Garage Sale Treasures - Damask Telephone Table

     This is my favorite re-done piece of furniture yet.  I picked up this little piece in rough shape at an estate sale close to home.  It needed some serious TLC, including nails and wood putty for holes and a liberal sanding, but they only wanted $10.  It's a very charming shape (the little side shelf!) and I am a sucker for unique pieces.  By the nature of the construction, I am pretty sure this is a very old, but handmade piece.

     I used the same white paint I used on the Hexagonal End Table I posted previously, and the stencil I was determined to re-use from the Frosted Glass Damask Mirrors I posted.  Additionally, I selected my accent colors to be Behr "Honey Locust" yellow and "Black" for the damask.  I stuck with the eggshell finish of the Glidden DUO paint + primer for consistency.

Glidden DUO Paint - Colors: Bleached Linen, Honey Locust & Black (Behr) - Purchased from Home Depot

     The biggest problem I had was that I was over-eager to paint the next layer of paint and start the colorblocking.  I tried to painter's tape off the edges to paint the yellow before the underlying white paint had time to cure.  Therefore, I peeled off some of the white with it -oops!  I had the chance to go back and patch the white paint when both colors were more dry.  It took a long time to tape off, but it was very worth it for the clean lines and overall feel.

     I wasn't wild about the existing knobs on the table, so I got a matching pair of 'cocoa brass' square beveled knobs at Home Depot for about $2.65 a piece.  After painting the whole piece, the drawer didn't slide very smoothly (it was fairly snug to begin with), so I liberally wiped it all down with a beeswax furniture wax polish.  That solved the problem after a few coats, and it smells pretty good too.

     The final step was carefully stenciling on the damask pattern, which really had to be done with a stenciling brush.  It took two coats of black paint, but I was happy with the results!  I allowed the paint to dry before removing the stencil to avoid smudges.  I think the final product is very modern and striking.