Furniture styles are always changing, but one big style that has changed in the last ten or so years is entertainment centers. With the invention of the thinner flat screen TVs, those deep entertainment centers aren’t necessary anymore — something much thinner will work, or you can even hang your TV on the wall (and frame it like we did ;).
Sooo… that leaves lots of older style entertainment centers sitting around on curbs and in thrift stores. Which makes them the perfect DIY revamp candidates, of course. And our guest today made quick work of hers by removing the top and chopping it down to make it into a TV console table, perfect for holding your electronics beneath your wall-mounted TV:
When you’re revamping furniture, it’s important to use what you have wisely and make the existing features work for you. For example, a dresser made a great base for this awesome tall mudroom bench (featured here)
Or a taller dresser is a great candidate for a new bookshelf (featured here).
An old sewing table is a perfect fit for a drink cooler — perfect for entertaining! (featured here)
Or, my favorite is our built-in closet made from odds and ends of furniture:
But my favorite part about today’s project is just how EASY it is, and that it will work with pretty much any older style entertainment center. Here’s Kelly with all the details!
How to Turn an Old Entertainment Center into a TV Console Table
by Kelly of The Moon and Me
I can’t say exactly how long it took, but all in all only a few hours.The biggest time chunks were waiting for the glue and paint to dry.Definitely a quick weekend project.
It took me longer to find baskets that fit!
I can’t think of anything I would have done differently…well, except maybe have someone else apply wax and buff it off.Whew, my arm was tired!
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Thanks so much for visiting and sharing, Kelly! I’ll never pass up an outdated entertainment center again 🙂
Remodelaholics, head over to The Moon and Me to see more great projects, like her awesome brightly colored folding chairs and her master bath mini makeover.
Totally love this idea! Can you tell me how you make your own chalk paint?
There are numerous recipes online. I just use the one I find first.
Generally it’s plaster of paris, water, and latex paint…but some use calcium carbonate or unsanded grout.
I think the ratio is the same…about 2 tbsp of the “chalk” mix in with some warm water, about 1 tbsp – to one cup paint.
Hi, love this idea! Was wondering if your entertainment center was solid wood or particle board? I want to do this to ours, but my husband says it won’t work since it’s particle board so I figured I would ask about yours!
totally particle board. There’s not an ounce of solid wood on that thing. That’s the beauty of chalk paint…or paint in general…covers a multitude of sins. 🙂
I simply LOVE all your projects! I’m new to chalk paint can you tell me why you mixed Martha’s and Glidden? I’m about to start some projects myself and would like to know. Also you used light wax and then dark wax? Thanks very much and look forward to viewing many more of your beautiful ideas! Thanks!
Thank you for the inspiration. I finally turned my old entertainment center in my sons game room into a tv console to hold his new 50″ tv we bought him for his Birthday