Custom plaster design on a beautiful, old table

 

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a custom design for my mom’s kitchen table. She bought this beautiful old table at an estate sale and has had it in her kitchen for a year or so. She really liked the table, but decided she wanted to give it a little more interest. This is where I came in!

 

 

First, she chose a stencil. This one is called the Raised Plaster Florentine Damask stencil from Victoria Larsen stencils.

Then, I used it to form a raised stencil design using Faux Effects Venetian Gem plaster. I purchase my Faux Effects products from Surfaces Fine Paint.

After lightly sanding it down, I hand painted the design in her chosen colors of cream and green. After it dried, I glazed the top of the design to age and antique it.

 

 

 

I also added Wood Icing to the table’s side apron and purposefully left some of the wood showing through. Then, I glazed this as well and sealed the whole thing.

 

 

 

Next time, I may try to use the Venetian Gem Olde World plaster that is pre-tinted. It might have saved me the hand painting step. Wish I would have thought of that before!

 

 

It was a challenging project, but lots of fun for me to do. The best part is that my mom loves it!