Side Table Makeover With Dixie Belle Paint Color Acadia

This little side table has seen a lot of use. It sits beside the sofa where I relax, work on the blog, read a book, or do whatever. I painted it many years ago, and the area where my drink coaster resides has a lot of chipped and worn paint. Plus it kind of looks worn all over!

Well, today, for the Furniture Fixer Upper Tour, I’m giving it a totally new look. I decorate with a lot of earth-tone colors, and the family room, where the table is placed, is primarily shades of green, orange, and brown. 

So, it is time for the antiqued off-white paint finish to go away. 

The thought of painting the table was daunting. All those cutout designs on the sides of the table are a bear to paint. I just bit the bullet and went for it.

I had this paint color, Acadia, from Dixie Belle, on the shelf, and I thought it would work well in our family room. Little did I know that Acadia would become my new favorite paint color. I have to tell you that after painting the table with Acadia, all the side tables in the family room are getting a makeover.

This is the description of Acadia on the Dixie Belle website…..Its rich, dark hues evoke the rugged coastlines and dense, pine-covered hills of Acadia National Park, making it the perfect choice for bringing a touch of grandeur into your home. This paint color is a rich deep green that is an absolute beautiful paint color.

I have a hard time describing the color. It’s green with a hint of blue and maybe a smidgen of gray. That doesn’t make sense, right? And it looks different colors in different lighting situations. You will see what I mean when you look at the photos taken in natural light and the photo I took of the table in our family room.

Dixie Belle paint brushes on so smoothly, just like butter. I usually apply two coats of paint to my furniture projects.

I had to go back and paint the areas I missed in the details on the sides. And I repeated this process several times. I even got a flashlight to see the corners and the top parts of the details. It was a pain.

The above photo was taken in the house. You can see the lighting is different, and the paint has just a hint of blue. I took most of the photos in the shop against a brown backdrop.

Because of the lighting and the furniture arrangement in the family room, it was difficult to get good photos of the entire table. 

After going over the table a bazillion times, I think I managed to cover all of the white paint. The sides of the table are pretty anyway. 

The knob is from Hobby Lobby. I like the added bit of color. 

 

I worked as a laboratory manager/histotechnologist in Nashville for 25 years, and I remember purchasing this table at a Nashville antique shop. You can see the table with its original finish and white paint here: 5 Small White Painted Tables.

As always, thanks for being here, Kathy