Well it's not quite technically still Hump Day Home Makeover (thanks to the slowness of my WiFi), but I'm gonna run with it...While most
people watched and tweeted about how boring the Superbowl was the other weekend …I tackled a new DIY project.
As I’ve said before DIYing in the city can really be
exhausting. Hopping from the East Village to Midtown to LES and back over to Flatiron to pick up
supplies, and makeshift supplies at that. In a city that has everything, the lack of
craft stores really says it all. New Yorkers don’t craft. I mean after endless
marathons of Friends and SATC was anyone every crafting?? Turns out the consistent snow storms have brought the DIYer in me back out. And what better way to easily get
my DIY fix than to makeover an existing piece of furniture, my kitchen table.
I read around different blogs for tips on how to tackle this technique and picked out my supplies - a hand sander, Benjamin Moore Advance paint in an aqua color (Misty Green), polycrylic protective finish in clear, teal, green and black acrylic paints, paint jars, a medium sized brush and two different sizes of fan brushes. First things first, I cleaned the table, lightly sanded it and applied the misty green paint. I let it dry for a few hours and applied 2 coats.
Once it was dry, I mixed a dark green color by combining the green, black and polycrylic together, and another for the teal + polycrylic. To create the malachite look, I alternated between both colors and different sizes of the fan brush creating swiggly circles in loops. It actually was harder for me to get a handle on the technique than I thought, but I think the best piece of advice was to keep your wrist lose and the paint wet so you can adjust swiggles and colors as needed. I started on one side of the table going from top to bottom.
The fan brushes with the dark green and teal colors made a nice pattern over the misty green letting it show through in the design. This really gave the design depth making it look more like the real deal.
In the end, I really love the table and the idea of making it more of a desk and recipe browsing station in the kitchen.
Wow that turned out great!! I am stealing your chair :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! We should go to surprise surprise when you're back next week. They're closing and have faux lucite chairs! Maybe we can get a deal.
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