Distressed Coffee Table Diy

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  Step 1

  Clean all dust and grime from the coffee table you want to distress.

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  Step 2

  Use chalk paint and paint over the top. For this I used the Indian Summer color of Amy Howard’s chalk paint. You do not need to sand off the paint or varnish of your furniture. That is just the beauty of using chalk paint. Two coats will be enough. Make sure to thoroughly dry the first coat before applying the second coat.

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  Step 3

  The foot of the legs have this brass clasp on it except on one. I don’t know where I could find or buy the exact replacement for it so I just removed all the metal leg support and painted the edges the same color as the table top.

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  Step 4

  You can paint the underside of the table the same color or you can use brown paint as I did here.

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  Step 5

  Once the paint is dry, wear a dust mask and sand the table. You do have to sand all the sections you painted to smoothen out the paint.
  Then in random sections of the table, top and sides, sand off heavily so that the wood or color under the paint gets exposed.

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  Step 6

  You want to distress only certain parts.

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  Step 7

  When you feel you've distressed enough, remove the dust with a lint free cloth and apply clear furniture wax. Buff it after a few minutes. Then buff it again the next day.

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  Step 8

  You now have a distressed coffee table with a vintage feel.

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MaryamWasim 2nd June 2017

nice One...

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ElsaR Blog · 10 projects 30th December 2016

I love it!

Queti A. · 7 projects 1st January 2017

Thanks Elsa Glad you like it.

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