En Plein Aire

 

Take one old charity shop table

 

add one generous coat of Annie Sloan paint ( I used Versailles) painted on quickly and randomly

 

wait for it to dry.....................

.............be patient now

 

then add a sparse and randomly brushed second coat in a different colour - I used Annie Sloan's "Original" .

 

so far so good..... (and I can see the brush strokes from the first coat which is what I wanted)

 

sand to achieve your desired level of distressedness (new word?) and a smooth finish.....

then brush on Annie Sloan clear wax,  then a little dark wax........

now this is where I forgot most of what I had been taught on the Annie Sloan paint course and it wasn't until I had nearly finished brushing on the clear wax everywhere that I remembered I should have done it in sections if I wanted to use the dark wax.

Oh well............I added some anyway, and immediately regreted it as I couldn't wipe off the excess, so I quickly sloshed on some more clear wax to enable me to take off most of the dark - phew, complete disaster averted.

Add another coat of clear wax then buff when dry.

 

Then add one dog, one dog bed, and an old lap quilt off eBay


 

hmmm not sure about high rise living......

 

well, I'll try it for a while and see

 

 

 

Not entirely satisfied with the finish, it looks OK but I wish I had managed to get it a bit more "chippy" looking and had read up my course notes first on the wax.

In fact I wish I had managed to paint a piece straight after the Annie Sloan painting course I went on ( at Dovetails, in Sevenoaks Kent - thanks Perry and Sue!) whilst it was all still fresh in my mind.


 

But it doesn't look too bad.

 

And Logan seems happy enough with his new raised bed.