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A Telephone Table Named Florence

Meet Flo!

Chalk Paint Table Named Flow

She is happy and ready for spring.  Although she wasn’t when I first laid eyes on her.  In fact, she was just a little sad and broken.

We drove through a snow storm to get her in Hingham.

Telephone Table Before

 

The shelf on the top was broken and one piece was missing.

Telephone Table Before Broken

I batted my eyelashes and asked my hubby, ever so nicely, if he could help me with this little piece of furniture.

He shrugged and smiled, perhaps he knew he didn’t have a choice.

He cut a new piece of wood and fixed her up as good as new!

I painted her a very bright color, Florence Chalk Paint. Annie Sloan says this color was inspired by copper and malachite.  I usually don’t paint furniture such bright colors but thought this would be fun on this little table.

A sweet little table in a bright color

I did two coats of Florence, after apply two coats of clear shellac to the piece.  The second coat was applied rather thickly with haphazard strokes.  I wanted to make the paint crackle.  While the paint was still wet I got the hair dryer out and blasted hot air in those sections.  I clear waxed and dark waxed. The dark wax has gone into the cracks.

Here you can see the textured effect:

Close Up of Textured finish and dark wax

Florence Chalk Paint on Table

I left the back unpainted because I loved seeing the original labels:

Back of Telephone Table

original label

Don’t you love that?  Canal Street in Boston.  I can’t seem to see a date, but wonder how old this piece is.

Florence also got a bit of paint on the inside with Graphite Chalk Paint.

Antique Books

Dark and mysterious on the inside 😉

She really is such a sweet little table and tall, as well!  I love her spindly legs:

Spindly legs

Galvinized Metal with Painted Table

Flowers

There’s plenty of room inside to store books, knick knacks and treasures.

Interior Painted GraphiteChalk Paint

Flo went home with my friend Colette last week. She saw her in the images from the Duxbury Show and fell in love.  This isn’t the only piece Colette has in her home. She also has this one click here that gorgeous buffet!

Vintage Telephone Table with Brass Pull

The brass pull looks perfect against the blue green paint.

Florence Side Table

So happy Flo found her forever home!

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cassie
9 years ago

so fun! love using those bright colors for accent pieces like this!

Camille
9 years ago

She’s so pretty, well done!

Jo
Jo
9 years ago

What a spectacular color !

( I am old enough to remember when my grandmother actually had one of those old ” Telephone tables ” at the bottom of the stairs. )

Diva Kreszl
Diva Kreszl
9 years ago

What a perfectly lovely piece, great color choice too!!!

Debbie Hayes
9 years ago

Gotta love Flo. One of my fav colors. Lovely Danielle!

Danielle
9 years ago

Love this bright little table! I love the texture you added and the black interior!

Stephanie C
Stephanie C
9 years ago

Such a pretty color! Last fall I picked up a telephone bench at Goodwill for $6. It has been sitting in the garage all this time while I’ve debated what color to paint it. After seeing your beautiful table I think I may have found the right color. Thanks for the inspiration.

Erica
9 years ago

Oh my goodness, this table is PERFECTION! I’m just swooning over the color – so deep and rich and full of life. Florence is one beautiful lady!

Cathy Pope
9 years ago

Hi Just a note to say I loved the telephone table, and I have one similar in size and shape but it was called a tobacco stand and belonged to my Grandfather. When I received it after he had passed on, inside was a tobacco jar and several of his pipes he used. Can’t wait to paint it ….
Cathy