Marble Coffee Table

Don't you just LOVE our new Carrara Marble coffee table?  Well, it looked like this a few days ago...

Yep... Our new marble coffee table was faux painted to freshen up our hand me down, basic wood table { that has been every color of the rainbow since we have had it }.  It was dark.  It was boring.  It needed a new life.  Having never faux finished something before, I figured I would give it a try & if it didn't work, I could always paint over it with a solid color.

I went to the blogs trying to find a tutorial... & did I find a tutorial?!? I found THE tutorial!!!  Plus a great new to me blog to follow.  Danika's step by step instructions over at Gorgeous Shiny Things is SO good that I will not even attempt to recreate my own version of a tutorial that has been done so well.  Not really into reinventing the wheel, unless I turn my wheel into something different :)  

{ Image via Gorgeous Shiny Things... That is painted  laminate people! }

The thing that helped me the most was her video tutorial.  {Would you guys want to see me do these?}  While I didn't have all of the tools she had, I improvised using things I found around the house, resulting in a FREE project!  I used some primer, black acrylic craft paint & a couple of spare brushes.  My favorite tool was her cardboard feather trick!

I obviously need some more practice... but I am pretty proud of my first attempt.

I sealed it with a water based polyurethane as Danika recommended so it won't yellow.  Plus it needs to be pretty durable as this is part of our daily routine...

Thanks Danika @ Gorgeous Shiny Things for some great inspiration & an AMAZING tutorial!