I am so in love with grays right now!!

Today’s weathered gray coffee table how to is a favorite!!

It’s so neutral and so beautiful!!

I’ve posted it here and here!!

It was a find at a garage sale here in the neighborhood..

It had the lovely shiny cherry finish.

But I knew she was longing to be weathered and lovely!!

Here she isn’t waxed… just the beginning of the distressing and layering.

Base coat is in magnolia- I did only one thick coat and coverage was not completely opaque.

But that is okay because you will distress to see the wood in some areas.

The next color is Hurricane.  I used only these two colors.

I will be doing a video tutorial to show you exactly how I get that natural look

when distressing it’s the one email I get consistently-

“HELP How do you layer and distress so it looks so natural??”

I used a great new stain!! I am in love and that is a bad thing… everything may get a touch of this goodness!!

I love it!! It dries fast and does half the work for me!!

Below you see the stained top- I used the stain right on top of the Magnolia!!

Because it is so porous and I wanted it to look a little more aged- I didn’t stain just the wood.

The next thing I did was to start waxing {with a pad not a brush}

 when the stain was “almost” dry.  It drags the stain and shows a bit of the Magnolia underneath!!

I used our medium brown wax and it just started to create

the movement you want to see in the finish!!

I completely distressed this piece using baby wipes!!

After letting the wax cure a bit I used a 400 grit sanding block

to make it butter smooth and still expose a little more of the magnolia.

And then waxed again!! It’s ready for Vintage Market Days!!

Although I really liked it right here in my house!!

Thanks for stopping in for today’s How to on this Weathered Gray Coffee Table.

~ Lori