Refinished Side Tables With Marble Tops
contributed by Mary @ Apartment TLC
So while Im out and about shopping for our “new”furniture
a thought keeps popping in my mind “Side tables are expensive”
and me being the cheap-o that I am, the idea of spending more than say
$10 a piece…had me looking at my always-empty-but-cute purse and saying to myself
“self…you better come up with something”
So skip a few weeks and my parents phone me up to
ask if I can take my younger brother to his baseball game
and I agreed and then was up at the butt crack of dawn the following day.
On the way back from the ball field I see a couple of people dropping things off at the curb
and I (being very curious) thought maybe I will find something decent… well I didnt…
I FOUD SOMETHING AWESOME!
On the side of the road were two very nice looking (ok a little beat up)
side tables with (get this) Marble TOPS!
I kid you not!!
so of course I did a wicked U-turn that had my brother claiming
that I at last had lost my mind, and I threw them in truck.
When I got them home and inspected them
I realized that they needed a little TLC (pun intended)
so I got out my paint brush and some stain and… the rest is history
SEE BELOW!
So above are the original curb-side tables and
as mama would say “they aint that purdy”
These are the marble tops, they look SUPER yellow and
gross next to the chipped and light wood.
So I took some of this good stuff….
Then I painted it on like this, I did not use primer FYI
This is my comparison shot!
And after 2 coats I got THIS!
Aint it purdy?
The marble looks 10x better now and not so yellow and I left it out to dry overnight
and it turned out fantastic! So when you see a soild
piece of furniture on the side of the road
or maybe a thrift shop? have a little imagination and you may end
up with some treasure of your very own!
piece of furniture on the side of the road
or maybe a thrift shop? have a little imagination and you may end
up with some treasure of your very own!
>Wonderful job! I know exactly how you feel about having a little bit of vision when it comes to these projects. 🙂 I feel the most satisfied after finishing up secondhand furniture. 😀 I'm slowly making a believer out of my sisters also.
>So great!!! Sometimes we can have a treasuer at home and didn´t no that.
>Beautiful!!
>I agree! It's amazing when you can turn something old into a gorgeous, usable and chic decor piece. Great job!
XO,
Candace
LOFT32
>I can't believe that they had marble tops on them already! Great find, and great TLC
Love it – did you sand before staining or no? Love that stain.