Black & Teal Console Table, heavily distressed

originally posted Aug 2013

Summer in Michigan is all about quality time spent with family and friends.  We were at the lake last month and hit

a flea market up north.

One of my husband’s friend is an exceptional chef.  In this picture, he’s doing a shrimp boil for everyone ~ yum!!

Tom is also a pro at wheeling and dealing with people at the swap meets.  The four of us got up early on the 4th and headed out to a local flea market.  I feel uncomfortable negotiating prices but Tom is a natural at it.  He had me practically rolling on the ground a couple of times, especially if Kathe gets in on the conversation.  I’ve vowed to never go to another flea market again without them.

One of the items they helped me score is this console table.  It already was solid and had great bones, just needed a little pizzazz!

Everyone’s been on my case about never painting black, what can I say, black furniture is not my thing but I bit the bullet anyway and gave it my best shot.

This piece was filthy so I gave it a good cleaning.  I highly recommend APC’s all natural Surface Prep and Brush Cleaner for cleaning furniture and brushes.  This stuff is the bomb!  The bottle is concentrated so it goes a long way without taking up valuable space in your cabinet and makes cleaning much easier.

To create this look, I slapped on a quick, sloppy coat of American Paint Company’s Beach Glass.  This serves as the base color which will peek through the black.

Shizzle Tip – After the teal dried, I noticed three different spots.  You can’t really see them here but something had spilled on it at some point in time.  Not to worry – I simply slapped on two quick coats of Zinnser’s Clear Shellac to block the spots and eliminate future bleed-through.  I prefer to use the liquid form which comes in quarts and gallons but it’s also available in a spray can which is super convenient.  

Shellac must be completely dry before applying any more paint.  

I painted it with APC’s black called Lincoln’s Hat. (update, Lincoln’s Hat has been retired and replaced with Cannonball, an even darker black).

It looked nice but you know me, it was just killing me to see an entire piece of furniture in one solid color, so I grabbed a damp rag and my handy dandy mouse sander and went to town.

I’m a huge advocate for wet sanding, but in this case, I wanted to rip some of the finish back to the original wood grain (hence the sander).

Here’s what I ended up with.

 

By the time you read this post, we will have dropped this off to our Shizzle Design space within Not So Shabby in Holland, Michigan.

Here’s the Recipe I used on this piece:

American Paint Company’s ~ Beach Glass

American Paint Company’s ~ Lincoln’s Hat, since retired.  Use Cannonball

American Paint Company’s ~ Dark Aging Wax

 

A hui hou!!  Shelly

 

To create this look, layer:

Frenchic Furniture Paint’s – Panther

Frenchic Furniture Paint’s – Anguilla

Frenchic Furniture Paint’s – Rustic Wax

or

American Paint Company’s – Cannonball

American Paint Company’s – Beach Glass

American Paint Company’s – Dark Wax

or

Old Town Paint’s – True Black

Old Town Paint’s – Teal

Old Town Paint’s – Black Wax

These three brands can be used in conjunction with one another as well

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