I purchased a really cheap table from Home Goods to hold a cable box. It was painted a flat black with no interest at all. I used Annie Sloan chalk paint in Old Ochre, used 2 coats, sanded to distress it and used one coat of clear wax and then a second application of dark wax heavily diluted with the clear wax. I am very pleased with the results. The first picture is the before. The second is after.