Curbside Coffee Table Makover

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• Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
• There’s no monthly theme.
• There’s no budget to stick to.

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At the beginning of March I spotted this coffee table that my neighbor had set out for the trash.

It had definitely seen better days, especially the top where the MDF had started to bubble up and peel back. However I fell in love with the design of the base and just couldn’t bear to watch it go to the landfill, so I rescued it.

Since we’ve had some wicked weather I have had a hard time finding an opportune time to work on it, however this past weekend we finally got a warm sunny day so I hauled it out of the garage and got right to work on it for this month’s challenge.

Supplies Used: (Affiliate links may be provided for convenience.  For more info, see my full disclosure here.)

• Paint Sprayer
• Primer
• Flat Paint in Behr Polar Bear
• 2x6s
• 2×4
• Construction Adhesive
• 2″ Wood Screws
• Wood Filler
• Weathered Oak Wood Stain
• Electric Sander
• Medium Grit Sandpaper
• Minwax One Coat Polyurethane

After wiping all of the dust and grime off of it, I used my handy Paint Sprayer to apply a coat of primer. Once it was dry, I went back and gave it two coats of flat paint in the color Polar Bear by Behr.

I did peel off what I could from the top that was bubbling up so that the new boards would lay as flat as possible.

While that was drying I began cutting the boards for the top. I used mostly 2x6s and one 2×4 to create a classic farmhouse style table top.

I lined them up and adjusted them so that they fit together just the way I wanted, and then one at a time I flipped each one over and applied a line of construction adhesive before laying it down on the table.

Once they were all in place I moved them around until they seemed perfectly centered. Then I began attaching each one with countersunk 2″ wood screws.

I filled each of the holes with stainable wood filler and then used the electric sander to sand the whole top smooth once dry. I applied two coats of white wash followed by Weathered Oak Wood Stain to achieve a faded worn color of wood.

Some of the 2x6s that I had used had white paint on the edges and I found that they were still visible. To disguise this, I decided to dry brush white paint over the boards and this is the final look!

I went back over the base and distressed the edges so that the black peeks through and it completes the look perfectly.

I do feel like it may be just slightly too large for this room so I decided to try living with it for awhile and if I decide against it I will try to sell it.

However I have to admit, it will be sort of hard to let go of this beauty.

Even the cat approves of it!

And now for more thrifty goodness!

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