This tray belonged to a friend of mine who tried to get rid of it at her garage sale. It’s a sort of thick plastic I think, but being gold and a tad scuffed, she had no takers – so she thought of me. (Thank you!)
I could see the gold being a gorgeous accent come Holiday season, but as a year round piece it really needed something a bit ‘less’.
I was in Inverhuron a week or so ago and while shopping in a small boutique, I saw a sign for Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.
I’ve never tried Annie Sloan before – mainly because I have great success with the paints I use and they cost half as much – coming across an Annie Sloan dealer seemed like a bit of a ‘hint’ though… I mean it’s not as easy to find this chalk paint in London, so when you come across it while on vacation it seems like someone’s telling you “it’s time”.
I asked Gloria at J’Adorn to choose a colour for me and this is what she sent me home with:
GREAT choice Gloria!
I gave the tray a light sanding to even out the chipped section and then washed it down with TSP, rinsed and dried it.
This is the first coating of Provence:
Not sold yet, it didn’t cover in one coat which I thought was one of the selling features?
I did a second coat of the Provence and once it was dry I wiped a bit of Minwax Dark Walnut over it and quickly wiped away the excess – making sure to leave some in the crevices.
This is my first attempt at ‘antiquing’ anything so I wasn’t quite sure how aged/stained it was supposed to look? I generally prefer for things to look new when I’ve put a lot of time and work into them, but I’ve seen so many cottage-style pieces lately that I had to give it a try.
How’d I do?
I’m on the fence about it. I love how the tray turned out, but I’m concerned that “antiquing” can be confused with “dirty”.
But hey, if it buys me a tea and book in bed, I’ll antique the #@)%% out of it! lol
Project one and still almost a full quart of the Annie Sloan left – which means more “Provence” projects coming soon!
Garage sale fail to beautiful breakfast tray!
Have a great one!
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Love it! The colour choice was definitely a good one and I like the amount of distressing you did. It isn’t full on antique distressing but it adds a nice accent to the piece without making it dirty like you mentioned. Great job!
Thank you so much – you are always so kind and supportive!
love!
Thanks Christine! If it will go with your decor, I can make another one up for you (or you could come over and make it yourself), I still have lots of the blue paint left!
What a beautiful makeover! That AS paint never disappoints :)
I would love for you to stop by and share at our Something to Talk About link party that starts every Monday morning!
Karen
looks great!
Thank you so much! I was hesitant to “antique”, but after using it for a couple of weeks now, I think it might be my favourite piece. Whaddaya know – I learned something. lol
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
It’s PERFECT!!!!!! I love the job you’ve done! It doesn’t look dirty, it’s actually quite beautiful! You must do more of these!
Thank you so much – you are too kind! Feel free to comment as often as you like – a girl could get a swollen head with this kind of encouragement. Xo