Olive & Old White Two Toned Table

Date
Sep, 25, 2014

It’s Themed Furniture Makeover Day again! This month’s theme was “Two Toned” which I was super excited about. But let me tell you, this project was almost a big. fat. FAIL.

Now I know what you must be thinking “But Bre, your furniture is always so beautiful, how could you mess something up?” Kidding 😉 Seriously though, I almost threw this guy away.

OLIVE & WHITE TWO TONED TABLE

Olive and White Table

So, if you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you might remember me posting when I picked this table up for $5. Holla!

Table Before

Can’t beat that price right? Except if it was free 🙂 I knew it would be perfect to transform into a two toned piece and right away knew I wanted to use my little sample of Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan in Olive, paired with some Old White.

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

So far so good. I painted the drawer and back panel Old White, and the rest Olive. Now here’s where things start to go wrong. I was pretty set on using Dark Wax but thought I’d add some Old White to it and turn it into a bit of a darker white wash.

Mixing Wax and Paint

It looked great over the Olive. Not so great over the Old White…

Terrible Mistake

Hideous right? Yep. Straight up F-U-G-L-Y. So then I tried just using some plain Dark Wax over that. Bad, bad idea. Looked even worse. I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do. I literally sat on my porch and stared at it for a while, hoping for a stroke of genius. Honestly, I considered scratching the whole thing.

Since I already covered the Old White parts in wax, I wasn’t sure if painting over them would work. But at this point I was willing to try anything.

And that folks, is why I love Annie Sloan.

The paint went on so smoothly over the wax, it was like I was painting it for the first time. Praise the Lord. We were back in business. I didn’t want to mess it up again so I didn’t even distress the white, except for very mildly on the edges of the drawer.

Distressed Drawer

I’m actually glad it worked out this way because I love the contrast of the old distressed look of the green paired with the crispness of the white. I stuck with clear wax this time for the white parts 🙂 Furniture fail avoided!

Tow Toned Olive and White

Olive and White Table

Themed Furniture Makeover Day

Olive and White Table

So what do you think of my first manly piece? I’m glad it wasn’t a total disaster! Be sure to check out all the other fabulous two toned projects in the link up below 🙂

Have a great day friends!

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Olive Two Toned Table

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46 Comments

  1. Reply

    Kim

    December 28, 2014

    I just saw this on Pinterest and LOVE it! I have a table just like this one and I also rescued it from a thrift store for $5. I couldn’t decide what to do with it but now my imagination is running wild. Thanks for the inspiration!!!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      December 29, 2014

      Thank you so much, Kim! I’m so glad I gave you some inspiration! I’d love to see what you end up doing 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!

  2. Reply

    Kyla @HouseOfHipsters.com

    October 1, 2014

    This turned out great! Found you on the Inspire Me Monday link up party =)

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      October 1, 2014

      Thank you Kyla! So glad you stopped by!

  3. Reply

    Ashley@Biggerthanthethreeofus

    October 1, 2014

    As usual, just perfection! Love how it turned out!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      October 1, 2014

      Aw thanks, Ashley!!

  4. Reply

    Glenna @ My Paper Craze

    September 30, 2014

    Your piece turned out amazing as usual! I love the two toned look. Thanks for sharing with Creative Spark Link Party.
    Glenna @ My Paper Craze

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      October 1, 2014

      Thank you so much, Glenna! Always love linking up with you!

  5. Reply

    Havalah

    September 30, 2014

    Well it sure did turn out fabulous despite the mix up. I love two toned furniture right now.

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 30, 2014

      Thank you so much!!

  6. Reply

    Wendi @ H2OBungalow

    September 29, 2014

    I hate it when a project doesn’t live up to my vision! Good save with the white paint. I really like the contrast of the white and dark waxed green 🙂

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 29, 2014

      Thanks Wendi!!

  7. Reply

    Christy @ Our Southern Home

    September 28, 2014

    I love how it turned out! I haven’t tried the olive in ASCP. With green being my favorite color, I need to! Fun touring with you! ~Christy

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      Thanks Christy! You definitely need to try the Olive!

  8. Reply

    Bre @ Average But Inspired

    September 27, 2014

    OMG, hahaha I love the WOOF photo. You’re the best, Bre!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      haha it’s the only word that came to mind and perfectly described it!

  9. Reply

    Beth

    September 27, 2014

    This olive color looks so pretty. Great job!!!

    Beth

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      Thank you so much, Beth!

  10. Reply

    Jen @ Girl in the Garage

    September 26, 2014

    You know I love Annie Sloan paints too! 🙂 I haven’t tried olive yet- but it looks so great on your piece that now I may need to. Dark wax is always a little tricky. You can remove much of it right away by applying clear wax over it again but it won’t come off all the way. Good call just repainting over the white!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      It’s such an easy paint to work with and I’m glad I didn’t totally botch this piece! You should definitely try the Olive 🙂 Thanks, Jen!

  11. Reply

    Tami @ Curb Alert!

    September 26, 2014

    Bre,
    Amazing how a tired old ugly end table turns out so fabulous. It never gets old!
    Great job.
    ~Tami

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      Thank you so much Tami!

  12. Reply

    Marie@The Interior Frugalista

    September 26, 2014

    Bre this post couldn’t have come at a better time because I’m working on a piece right now where I had to do the stand back and take a good hard look at it and like you, I repainted over a section after it had already been waxed. Don’t you just love chalk paint! I haven’t tried ASCP Olive color yet but I’m liking it with the dark wax. Yup, your sweet table looks great with clean white against the dirty Olive. The square knob is perfect for this piece too! What a difference between the before and after. I’m really enjoying this series and look forward to it every month. You gals are a talented bunch!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      Chalk Paint works miracles!! Thank you for the kind words and I’m glad you’re enjoying this series!

  13. Reply

    Tara @ Anything & Everything

    September 26, 2014

    It turned out lovely! So glad it worked out and you didn’t end up just tossing it. I really love that Olive color with the Old White…looks great!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 28, 2014

      Thanks, Tara!!

  14. Reply

    karin

    September 25, 2014

    I honestly can’t even believe this is the SAME piece..So Stunning! I never would have thought it looked like that before!
    Beautiful!
    Hugs,
    Karin

  15. Reply

    Paula@SweetPea

    September 25, 2014

    Love the olive color that you used and it looks great with the white. Your two tone paint job gives this piece such a great update.

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Thank you so much, Paula!!

  16. Reply

    Amy @ Homey Oh My!

    September 25, 2014

    Another piece of two-toned awesomeness. Good call to repaint the white. The wax looks AWESOME over the olive!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Repainting the white was a must! It looked so horrendous haha. But yes, over the Olive I love it! Thanks my friend 🙂

  17. Reply

    Christy@Confessions of a Serial Do-it-Yourselfer

    September 25, 2014

    Beautiful! I love the contrast of the dark and distressed olive against the old white undistressed. XO

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Thank you so much Christy! Had a lot of fun on this one 🙂

  18. Reply

    Sonya ~At Home with The Barkers

    September 25, 2014

    EXACTLY why I love ASCP! Mess up, just paint over it. I haven’t tried the Olive but I love it! Great job Bre! ~Sonya

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Exactly! Probably wouldn’t have looked good with any other paint. You should definitely give the Olive a try!

  19. Reply

    Amanda @ dwellinginhappiness

    September 25, 2014

    So pretty, love the two tone! And the olive!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Thanks Amanda!!

  20. Reply

    Susan

    September 25, 2014

    Love it! Where did you find the wooden knob (which, by the way, is perfect with those colors)?

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Thanks Susan! I got it at Lowes 🙂

  21. Reply

    Nancy @ Artsy Chicks Rule

    September 25, 2014

    You are so funny with the “woof”!!! lol But I think you are right…it looks better without! The Olive however, looks fabulous with! I have not tried that color yet. Love the little nightstand…you did a great job!
    Nancy

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      haha I was definitely struggling there for a bit. You should totally try the Olive, I love it! Thanks Nancy! xo

  22. Reply

    Nicole B.

    September 25, 2014

    I really like the olive color!!! And the hardware! Glad it all worked out! Looks great!!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Me too! I’m glad I decided to order it. Reminds me of army green and I love it!

  23. Reply

    Lindsay Eidahl

    September 25, 2014

    Love how it turned out. I love the olive color!

    • Reply

      brepurposed

      September 25, 2014

      Thanks Lindsay!!

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