Angela Ree: stand transformation

A few months back I restored an old $10 dollar black coffee table from good will by using the weathered crackle glaze and 2 different shades of paint from home depot, well over the holiday break I got to finally re do a stand I found again at good will for another $10 dollars that I made the same way as the coffee table to become my little console table for all our dvd's. I had a little bit of trouble with this project as far as temperature goes and things not drying properly or fully, however I have to admit that now that I am finished I am more pleased with the stands look than i was with the coffee table, because paint and glaze was not drying properly I kept smugging and gumming up the paint. after it did finally dry I took a sander and sanded down the gummed up parts which made the piece look even more worn, and weathered. I then went over the entire piece with the sander and realized that now I have to go back over the coffee table to make it look even more worn now too!!! (but that can wait till I can have a nice day its way to cold now!)...

This stand was bought a medium colored wood, I primed it and then remembered to take a picture of course LOL

After the primer dries you want to apply one of the two colors of paint as the base color (the color you want to crack through) which would normally be the darker of the two but it really is all about preference i think it looks OK either way. I applied the darker tan color as my base color, after that dries completely you then apply the clear crackle glaze and however thick you want the cracks is how thick you want to apply the glaze be sure not to work the glaze to much with the brush this is what causes it to gum up!

After the crackle glaze has completely dried you then apply the top coat (the second color you have chosen) make sure you apply the top coat with a roller I made the mistake of trying it with a brush it looks awful, and plus the paint begins to crack pretty fast so its just a better to use a roller on the big parts especially. I used a brush on the little nooks and crannies on the door squares but that was it.

I love how old it turned out looking, in my opinion it turned out way better than the coffee table not that i don't love my coffee table because i certainly do but I love how the sander made this piece look like it was a lot older and weathered. The inside I thought was ruined do to the poor drying and gumminess I had with it, but when the sander hit it it turned out great!