We have about a month until settlement on the new house, so I decided to tackle some small furniture renovation projects before we are completely bogged down with the house renovations. Remember my post about remote storage in the living room here? As a reminder, here are the nesting coffee tables from Ikea that we've had for years:
To be honest, I'm a bit over the super dark wood pieces now-a-days. These tables are still serviceable, so some spray paint, adhesive vinyl and Rub & Buff brought them up with the times:
I picked up some Rustoleum spray paint in bright gold for the legs and some Valspar spray paint in Azure Snow for the veneer tops. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that the Valspar was gloss. Duh. No problem. Luckily, I had some clear satin spray paint in the shed and it knocked the glossy mess right down to a nice satin sheen. The corner pieces are white adhesive vinyl that I cut with my Silhouette machine and then turned gold with some Rub & Buff. Have you ever shopped for brass corner hardware for furniture? Um, yeah, not spending that kinda money on cheap Ikea tables. We have an entire house to renovate my Peeps... However, I was happy to see that the wood grain of the veneer still shows through the paint a bit and gives the tops some much needed texture:
The paint didn't want to stick to the veneer in a few places, so I just let the first coat dry and did another. They aren't perfect, but they'll work until we can afford a new coffee table! :-) Let's just hope they survive the move two blocks over to the other house...
Good thing we have a lot of coasters. I have a feeling this finish isn't gonna last too long! LOL! I have four more pieces of furniture to refinish in the next month. Let's hope the next piece takes the paint better than these darn tables... It may be time to invest in a bottle of deglosser!
Have a great weekend Everyone!
Cheers!
M J
Have a great weekend Everyone!
Cheers!
M J
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