Driftwood Wash Look Table

 I recently had the chance to makeover an old oak pedestal table for a client.  It is an incredibly well made solid table with some great detail on the side....here is the before....

{note: the above picture does not really do the table justice...sorry!!)

I loved the grain in it and could not envision it covered up completely with paint.  Thankfully my client did not either!  She had seen a few pictures on Pinterest of some similar tables, so I had those to guide me on her desired end result.

We decided to use Graphite, Coco and Old White colors of Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan to bring together her color scheme in the room.

I started by randomly applying Graphite first and then layered over a random layer of Coco.

When I finished it looked like this. I then began to to apply my Old White....and then a bird decided to add a little design element as well!!

It got a little complicated at this point I must say!!  Apparently Bird Poo is one of the "substances" that will remove Chalk Paint® from furniture! Ugh!!  As I scrubbed off the offending Poo I also removed the paint!  After fixing that little area I was apply to continue my Old White/Wax application.  

After rubbing in some Clear Soft wax on the entire table, I then wiped on the Old White.  I do this because the Soft Wax provides a great working surface for the Old White.  I could rub it into the grain and remove any extra paint I did not want in specific areas.  I then finished it all off with a light coat of Clear Wax again as a final layer of protection.

I'm calling this a Driftwood Look.  

It is super easy!  

 A few other colors that would have looked great in this look would be French Linen and Paris Grey