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From junk to beauty! Flipping old furniture.

Hi guys! Amy from Cosmic Junk Revival!

Does anyone out there love junking as much as me?! Its one of my absolute favorite things to do! Going out and seraching for that 1 amazing piece or finding the best deal out there!

This piece i'm working on today I found at a unique junk shop. All the owner does is go to auctions and clear out old houses. He has AMAZING prices and always works with you. He even lets you BUNDLE! XD Which is how I got this piece. I ended up buying 6 pieces from him that day but this one spoke to me! I had to flip it that day!

I will show you step by step how i flipped this piece.

This piece wasn't in too bad of shape, if you can tell there are 4 holes on the left side. It at one time had a small shelf attatched there. It was broken off and half of the screws were still in the holes. I had to remove the screws and putty the holes before I could start. I also removed the legs to clean them up and so I could also fit the table on my small work space 😕 This is the only preparation i had to do to the piece other than clean it. I use Junk Monkey Paint Company's Chalky style & Milk Paints. There paints do not require sanding at all! They will cover anything! 😃

Here are the supplies I used for this project:

ProBond Wood filler interior/exterior: bought @ Lowes

Shabby Chip brushes: bought @ Lowes, Walmart etc...

Junk Monkey Milkshake Whale of a Tail Blue Milk Paint: Bought @ Junkmonkeypaint

Junk Monkey Antique Lace Chalk Paint: Bought @ Junkmonkeypaint

Junk Monkey Monkey Shine Wax: Bought @ Junkmonkeypaint

Medium Grit Sand blocks: Bought @ Lowes, Walmart etc....

Big Mandala Stencil: Bought @ Hobby lobby.com

I started off by painting the bottom of the table with Junk Monkey Paint Company's Antique Lace Chalk Paint, using one of my shabby chip brushes. Junk monkey paint.com

Then I moved on to the top. It is a blended technique. I used Junk Monkey Paint Company's Black Velvet & Antique Lace Chalk Paint & Whale of a Tail Milk Paint. To get this technique you dab your shabby chip brush into 2 or 3 different colors, then painting stripes, blending them on the table top. Just use long smooth motions and make sure to keep your brush wet. You also can do a dry brush effect over a blended look, or layer blended looks. Which is what i did here, i let one layer dry then added another layer on top. You can always go back over something if you do not like the finished product. Junk monkey paint.com

After finishing my base coats now its time to pick a stencil. I chose to use a stencil that would take up most of the top of the piece. I really like large stencils. This mandala stencil I found is really large and is so fun! It is from Hobby Lobby (link above). I used Junk Monkey Paint Company's Antique Lace Chalk paint. The best and easiest way to do a stencil without any bleed through is to do the dab dab dab swipe technique. ☺ I dab my shabby cip brush into my paint and dab off the excess onto a plate/napkin. Then you dab the paint onto the stencil in multiple spots and swipe 1 way with your brush, to pull the paint across the stencil. Repeat this method until the entire stencil is covered. If you do end up with any bleed through do not worry. All you need to do is distress that part with your sand block. Junk monkey paint.com

Next step is to distress! That is if you want that look. I only used my sand block for this process. I lightly sand down the entire piece to smooth out the paint, then I pick certain spots to distress to give the piece character. Some just choose to do the edges of the top and thats it. Which is totally fine! You can not go wrong with distressing, again if you don't like it you can re-paint it! I went for a more overall distressed look. Remember I said I did 2 layers on the top? Well I did that so I could distress in spots and have peakaboos of the different colors underneath! I just personally love that! I also distressed the stencil, so it wasn't so prominent. Then I moved to the legs of the piece, to bring out the natual wood color. I went all over the legs! Especially the rounded spots, those are the easy distress spots.

Now its time to seal the piece. I used Junk Monkey Paint Company's Monkey Sine Wax. I used my wax brush and applied the wax in circular motions all over the piece. Then i used a cheese cloth to rub the wax in, also going in circular motions. By doing the circular motions it helps to push the wax into the grains of the wood. After this step my piece is now complete! Here is the finished product all shiny and looking fabulous! Junkmonkeypaint.com

Here is the before and after pic again, Enjoy! I hope that this will help you to create your own one of a kind masterpiece! :D

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Thanks, AMY!

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