Because we're not busy enough with the biggest DIY ever I finally refinished one of our yard sale finds last weekend. It was my first soup to nuts furniture renovation and now I'm hooked. I did renovate the $5 Ethan Allen side table we featured in the completed guest bedroom, but now I realize spray paint isn't for everything.
We found this very basic and very beat up oak coffee table at a yard sale around the corner. And after paying our new neighbor $10 to take it off his hands Matt carried it home.
Some quality prep work (which we've become quite good at thanks to having to prep and entire House!) and patience during the painting gave us a beautiful result.
Though I'd LOVE a coffee table more like this one from West Elm, we realize if we'd like to have a family soonish it's completely impractical and will be beat on ferociously. A yard sale find painted with the addition of chalkboard paint will be fun for that time, but until then it will be super fun to label food when we entertain!
The project broke down like this:
Time:
2 Hours - sand all surfaces
1 Hour - prime
2 Hours - one coat of color and a few coats of chalkboard paint.
Cost:
Coffee Table: $10
Primer: $1 (we had some Gildden Gripper left over, we probably used less than a dollars work.) A gallon is $22
Paint: $15 - we bought a quart of semi-gloss Behr Premium Ultra in BM Adam's Gold. Hardly used any of it - but we did buy the paint just for the project.
Chalkboard Paint: $2 (again, used leftover)
Total: 5 hours and $28
Have you flipped anything scored at a yard sale lately?! We have lots of wooden furniture items we've now collected in the basement, ready for a make over!
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