The Little Things: End Table Re-Do

A few months back, I tried to distress a hand-me-down table from my mom. The entire project cost me $5.00!!! I think that is the best part.

So here is the before:

I thought is was a little too...what's the word...hmm...ugly!

So I painted it with white spray paint and then did a light teal/turq color over the top. All of which was recycled paint from other projects.

I then sanded it down and tried to distress as well as I could. I called it quits until today!

Here is the before my ah-ha moment:

Its not that is not pretty but the after is exactly what I was looking for!

This is where the $5.00 came in. The original knob was just plain wood and I am totally into vintage and glass knobs so I had to find one. I originally wanted clear but, I thin the green is perfect! Successfully found at my local antique store!!! Love it!

So here was the ah-ha moment:

Gel stain!!! This makes anything look vintage and old and amazingly cool. I used an old tee shirt sleeve and then smeared it on. A little bit goes a long way but make sure you get into all the nooks and crannies!! Also the previous owners of our house left a ton of paints and stains behind and this was one of them!

The last step was to clear coat it! Thanks to the spray can it was so easy! I made sure I got the top the best since my previous attempt to this project, I skipped this step and I feel like the stains will repel more with this on it.

The final results: