1970s Danish Coffee Table

This is my biggest project so far. I regenerated this table last April for the Brighton and Hove Artist May Open House.

I found this table unwanted by my neighbour covered with lots of blueish water-colour paint as if a child had had a go at decorating it. I gave it a good clean and lots of sanding down to get rid of that blue paint. I used fine sand-paper instead of the sanding machine which took, what seemed like, forever and there was plenty of dust from the old wood created by this sanding action (now I know what it's like working with wood). 

This is what the table looked like after first layer of white Hanji paper. Initially this lovely Hangul paper was my first choice for the top of this beautiful 1970s Danish coffee table. Once the paper was glued, however, the wood stain from the top of the table kept coming through this light Hangul paper. In the end I gave up and had to change the plan after about 4 layers of paper on top trying to cover the stain. 

But all is not lost. After several attempts of choosing paper I finally found this gorgeous black and gold Chrysanthemum Hanji paper. The bottom part of the table especially required lots of patience as each baton (or whatever those wooden bits are called) was painstakingly decoupaged with this blackness of gorgeous eastern flowers. When I finished the final baton, I was thrilled. Very opulent! Now I go around looking for the next project - in fact I have found a couple of chairs that look like 60s design. I'm so looking forward to changing these up soon.