Vintage Foyer Table

Hello everyone I hope your week has started out great.  I wanted to share this darling table I picked up from a friend.  She had asked me over to look at a vintage bedroom suit and I saw this sad little table sitting to the side and asked about it.  She said “Oh, you don’t want that old piece.” She couldn’t believe me when I said that was just the sort of furniture I liked. lol

Here it is finished.

Now here is the before.

Sad huh?  The veneer on the top peeled right off and the stain was mostly gone so a little scrubbing was all it needed.

The first step was to paint the piece in ASCP “Old White."

The trim around the top and bottom shelf I painted gold.

Also, I had promised on FB to share a new transfer method I just tried out and guess what?  I love it!  I used a transfer paper called “TAP” (Transfer Artist Paper) and it will supposedly transfer on wood, glass, cloth, metal just about anything.  Of course I had to be different and try the only thing it didn’t list.  I wanted to transfer onto painted wood.

Here’s how the paper looks its quit heavy.

It comes in regular 8” x 11 1/2” sheets and you print onto the white side.  If you would like to by some go here. I chose a beautiful French label from who else but The Graphics Fairy.

The image printed out beautifully, notice I printed it out in reverse so it would transfer properly.

Next I pre-heated my iron, according to the instructions, to the highest, dry setting; centered my image; and started ironing it quickly all over never staying in one place (except when I tried to take a picture with my left hand lol) for long.

It took only a few seconds for the image to transfer and I carefully peeled it back only to see it had been too hot and bubbled the paint in places, and in other places did not transfer.

Obviously the setting was too hot for transferring to painted wood.  I applied a small rose to the center of the bottom shelf and used a cooler setting going from linen to cotton but it was still a little too hot.  My next project I will set it to medium or even a cooler setting and it should do just fine.

Well, I was upset at first but the more I looked at it and worked with it the more I liked it.  I wanted a worn, vintage look and the bubbles and missing pieces were working for me, and it looked like normal wear and tear.

I decided to go a step further and add an antique crackle glaze.

When the crackle dried  I applied a light coat of “Old White” again to activate it.  Gosh, for such a little table it sure is making for a large post! 

Next, to age it even more I applied an Expresso antique glaze and wiped it off with a damp rag as I did not want the finish to be very dark.

To finish I applied a coat of clear wax, then distressed, and then applied another coat of clear wax with a little dark wax here and there to seal the table.

So there you have it a pretty, shabby chic table that looks vintage and time worn.

Hope you enjoyed this little table and that the “TAP” comes in handy for you on the next project.


OM Gosh I just found out my blog has been featured again! Linda over at Coastal Charm just featured my end table from this post on her Nifty Thrifty Tuesday's.  Thanks so much Linda.

I’m sharing with the following lovely ladies: