#MondayMakeoversWithFallon

I found this antique drop leaf table on the side of the road and as soon as I saw the square nails from the 1800's I knew the value and potential and was definitely willing to put in the work to make it beautiful again.

The character on this piece is awesome!! After hours of work, it's now an awesome, authentic farmhouse drop-leaf table See the process below.

This piece was split and broken in a lot of places. I think I had clamps on it for a couple of weeks total. The legs were uneven, so my husband cut the bottoms and I sanded them down make them even. The before pictures speak for themselves, haha. I cleaned and sanded the heck out of this piece. As far as the colors go, I wanted them to go along with the age of the table, so I chose a primitive green for the base and a natural/raw look for the top so you could see the beautiful imperfections.

I decided to take off one of the drop-leaf's because somewhere along the way it was changed out with a mismatched warped board. I kept it though in case the person who bought it would want it, but did not add it back to the table. With that being said, the person who ended up purchasing it bought it to use as a desk and was going to push it up against the wall anyway, so the extra leaf didn’t matter. Yay!

The Prep Process:

I scrubbed this piece from top to bottom with TSP.
I glued and fixed every crack, split and broken area with Titebond and clamps
I decided to sand off the stain on the top since it was coming off any way. I used 120 grit sandpaper on my Orbital Sander, followed by 220 grit to clean up the roughness from the 120 grit. For the base, I hand sanded with 220 grit sandpaper
Vacuumed the piece
I cleaned the whole thing again with TSP. Once it was nice and dry I started the painting process.

The Painting Process:

For the body of the piece I used Fiddle Leaf by Old Barn Milk Paint. I applied two coats with my Zibra 2” Palm Pro and Zibra Round Brush letting each coat dry well in-between.
Once both coats were dry, I lightly hand-sanded the milk paint with 220 girt sandpaper to give it an aged look. By doing this it added some depth to the piece. The paint also naturally chipped in a few places which was exactly what I wanted!
I sealed the base of the piece with Clear Wax by Old Barn Milk Paint. After the wax sat on the piece for about 30 minutes, I buffed it with a shop towel to make it nice and smooth
For the top, I applied 3 coats of Oil and Wax by Old Barn Milk Paint to bring out the wood’s beautiful natural color.

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