I picked up this cute little accent table at a garage sale for $5. I liked the unique shape of it and knew I would eventually have a special purpose for it.
I decided to use the table in my living room, but knew I needed to lighten it up a bit because we have a little too much brown going on in there right now. I decided to do a paint treatment just to the table top and leave the base alone. I started by doing a light sanding of the top finish to the table top.
Since I am doing a letter project with paint and wood grain I wanted to put a coat of fresh stain on the top to achieve a nice contrast.
Once the stain was dry I placed my letters. I used alphabet stickers from the craft store $1.99 a pack. I bought two packs but still needed more of certain letters such as "e" and "a" but I didn't want to purchase several more sticker packets resulting in a lot of waste. I traced the letters I still needed on contact paper then cut them out with a craft blade.
Once my letters were set, I painted one coat of paint. I used some leftover wall paint that I had on hand. Once the paint was very dry I scored the edges of the letters with a craft blade before removing the stickers.
Next I lightly sanded the paint to give it a lightly distressed appearance.
I wiped on, then immediately wiped off gel stain in walnut to highlight the distressed marks and give the paint an aged look.
Lastly, when the stain is dry I painted on a coat of clear water based poly in a satin finish.
This was a very quick and very frugal little project. The table was $5, the stickers were less than $4 and I used leftover paint, stain and poly that I had in the garage.
The best thing about a project like this is if you mess it up, just sand it back to the original wood again and re-stain it. No harm. I am happy with the result.
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