Coffee (table) Tea or Me
Here is my finished coffee table!
Well, it is almost finished...
We needed a coffee table. We didn't have one for years and years and this was because our house was a tiny one bedroomed house and all our stuff was piled up everywhere and we had no room for a coffee table. Once we had renovated our house and it was large I thought I wanted one but obviously I didn't buy one. I was just looking out for one to make its appearance.
And this was it.
I knew I wanted one this style with turned legs - thick turned legs. I have a kitchen table in the same style and so I was on the look out for a coffee table to match. The kitchen table was from ebay and was all wooden and I painted the legs white. I love it. It is big which is so nice. It is also really sturdy because it was made with the legs attached.
So when I saw this by the side of the road I recognised the potential.
I tried to get it in the car. It is heavy! Sadly I couldn't get it in because I had my two children in the car in their carseats. So after trying for 5 minutes or so I had to admit defeat and go away. I went back that evening to collect it. It wasn't that local, so I knew I was a hardcore street collector. I just cannot help myself.
The top was quite marked and the legs were a weird colour but I knew I could fix that. I gave it a good sand and primed the legs and painted with waterbased colour I mixed from my favourite paint colour, dulux green buoy with white semi gloss. I wanted something different to the kitchen table which has white legs.
I managed to sand all the marks out of the top except for one. I think someone left a plant on this table for a very long time. I even asked my husband to sand it and he sanded away but we could not get the stain out. So as you can see on the top we do have a stain. I have got an idea for how to cover that up and I am going to do it soon. At the moment we are using the table and the stain is there but it isn't really noticeable. I am going to paint a big circle over the mark in the same colour as the legs. then no one will know. I just haven't done it yet.
So there it is. I think it is pretty special. And it was free and was minimal effort to fix up.
Great job. I like the stain, its part of her unknown history.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dana! That is a great way to look at it.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I tried to paint a shelf once and it turned out terrible. 1st I'm sure I didn't sand it enough. 2nd I used spray paint and didn't get it even. I was very disappointed as I really wanted a bright yellow shelf. I think I am too impatient and just don't take the time it takes to do it right. Any pointers? The table is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love this and you do such good work on transforming old stuff in to cool modern things. I am not handy with paint and such. I kinda like the stain as is and would leave it. :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks great!
ReplyDeleteWow you did a wonderful job and I love the color! Thanks for sharing.
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