WEATHERED WHITE WASH LINK - silvered console

 

 

 

This chandelier was a donation from someone hoping I could do some magic with it.

It is in quite bad repair, bent metal, frayed wires, and rusty bits yet has a certain appeal.

Shortly after it came home and I sprayed it down with the garden hose I knew I wanted to

use it in styling a photo.

 

 

 

This whole console was painted in layers. My focus through winter has been to play

with my paint finishes more and I'm having fun doing it, sort of. Finding the right balance

of color to enhance shape and technics to achieve age aren't always easy.

 Besides I just don't have the space to do

all the demo and rebuilt I like to in my little back room.

 

I sprayed the entire table in FRENCH LINEN. It's a strong grey with just a hint of green.

 

 

I then brush painted the base and column legs in OLD WHITE

before distressed it back to the FRENCH LINEN and the darker wood underneath.

 

The top was the fun part and it is actually darker in person than these photos!

I worked with streaking white and grey and dark wax

over and over until I got a natural sun weathered warn board look.

I do have a popular tutorial on achieving a similar weathered white wash finish here.

It's an older post using primer but there are some valuable tips that can be applied to

similar applications.

 

 

 

Here is the before and after photos ...

 

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