This salvaged side table gets a Wedgewood-Inspired Makeover using A Custom Mixed Paint Color | How To Mix A Custom Paint PERFECTLY Every Time!  | YouTube Video

Hi, sweet friends, I hope you’re having a great week. This past Monday was a Civic Holiday here in Canada so it was nice to celebrate a long weekend. A few friends of mine visited the Painted Lady houses in Grimsby Ontario. Ohmygosh they are adorable. It was a TON of color inspiration. I’ll share a few pics at the end of the post so you can see how lovely they are.

The painted homes inspired me to restyle a side table I painted for my sister in 2017. Andrea wanted it to be changed to a Wedgewood Blue paint color. This requires some color mixing to get an exact match so today I’m sharing how to mix a custom paint color with NO mess,  NO fussing with numerous paint colors, and NO guesswork. This shortcut will save you time and money and you’ll have a PERFECT match every time. 

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Here’s the original roadside wood side table. This is how it looked before its 2017 DIY Chalk Painted Makeover.

And here’s what the table looks like now. It was painted and restyled in a paint color called “Dijon”.

After so many years of use, it could use a refresh yet overall the DIY Homemade Chalk Paint Recipe held up really well!

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Side Table  – SALVAGED
Sand Pads | Shop Towels
Bosch Sander
White Lightning Cleaner
Paint Brushes
Cape Current Silk All-In-One Paint
Salt Water Silk All-In-One Paint
Amazing Casting Resin Kit

WEDGEWOOD INSPIRED SIDE TABLE

Here’s how it all came together…

REMOVE HARDWARE

There were two ornate hardware knobs that I removed from this side table. I had purchased them years ago from Hobby Lobby for 50% off. Even though they are older, I still love them.

CLEAN/PREP

The inside and outside of this side table were cleaned with this White Lightning.  I wiped it down a few times and then used clean water to remove any residue.

SANDING

The original finish held up AWESOME! Seeing as I was giving it another coat of paint, I gave it a quick scuff sanding using 100-grit sandpaper and my Bosch Sander. This gave the surface a little tooth for good paint adhesion. Then using a tack-cloth, I removed all the sanding dust before priming.

HOW TO MIX A CUSTOM PAINT COLOR

Now for the FUN part! My secret to mixing the perfect custom paint color is using an online tool. Rather than gathering numerous paint jars and pretending I’m a color mixologist, I’d rather let a free program do the dirty work. Here’s a FREE online Color Lab you can use. I took a screenshot of a Wedgewood Vase and input it into the program.

The program calculates the colors and exact recipe you need to create the match. No second guessing or making a mess with mixing paint and trying to get it right. I find this so easy to use. I chose to use SILK All-In-One Mineral paint so I wouldn’t have to prime and topcoat. A 50/50 recipe of Salt Water and Cape Current gave me perfect results.

Some other online FREE paint mixing Tools include –

Trycolors.com

Gradients.app

Sherwin Williams Color Tools

If you know of or use any others, I’d love to hear in the comments down below!

MIXING PAINT RECIPE

The next morning I grabbed the two paints I needed to create my custom Wedgewood-Blue. The paint-recipe was 50% Salt Water + 50% Cape Current.

Quick Tip – A quick and dirty way to measure paint without pouring it out of the jar is to use a stir stick. Holding the stir stick perfectly straight and stick it in the paint touching the bottom of the jar. Then ull it out making sure it’s perfectly straight. In the image below, I have more Cape Current than Salt Water. I added a little more Salt Water to even it out and make it a 50/50 mix.

Once I had my paint measured, I poured the Salt Water into the Cape Current and gave it a mixing. It looks like Wedgewood Blue!!

I painted two coats of this custom color onto the side table. Once the first coat dried, I saw it was a touch darker then I anticipated.

For the second coat, I added a tiny bit more Salt Water to the mix to slightly lighten it up. I also used this slap-it-on technique to get a flawless and brush free finish on the curved legs.

Here’s what the first coat looked like as it was drying.

ADDING WEDGEWOOD DETAILS

For the gorgeous Wedgewood-Inspired details, I grabbed my ‘scrap mold box’ and hunted for suitable molds.

I found some resin molds I had cast years ago. They were dusty and the excess resin hadn’t even been cut away but they were PERFECT for what I had in mind. I cleaned them up with soap and water. The color was so perfect against the blue they didn’t need to be painted.

Doesn’t this white resin look great against the blue!?

Because of the holiday, I was unable to get a few things I needed to finish this little side table up. I ran out of contact glue and used wood glue instead. It’s not holding properly (especially around the edges!) so I will be fixing this up later this week. I also ordered this magnetic door latch system. It will give this side table a clean look on the outside and open and close nicely.

THE FINISHED LOOK

Here’s the finished look.

 

 

And what do you think of the door fronts? … and the color?!

The wood glue isn’t doing a good job of holding those edges down but once I buy and use this Contact Cement, it will do the trick.

Here’s a close-up look.

Mixing custom paint colors is fun and gratifying so I hope you give it a try!

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YOUTUBE TUTORIAL

Here’s the full step-by-step video tutorial. Our #siyoutubefamily is already a community of 47.1K so don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t done so already! So exciting, thank YOU!

Here’s another look at this dresser before and after. I hope it inspired you and gave you some ideas for your upcoming furniture painting projects.

And here are a few pics of the Painted Lady Houses in Grimsby. If you’re ever in the area, it’s a nice stroll and the homes are adorable!

Let me know what you think of this makeover in the comments below. I always love hearing from you, it makes my day! 🙂

Happy painting my friends!

Denise x

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