Farmhouse Hall table...I think.

I spend a bit of time on kijiji always looking and getting ideas and sometimes (ok ok a lot of the time) picking great pieces of furniture up. Seriously I like yard sales better, but at this time of year in Canada you do what you have to do...and since no one has yard sales in February............ you get the picture. 

I'm always on the lookout for wonderful old pieces, especially dressers. Well I found this one. It's old and very beat up. 

It is going to make a wonderful base for a project I've been dying to try out. But while I was there I spied something rather different. 

Looks fairly plain doesn't it? It's a table and these aren't the best pics taken in my workshop. I'm always embarrassed by how messy and dirty my workshop is, so I try to keep that to a min. I know I know, I'm not the only one covered in dust and paint..sigh, I should just give up and let you all see the real deal. 

Connecting the two legs is a bar that really caught my eye. 

I know, it's not the best pic...but you're getting the idea. I had to add some details on the side as you can see to cover the screw holes holding that bar in place. The originals were missing. 

I have been reading a lot about chalk paint and since I have not been able to find it at all here, I thought I would try making my own. So after looking up a ton of different versions online..I bit the bullet and made some of my own. 

I used an oops paint from Home Depot in a soft grey and did the mixing. Nervous, but excited I applied the first coat. 

YEAH!!! it went well. Then I realized I had way to much! When others have said that they don't use as much paint I didn't realize they really meant it! Thank goodness for air tight containers! 

So this is what I have ended up with :) I'm so pleased with the way it turned out. 

 I'm calling this a Farmhouse Hall table simply because it actually came out of a farmhouse. The wonderful woman who sold it to me said it had been in her grandparents farm house since before she was born. She told me she is in the process of clearing everything out. She has a barn full of old furniture to get rid of. Am I excited? OH YEAH!! 

Everything has been sitting in a barn for the last three years! 

I can hardly wait to talk with her again this week. 

I'm dying to see what sorts of things she has hidden away in that barn :) 

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone.  

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