Farm Style Coffee Table

This Farm Chic Coffee Table is available for purchase.

We picked up this coffe table at a garage sale for $5. Immediately I was drawn to the "plank" style construction of the table top. I had a very clear vision of what this table needed to look like. The lines were making me think farm house, so farmhouse chic it was.

The first step is to sand and paint. A good point to note is that when painting a deep red, don't freak out when it goes on as fuschia, it will deepen as it dries. It is recommended to allow 15 hours to dry before recoating for a color like this.

Next, I created a design that fit the look and feel I was envisioning. After printing the design out on multiple pages taped together, the next step was to hand cut the stencil. Exacto knife + hour or two later = giant rooster design stencil.

Finally, perhaps the most therapuetic step for me personally, distressing the table. There is something about taking a table that has a brand new paint job, and making it look like a really old one, it is quite fun. There is a balance to be had, and a fine line between too much, and too little. Where is that line? Finding it is a secret, and if i told you...well you know the rest. $5, two coats of paint, a sweet rooster print, and a bit of distressing later, we turned this ordinary coffee table into this Farm Chic Work of Art.

Using some repositional spray adhesive, I sprayed the back of my paper stencil, and adhered it to the surface of the coffee table. Next I painted through the stencil, being cautious not to over saturate the brush with paint, after all, this is a paper stencil, and it will only absorb so much paint before allowing it to pass through.