Before photos:
Put some layers of a off white Oops paint on it:
Added some blue to the Oops paint and painted the top. Then I mixed antique white and black acrylic paint for the legs:
I added chalkboard paint to the top:
This is what it looked like after the first horizontal layer:
I sanded and did another layer and it was still showing the original paint spots so I sanded it down again and did two layers of chalk paint and that seemed to do the trick. Then it was pretty much back to square one so I did two more layers and called it good:
My paint soaked through the tape and the tape tore up some of the paint so I did a coat of regular paint for both the blue and the gray. The gray got kinda on the dark side but I like it:
Next I waited 2 days and 'primed' the chalkboard by running white chalk all over it, wiping it in with a dry cloth, and then cleaning it with a damp cloth. After that I gave it a test run, I wrote on it, gave it a quick wipe with a dry cloth, and then with a wet cloth:
After wiping with a dry cloth:
After wiping with a wet cloth, brand new!
Then I put 3 layers of spray sealer on it:
And it's all done!