Tutorial On Nautical Style Pub Table
Today is the day for the Nautical Style Furniture With Chevron Painted Stripes tutorial! I achieved the look with chevron tape and stencils. I can’t freehand anything…not even a stick figure. I love the crisp red, white, and blue colors.
Nautical Style Furniture With Chevron Painted Stripes
The pub table started out like this. I purchased both pieces at My Favorite Junk Shop. The purchases were months apart. I found the table top first and knew I would eventually find a base for it…and I did!
The JTS put the pieces together for me. This is one time we didn’t have to do a lot of cutting or adjusting. I only needed to cut off some dowel pins on the bottom side of the table top…easy.
The two bar stools came from my kitchen. The stools I bought to go with the table had rectangular seats and didn’t look good with the table.
Aah, the secret to the chevron stripes….Frog Tape Shape Tape. {this is not a sponsored post…all products were purchased by me} My first project with shape tape was a fun little outdoor table.
I painted the table and stools with off-white Reclaim paint. I let it dry over night. Then I tried a little of the red on the edge of the table to see if it was the right color. I had two partial bottles of acrylic paint and I mixed them together. I thought the red was just right.
 I started the chevron stripes with red and I centered the first strip of tape between the scalloped edges of the table top that were centered between the two front legs of the table. Probably hard to understand. The table has small scalloped edges and you can’t just start a pattern willy-nilly…. although I have been known to do that…. that’s why I know not to do that now! I measured the distance between each piece of tape by using the width of the tape itself.
This is how it looked after the red paint. I only let the paint set for about 10 minutes before pulling the tape off of the table. Always remove painters tape before the paint dries…..another tip learned the hard way.
ta-dah!
Sailboats up next. I used this stencil from Hobby Lobby. Now you guys probably noticed how nice and even and straight and perfect those chevron red stripes were ….right? I didn’t want to mess them up and have to start all over so I stenciled several sailboats on paper and cut them out.
Then I laid them out on the table. See, I was going to stencil 3 sailboats only. But when I laid out the sailboats I could see that wasn’t going to work. This is why I have to plan ahead. So I stenciled more boats and cut them out and decided on 5 placed like this. I then used the stencil and the Valspar paint sample in Pacific Pleasure that I used on the American flag wall décor. I really like this blue color. Stenciling is easy. It took about 10 minutes to stencil the boats on the table.
Next I worked on the stools. You can see at first I didn’t carry the stripe around to the bottom of the seat. That didn’t look very good so I went back and extended the stripe over the edge.
I also wanted a different look for the stools so I used some of the other designs from the stencil.
This project took a little planning…usually I just fly by the seat of my pants.
I really like the table and stools. They make me smile.
Find Shape Tape on Amazon here  clicking here.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day, Kathy
This project first appeared on Petticoat Junktion in 2014.Â
Author:Â Kathy Owen (Petticoat Junktion)
Kathy is the founder of PetticoatJunktion.com, a home décor blog focused on repurposing and upcycling furniture, old hardware, rusty stuff, and thrifty finds into unique home décor. Kathy’s projects have been featured on the Home Depot Blog, Plaid Crafts, Behr Designer Series, and in numerous magazines. Read more about Kathy here.
Leslie Smith
So darling! Thanks for sharing about the shape tape. I see they have scallop and wave shape too. Love!
Kathy Owen
You're welcome. Yes, they have all kinds of shape tape!
Patricia Trice
Love love love!
Kathy Owen
Thank you!
Sharon Girvin-Davison
hello, I love this. i especially like the simplicity of the stools withthe table. they all look great together. .....I have a question, I want to paint a small wooden smoking cabinet to put outside. Is there a waterproof paint or sealer or technique you reccomend? Thanks, Sharon
Sharon Girvin-Davison
i see that i missed the link to the little outdoor table where you used rustoleum spray paint. i wanted to do a blending technique..maybe i should keep it simple with the spray paint.
Kathy Owen
Hey, I say go for it if you want to try the blending technique!
Kathy Owen
I would use any name brand outdoor sealer. I'm glad you like the table and chairs. It's hard not to overdo sometimes. Thanks!!
Marie
This nautical set is so stink'n ADORABLE, Kathy! It would look so cute on a poolside or lakehouse deck. Love them red chevron stripes.
Kathy Owen
Thanks Marie!
Linda
You did a fantastic job! I love it when a project is something I can actually do while living in apartment. You have inspired me and I thank you! BTW, I love learning about new-to-me products too. Now I know about the shape tape.
Kathy Owen
Thank you Linda!
Wendy
I am loving the colors and the stripes . Got to try to find some of that cool tape . I can see all kinds of uses for it . Great job !
Stormee
Love this. I imagine that it sold right away!!!!
Barbara Warner
Kathy,
I love your round table and the two stools. I like the chevron pattern anyway, and I especially like the nautical look you gave the pieces. Nothing better than the red, white, and blue! Well done.
Lisa Humphries
Just found you the other day!!!! Loved this project and want to try it myself. I've never been to a Hobby Lobbby store but hear we will soon be getting one in nearby Savannah, Ga. I've just started "piddling" with furniture and often find myself, as you say, "flying by the seat of my pants", but I guess that's how we learn, right?
So glad to know that your husband is doing great! They've come an awfully long way with bypass surgeries! Will continue to follow you and the FRS! Thanks for your site!
Lisa from Beaufort, SC.
Carol Cook
What a fun makeover on those pieces. Of course, anything red excites me!
Pamela
I'm diggin' it girl! I love it!
JaneEllen
Now I want to find a table/have stools to do this. Will get the shape tape to try it. You did a wonderful job on table and stools, love it so much.
Pretty handy stencil to use. Saw it Saturday at HL and didn't buy it, duh. What was I thinking? The little boats are really cute and of course appropriate to the idea of table/stools. I need to get some of that Pacific Pleasures at Lowe's. I love those Valspar samples, especially when they're $1.
Great work as always. You did a great job placing the tape for stripes, I noticed the table had scalloped edges.
Glad to see you have a good helper. Mine is too when he's in mood to be.
Right now my hubs is involved in 5 chickens and modifying their coop quarters. A neighbor of our daughter is moving, can't take their chickens so we got them, $400 coop, feeding/watering dishes. Hubs informed me one of them at least is acting like she's ready to lay eggs. He was born/raised on farm in OK so is all about the chickens. Good for him to have something to really put his attentions to, could I become jealous of chickens? lol. Have great week, love your blog.
Kathy Owen
I always love your stories JaneEllen. I think maybe you should start a blog 🙂
chris aka monkey
they make me smile also kathy xx