Pollock Table

So my mom and I were looking for a table for my entry way and were struggling to find something that was the right size and didn’t look completely depressing. So we decided to “pollock” a table.  We found a table whose size and style we liked (see below).

From there we took out the drawer and sanded it down until all the knots were out of the wood. We weren’t too worried about making sure all the maroonish paint was off. We then painted on 2 coats of primer with a day to dry between each coat (see below).

Using a fine sander, we sanded down to take care of uneven patches in the paint and smooth out the primer coat. We had previously chosen a white paint that we felt wouldn't be too bright or dull for our purposes. We painted the selected white onto the drawer and table. Around the trim of the drawer we painted on a color (yellow) that would also eventually be used in the “pollocking” of our piece (see below).

We then took the table to a nice open area, put the drawer back in and put down a painter’s cloth beneath the table.  We got a selection of brushes and sticks to use in our paint throwing. Using one color as a time, we circled the table and make whip like motions to get long splatters (a few splatters will end up as blobs as you can see). After we went through all the colors once, we decided we wanted a little more “Pollock” in the table so we did another round of colors. The result can be seen below.

The picture below shows the table in my entry way. The red we used in splattering the table was some of the leftover from paining the entry way.