I got this end table from an estate sale. Boy oh boy was it ugly and I'm talking ugly. I was a light olive type green with stain wash over the top. It made zero sense. Maybe it did in 1975. Who knows!?
Anyway, I brought it home and stripped it down to the wood. The very top surface is a reddish stained wood. I can't tell what kind of wood it is however. It was in good shape so I decided a staining with a walnut color and polyrethane would work well. The bottom shelf also had a strange red tint to it. Once again, I decided to prime everything first except for the very top, which I planned to leave natural.
I can't find all of my work-in-progress pictures for this one but will share with you those that I can find!
My youngest child is grabbing all of our memory sticks, flash drives, memory cards, etc. Constantly! When I find the pictures I will share them here!
Here are a couple of images of me applying the clock graphic to the bottom shelf! I did this by printing out an image of an appropriate size. I then turned that over and covered the back with chalkboard chalk. From there I placed it where I wanted it and then traced from the front side to transfer that chalk on the back to the shelf.
From there, I painted over the chalk with the chalk paint in Graphite and lightly distressed it overall to dull the image a tad. I painted the body of the piece in the Annie Sloane Coco chalk paint color and covered that with clear wax accenting some bits with black wax. I also chose to use a silver paint again for the small side panels!
Here is the finished piece!
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