Hi everyone! Well, I've been working morning through night, (around taking care of my 3 youngsters), to finish this gorgeous farm table to show you!

Here it is before any work:

I painted 1 coat plus some touch ups of Annie Sloan 'French Linen' Chalk Paint:

Then I clear waxed, distressed the legs and around the edge and clear waxed again, (which REALLY made the distressed areas pop out - so cool!)

The table sat like this for a little while as I needed some time to figure out what to do next. I really liked it this way but was so curious to see what the dark wax would do. So I dark waxed just the legs:

This poor table was a victim of my indecisiveness several times through it's trasnformation! It sat like this for 2 days while I went back and forth on whether to dark wax the top or not. Finally, with Husbands input, I went for it and started dark waxing the top. Look at this contrast!

This table was a learning experience in it's truest form! After dark waxing the top, I went to work using clear wax to remove some of the dark wax where I thought it was too much. I really wanted the top to look aged and used, but not so rough.

Here's the top after just some evening out of the dark wax:

And finally....after a few days of looking at it, stepping back, and touching up, it's exactly what it was meant to be!

I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of working on this piece. Truly. Seeing it transform just a little bit more each day was such a pleasure. I hope it finds just the pefect dining room to complete.:)

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous Friday!

~Chelsea

Much to the dismay of Husband, I will move pretty much anything with my own two hands. If I can so much as inch a piece along, I will do so as far as necessary! Today was about getting a big ol' farm table from my van to the Garage, (TWO very LARGE men loaded it into the van for me). For a little visual, I'm 5'2" and this table is about as heavy as I am. It took every ounce of strength, but I finally got it in a good spot to get working. It needed a little construction just in attaching the legs and getting them nice and tight. The leaf was a little tricky but Husband helped me right it and set the whole thing upright this evening. Tomorrow I'll be painting!

Turned over without legs. I pulled 19 staples from the underside of the tabletop that were unnecessary and added a few more screws to help keep the legs on.

This thing felt like an extension of my arm today!

Legs on and ready to be flipped back over.

Enjoying some nice weather and good beats from the Bose before stepping inside....because I know when I do there will be 3 little ones awake from their naps and ready to play! :)