gilded coffee table

Sorry for my absence recently!
I meant to have a couple other posts up over the last few days, but it's been one of those times where I feel like I am spinning my wheels.

A few weeks ago I picked up this little coffee table.  I just loved the detailing on the legs and it's simple elegance.

While I was debating what color to paint it, I came across one of my inspiration pictures for my living room.  This table caught my eye:

from BHG

I loved the gray undertones and the gold overlay.
This really got my creative juices flowing and thinking about something different than what I've done in the past.

I started by painting the base with ASCP Paris Grey.

Then I got my gold wax (also known as Rub N Buff Antique Gold)

and began to go over the edges and the legs.

 Rubbing the wax on in a circular motion looked better than rubbing in straight lines.

The legs also got a subtle hint of Duck Egg blue under the gold.

I added a bit of dark and clear wax to the top, and then embellished with a
bit more Duck Egg and gold paint.

 This is completely different from anything else I've done before, but I really like the old world elegance of the gray and gold together.

Here was the before:

You can see how scratched up and chipped the surface was here.
And after:

I will be taking this little beauty down to Aunt Bee's this afternoon!

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I've got a living room update to show you tomorrow~

Have a great week, friends.

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