drying.
This is after two coats. If you know about MMS Milk Paint, it generally chips or flakes off to expose the original finish. It didn’t really happen on this table. There were a few places where it sort of didn’t “take”, but not the widespread natural distressing it is known for.
I distressed it slightly with a putting knife, then gave it two coats of MMS Wax.
Not bad for a $5 table, eh?
When I won the paint, I also ordered another color, Tricycle…. bet you can guess what color that is…
Thank you Reborn Interiors and Coastal Charm for introducing me to miss mustard seed’s milk paint.
gail
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I just saw this post Gail. I have a table like this, only it would have been the matching side table to this coffee table. It would have had a shelf towards the end and up high. This part of the end table was removed. After painting it, I used broken pieces of china and tiled the top. I added gold corner protectors. It is a perfect coffee table in our trailer trailer camper.