Coal Black Pepper Grinder with White Wax

Pier One to Pottery Barn Trunk Makeover

A client brought in this Pier One trunk/coffee table to be painted. They wanted the finished product to be in the style of Pottery Barn furniture. The result was just what they envisioned. Now this updated, custom painted trunk/coffee table is ready to go back home and give them years of service.

Here is my score from a thrift store, click here to see the tall jewelry box and here for the wood & metal trunk makeovers

This solid wood and stainless steel pepper grinder from Cole & Mason was in fantastic shape but really need a punch of color or in this case the absence of color as I chose black, Fusion Mineral paints coal black to be exact.

Two coats of black were applied, each coat brushed in a different direction to create a cross hatch pattern. This adds texture to the grinder as well and for a bit of additional pizzaz I wiped on Miss Mustard Seed's white wax which caught nicely in the cross hatch pattern and softened the black.