When I moved to my apartment in Lincoln Park, my mom was able to find me these cheap-o side tables at a garage sale for my living room. While they were in okay shape the past year and a half, they had incurred some damage that mostly can be chalked up to pre-game party fouls (read: wine spills, ring stains, you name it). After taking a class at Vintage Pine about how to use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, I decided to use these tables as one of my first projects with the awesome paint.
Both of these tables were wooden and had some unknown leathery/papery tabletop with a gold filigree border. It would look really pretty if they were in good condition, but they just weren’t anymore. For anyone that hasn’t used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint before, it is truly a God-send for furniture painting. Annie Sloan, a French DIY-er, invented it so that a woman could paint a piece of furniture in the morning and have it done by the time her husband came back from work in the evening. It dries sooo fast! I was done with this entire project in 5 hours- and that included minimal sanding, 2 coats of paint and a wax finish. The paint is also water-based, which means that it’s not harmful to breathe in! I actually did this entire project in my boyfriend’s kitchen… thanks to M for letting me use his apartment while he was trying to watch a Marquette game in the next room 🙂
My tables after one coat of Napoleonic Blue paint:Â 
I went to Anthropologie and picked out these knobs for the table that has a little drawer. So cute! here are my tables with before and after shots:
The weird leathery tops aren’t perfect but I still love them! Have you ever refurbished  furniture with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint? I would love to see your projects!
lace & lacquer 