Coffee table with magazine rack
This was my very first project and, as with all beginnings, everyone learns from their mistakes along the way. I bought the little table in one of my favourite bargain shops and I found the magazine rack one afternoon whilst out for a stroll. Although they were not a matching pair, I decided it would be a good idea to give them a new life together. I said before that one learns from everything because both the legs and the magazine bars had a design full of curves and hidden corners, so you can imagine how hard it was to sand them. At the time I did not know Annie Sloan?s Chalk Paint, so I used the traditional method of ?varnish and brush?. The truth is that I really liked the bicolour combination. To give a distinctive touch, before applying the polyurethane coat in spray, I stained the grey parts of the table leg and the magazine rack with some wood dye. Although it is not so obvious in the photos, it gave the set an aged look.
Lirios