Chevron Stenciled Side Table with Chalk Paint

I’m 36 weeks tomorrow!  36 WEEKS!  Yikes!  I keep thinking I have so much time to get stuff done for this baby and in reality I do not.  I do not at all.  Ryan was born at 38 weeks and I didn’t feel anything with him and this baby I already feel Braxton Hicks contractions!  I should probably get moving!  Thanks to Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores for sponsoring this post as well as having a fun campaign called The BIG BLING to get me moving!  Today I am sharing how easy it was to refinish this thrift store find to create the perfect Chevron Stenciled Side Table for the new baby’s room!

It’s no secret I love patterns!  Love, love, love them and this week’s theme for The Big Bling happens to be patterns and textures!  Yay for me!  I picked up this little side table for $5.  A total score.  I have been holding onto it for about a year.  Finally it gets a makeover.  It will be the perfect side table for the rocker in the baby’s new room!

Supplies Needed:

• A side table to refinish!
• Folk Art Chalk Paint in 2 colors
• Folk Art Chevron Stencil
• Stencil Tape
• Martha Stewart Sponge Pouncers

I picked up all my supplies at JoAnn.  Folk Art has these great geometric patterned stencils and I went back and forth between this chevron one and a few others but settled on the chevron because 1.  I still love the chevron pattern and 2.  It would work nicely with the circle top of my table and 3.  chevron is one of the patterns in the baby’s room!

I started out by giving the table 2 coats of my white chalk paint.  The great thing about this paint is you do not have to sand or prime your piece!  Yay!  I started with a regular paint brush but quickly changed to a foam brush.  Below is after coat #1.

After coat #2 dried, I started with my stencil.

I used some stencil tape to hold the stencil in place.  This was necessary because I wanted to keep the pattern straight and it really helped out when I got to the edges of the table top since they were round and I needed the stencil to be half on, half off the table.

Next using my gray chalk paint and a Martha Steward sponge Applicator I got to work!

I worked section by section until the entire top was stenciled!

I now have the perfect little side table for the rocker/glider!  Now if only the rocker were not black…but that is a first world problem I should not complain about!  LOL!

I love the super matte finish of the chalk paint along with the fun, trendy pattern of the chevron!  They pair really well together!

You can also check out how I made that stenciled tissue box cover here!  Geometric patterns were one of the Spring Fashion Trends that I totally jumped on board with!  I planned ahead and did it in the colors of the nursery!  I will also be sharing how to make those curtains behind the chair as well and you may see that lamp shade get a makeover as well!  Yay for new baby rooms!

If you want to play along there is still time left!  Check out The Big Bling Instagram Sweepstakes and Big Bing product set for tons of ways to get your personalization on!   Be sure to stop over on Instagram and search the hashtag #theBigBling for tons of inspiration!

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