We're looking for a new dining table for our formal dining room in our first home. We love the modern look of zinc top tables. Does anyone have experience with zinc top tables? How durable are they? Can they handle spills? I'm pregnant with my first child, and we want something that will last a few years and has a modern look to it. My current table is wood, and it has lots of water stains, etc on it. Not a huge fan of glass top tables. Any other suggestions for materials that would give us the contemporary feel we're looking for would be great as well. Thank you!

I have used Annie Sloan chalk paint and love it, and I've also used latex. I don't use poly as I don't care for the look. I have used BriWax that I had on hand in both light and dark brown for my projects and it's very protective. Are you stenciling a design directly on the (assuming) wood grain table top, or are you painting the table and then stenciling? On this recent project, I used Ben Moore Symphony Blue latex paint and little jars of acrylic metallic craft paint for the gold fleur de lis. It has the light and dark wax on it for an antique look, in keeping with the age of the piece. I might save the chalk paint for an item you use without feeling you need to poly it, as it has such a 'soft' look on its own that is very nice. See the difference in the blue paint color once the dark wax is used? Only the drawer fronts have been waxed in the pic, and all the rest of the blue is just the paint at that point.

Yes I am trying to stay away from the greens. I have had various tones of greens for the last 20 years lol. I finally got away from them when I repainted my house in BM Grant beige. I really like the country gray as well. Just wasn't sure if I would be keeping things dull or not. I guess the whole room will flow.. Thanks for your suggestions.

I recently purchased a solid wood table from James and James and I love it! Good prices, too. https://carpenterjames.com/