White and Wood Tone Side Table

Hello folks!  Welp we have officially been in our new house for two weeks.  I am full-on into making our garage usable right now.  If you follow me on Instagram you have seen the things I have built to make it functional and I am thisclose to being done. However, I am close enough to sneak in a quick furniture makeover project.  Since I sold my end tables at my big sale before I moved I needed to find replacements.  I snagged one on Craigslist last weekend for $10.

It isn’t a quality built piece, it was probably purchased at Wal-mart or something like that but I just liked it and knew with some paint and new stain it would fit well with the look I am going for in my family room (vision to be accomplished at a blog near you soon!).

It was in rough shape with lots of dings and scratches.

At first I thought I would just strip and stain it all with a darker stain but then I realized that the top wasn’t real wood but rather particle board with veneer on the top.  #craigslistfail

I wasn’t about to let that small detail make this a project fail.  So mid stride I decided to paint the top white. And I am absolutely in love with how it turned out.

Supplies:

sander

sandpaper 50 grit, 100, 150

pre-stain conditioner

Minwax stain in Special Walnut

Kilz primer

Valspar Signature Paint (I had it color matched to White Dove from Benjamin Moore)

Minwax finishing paste

Krylon Oil-Rubbed Bronze

Paintbrush

paint roller

1.  First I used my sander with a 50-grit sandpaper to remove the existing stain from the drawer front and the wood slats.  Then I followed that by 100 and 150 grit to make it smooth.  So it is now ready for pre-stain conditioner and stain.

2.  I applied the pre-stain conditioner and then followed it up a coat of Minxwax Special Walnut.

3.  While that was drying I applied Kilz primer and two coats of the White Dove Valspar paint to the top.

4.  I also gave the metal legs a quick coat of Krylon Oil-Rubbed Bronze spray paint to refresh it.

5.  Then after the stain was dry I applied some Minwax Finishing Paste. In 15 minutes I buffed it with a soft cloth.

6.  I changed out the pulls with some Black Cup Pulls from DLawless Hardware.  They are only $.60 each!!  Once I find my printer (HA!) I will add some words to the pulls.

7.  Lastly I tightened up the screws to make it stable.

See my paint swatch on the wall to the left.  Yep this girl is in transition.  I can’t wait to watch this room unfold.  I have big plans!

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