Boho-french coffee table

Grey and white and damask and gold leaf 

all rolled into one project to create a table that had 

 bohemian frenchy flair.

It was a table that I had not been using and was sitting in storage.

When I saw a stenciled buffet table on Nita's Mod Vintage Life blog

I was inspired to do my own version on this round coffee table.

I loved the effect of the stencil on this piece.

Just another reason why I love blogs~so much inspiration to be had.

This table has a lot of nice details.

 I couldn't wait to transform it.

 I started out by coating the entire thing in Annie Sloan's Paris Grey chalk paint.

The base too~I know, I carefully painted it on my slipcovered chair!

Old White chalk paint was used for the pattern.

I used a stencil I had and made an allover pattern with the large damask.

 But it was too boring.

So, I hand painted a few swooping lines...and a few dots....

And added a partial area of the stencil to fill in the gaps.

Here is the table top before I added gold leaf to the edges. 

It came out so pretty!

Next up was gold leaf Rub n' Buff. 

Wow, is this product incredible! 

I have seen it used in blogland, and so I ordered three colors:

 gold leaf, old gold, and silver leaf.  

You can find it on Amazon and it is less than $3 a tube and delivers huge results.

The top is finished. 

Wowsers! Loving this look.

I used gold leaf on the borders and finished it all with Hennants Clear wax.

No distressing, no dark wax for this baby.

These are the products I used to do the table. 

I added some gold leaf on the legs too.

I love the table, but am not sure how great it is in this room....

but for now it stays.

Boho-french~my version.

linking to
Modern Country Style Paint Party
and

and
MMS Chalk Paint Party at Furniture Friday
and
My Romantic Home Show and Tell Friday
and
Funky Junk  Donna's SNS
and
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