My Frenchy Table Redo
I have a bad habit of going to the Sal v ation Army in hopes something there wants to come home. I had to have this little round table with cabinet doors,even if it was in a 1970 French Provincial paint job. The marble top with ogee edge was pretty and had a bit of pink taupe and gold running through it's creme top. This table is solid wood and well constructed. It cost me $39.00 Time for the makeover: ws it going to be hot pink, black, or grey....I ended up going with a Gustavian grey. I took off the top and got out the can of leftover Ben Moore Palladium Blue. I wanted to create a table that could have been on the movie set of Marie Antoinette. A finish that was a chalky gray blue that could have been born of French and Swedish cabinetmakers. I started brushing the paint on. I kind of liked the gold highlights but I didn't want it to be so "in your face". I used a rag to rub off the gold after I painted each panel, and swirly area. Some of it was going to show mo...