This is now one of my favourite distressed items of furniture in our house. Last week, we transformed it from a simple trunk to a distressed coffee table and I think it looks absolutely fabulous.
I’ve always wanted to use a trunk as a coffee table because I love the duality of it, the fact that it’s all neat and tidy on the outside and can hide lots of messy stuff inside. For example, Michael is obsessed with driftwood (a perfectly good thing to be obsessed with, I suppose) and he’s collected loads from the west coast but where do we store it? In the trunk… yay!! (see final photo).
It was an easy job to distress, just like we did the armoire and the bedside tables, we (the royal ‘we’ – he did all the work, I just helped carry it inside and then took photos lol!), simply cleaned it up and dusted it down before painting it with the fabulous Annie Sloan chalk paint (that we bought from True Colors in Carvoeiro). We then left it to dry overnight (although it doesn’t actually take that long to dry), and then painted another colour on top. Once that was dry, all it took was a little rub down (in certain areas) with a little sandpaper et voila! It’s beautiful (perfect considering what’s inside) and stylish. I love it!
Driftwood storage
