I picked up this little gem from one of my favorite resources in Greenport. Honestly it was beautiful as is, but of course I needed to transform it to work with my little white weathered boutique. And so began the transformation. I knew I wanted to make this piece look like a European aged fresco. Off I went to White's Hardware in town to get some good ol' Benjamin Moore Paint. Beach Glass & Winterwood. My techinique is actually taken from an old water color class in highschool. The "dry brush scumble"...my favorite. Basically you barely dip your brush in the paint & wipe off any excess. Then you lightly drag the brush across the surface...almost like you a buffing on the color. I "dry brush" painted the piece in Beach Glass & then literally "slapped" on some Winterwood in random areas. The less you try to paint, the better the application.
After the Beach Glass & Winterwood paint layers were applied, the console looked like a faux finished cloudy sky. A little too much color for the weathered gal. And then my signature technique which is to apply Minwax Stain in Ebony to "gray it down". The result is a richer aged patina that looks old world instead of painted. I chose these colors to go with my seaside decor, but you could do a combination of many other colors depending on your decor. Enjoy!
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