Making more space in my workshop meant finishing up this pedestal table project. I’ve known since the moment I brought this table home, that the finish was calling to be brought into this century with Driftwood stain.
Here’s a peek at how the table looked before.
Sanding enhanced the starburst design even further. Any dark stain would have covered up this gorgeous detail. Driftwood stain, however, would allow the starburst to show through.
Here’s the tabletop after one coat of stain…
… and after two.
While i love the light gray of this stain, it was a little too gray for the off-white finish chosen for the base. I applied a coat of Annie Sloan’s Soft Wax and a layer of dark wax to antique the color and make it a little more brown – the more natural color of driftwood actually. Then topped that again with a final coat of the clear wax.
Sixteen hours of work later…
Then a final coat of the clear wax was applied. The color is perfectly aged driftwood.
The starburst shows through the driftwood stain just enough to be a subtle beauty.
This table also came with a large leaf insert – perfect for a larger family. I paired these two chairs with this table which can be used as end chairs.
The table base and chairs are painted in three coats of Annie Sloan’s Antique White Chalk Paint and then finished with two coats of clear polyacrylic to protect the finish. Did you notice the fantastic claw feet on the pedestal?
These chairs were originally an orangy-pecan color like the original tabletop. The off-white now brings out the gorgeous carved details…
… and the ribbon detail along the table apron.
This starburst pedestal table (with leaf and 2 chairs) is for sale in my Shop
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Thank you & Enjoy!
Vicki
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Beautiful Vicki! I love the way that came out.
Thank you
Love it! I love the driftwood look to it. Have been considering going that route with my nightmare table lol! Thanks!!!
Thanks you. The dark wax really helped.
Hi..I found you through the painted drawer blog. 1st..OMG that table. The top is perfect and I like that you made it a little different from the base. I’m kinda new to all this painting. Can I ask you a question? I painted a little rocker in AS old white. But tried to use gen finishes high performance poly on it…it seemed to turn a bit yellow. Like it was drawing out the stain from the chair, through the paint? Did this happen w your table base, or chairs. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.:) Mimi
Hi Mimi. So happy to have you visit EntriWP. The General Finishes water-based polyacryllic top coat is not causing the yellowing. If the rocker you started with was a dark stain or darker color paint and you use old white chalk paint, you really need to use a Shellac primer like BIN primer first to prevent any bleed-though. Also AS old white is a yellow tone and once it dries will look more yellow. Adding wax will make it look even more yellow. This particular table actually looks quite yellow if you put it next to pure white. While I love this table, I’ve learned since that if I want an antique white look, I now use pure white and add just a touch of old white or gray to it. I hope that helps and hope you’ll follow along via email or Facebook. Best to you!
The starburst design the table has is beautiful and I agree it would have been a shame to cover it. It looks gorgeous with that driftwood stain.