Ceiling Paint & The Little Side Table

While looking for ideas I found this site.  The dramatic bold colors were so different from the shabby chic style that seems to be everywhere. I hadn't redone anything in a bold flashy style and wanted to give it a shot.

I'd had this little half table for several months, but set it aside when I realized the bottom was cracked.  Having recently become more confident of my repair skills, I put a screw in and painted it white.  I didn't use wood glue, or drill a pilot hole or use clamps, I just strong armed it together.

At Home Depot the week before, I struggled to keep my 2yr old in the cart while grabbing oops paint. When I opened it to put a coat on, the smell of every new apartment or house I've ever moved into wafted out.  I looked at the can and it was ceiling paint. I didn't really know what that meant. So I painted. 

 I wanted to do something like a coloring book outline around each edge.  The table reminded me of a tuxedo. I outlined all the edges and it looked pretty cool, but it needed more drama. This is what I ended up with.   The paint doesn't match the table style at all, but somehow it kinda works.

I painted the top with satin Behr black latex and coated the whole thing with Minwax Polycrylic. When I came back to check on it, the white had started cracking.  I guess it has something to do with the ceiling paint.  The table looks perfectly ridiculous and the crackling is an added bonus.