"Reclaimed Wood" Style Distress Tutorial

I finished a new project today and I thought it turned out nicely. I had to share it with everyone. We got a table in on consignment last week. It was nice, but nothing special and the top was damaged. The owner was open to me giving it a little spruce-up so I went to town. The table was made of oak pieced together and sort of resembled all those reclaimed wood projects blowing up Pinterest lately. So I decided to enhance that look and here's what I came up with.

Here's the before. You can see the different pieces that make up the table top. 

I taped along each seam of wood and painted each with craft paint.

Here are my finished stripes. 

I painted leaving thicker and thinner parts for texture and I left a little space between stripes. 

After the paint dried I sanded with rough sandpaper. 

I painted irregular black lines for more definition between stripes and then used an old candle to wax the surface. 

I painted another messy layer of similar colors over the wax. 

I let let the paint dry. Then I scraped away the wax and some of the paint. 

After scraping I sanded again to get more of the wood to show through. 

Then some dark stain wiped on and off quickly. 

And here's the finished table top. I painted the edge black to finish it off. 

I also painted the feet black to tie into the top. "Reclaimed Wood" Coffee table $150

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