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Restyled Scrap Wood Covered Table

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1-DSCN5765I’ve been shopping the barn again. My husband and I made these tables a few years ago to sell at a local garden store.

2-DSCN5767The cut out in the center is for a square planter box. We had these three tables left over, and since it had been a few years, it was time for a little restyling.

1-DSCN5810While I was in the barn, I gathered a pile of scrap wood. They had to be the same thickness, but a variety of widths.

3-DSCN5769I lined up several planks across the top of the table. They needed to fit from side to side without any hanging over the edges. My boards were a little shy of the width, so I separated them slightly. The gaps between the boards are hardly noticeable.

I cut each board to a length even with the table. With the help of wood glue and the power brad nail gun I had the top attached in no time.

4-DSCN5771I measured boards with the same thickness AND same width for the sides. I cut the first two boards equal to the measurements on opposite edges of the table and attached them in the same way as the top.

5-DSCN5773The remaining boards were measured and cut with the additional thickness measurement of the side boards. They were placed on the sides with the side ends overlapping the cut ends of the first two boards.

6-DSCN5784Then to marry it all together, I dry brushed everything…original table and scrap boards.

I’m finishing up the rest of the tables, but I already know square or rectangle tables are going to be on my garage sale list this summer. Think about it. You don’t have to worry about what the table looks like as long as it has good structural bones.

Wouldn’t a table with decorative legs look cute?

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Restyled Game Board Table

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5-DSCN5321New table for my back porch.

1-DSCN5292I needed something smaller than what I already had. I dug through the pile I have been gathering for when I have the mother of all yard sales. These two game boards and bar stool sparked my imagination. The bar stool was the perfect height for a table.

2-DSCN5313I painted all the pieces the same color. Yippee for me! I had paint in my stash.

3-DSCN5316Tracing the seat on paper helped me find the exact center of the bar stool’s seat. The game board already had a hole in the center.

4-DSCN5320A little wood glue and a screw through the center attached the large board to the top. The smaller board was glued across the rungs to make a shelf under the table.

Easy peasy!

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Sewing Table To End Table

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It’s been a while since I painted some furniture and I was starting to feel withdrawal.

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This old sewing table was the perfect project for my painting fix. I’ve had it a few years. It was a yard sale steal for $5. It still had the sewing machine inside, but it didn’t work anymore and it made the table a very heavy beast. Once removed, I was finally able to move the table without help.

Since the door on the front opened I was hoping to add a shelf, but there was another board behind the door that was just short enough for clearance over knees while sewing. It was part of the table’s support, so removing it would have had the table collapsing. I secured the door so that it couldn’t open anymore, and also the folding table top over the opening for the sewing machine.

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Sometimes my furniture redos just evolve as I go along, but lately I have been seeing a lot of beautifully painted gray furniture on other blogs. I knew that’s the color I wanted, but…I didn’t have gray paint. Frugal to the bone, I mixed my own using light blue and chocolate brown paint. I think the color turned out kinda perfect, if I do say so myself.

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I lightly sanded over the edges…

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…then I finished with a wash of watered down white paint. One of the original knobs was broken, so I added silver ones. I thought they went well with the gray paint.

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Shoppin’ The Barn

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Saturdays are usually my junking days, but last Saturday I couldn’t bring myself to do it. My barn is already stuffed with my accumulation of yard sale, thrift store and auction finds. Yes, I do things with my junk  treasures, but in reality, I bring home more junk treasures than I can keep up with. Older stuff gets pushed to the back of the barn and forgotten. So…

…last Saturday I decided to shop my barn. These are the pieces I pulled out. They were filthy, so I got the hose out to knock off the thick layer of dust. Once that was accomplished, I was able to get down to really cleaning them and sanding them. At one time I had four of the chairs. The other three have long since been restyled and sold. It was time this baby got a makeover. My shop doesn’t have too many little kid things right now, so I thought the rocking horse would be a good addition. I picked up the sewing table several years ago at a church sale. It doesn’t have a sewing machine in it, but I thought it would make a great end table. The little table…or maybe it’s a desk…was a discard from my brother from eons ago.

I was on a roll, so I didn’t take pics during any of the transformations. What ya see is what ya get. Sorry about that. There wasn’t a lot to see anyway. Thankfully everything was pretty straight forward with no drama.

The finished rocking horse. A couple coats of pink chalk paint and some sanding to distress. I was thinking about dry brushing on some white, but my very tall, redneck son said he liked it with just the pink. (giggles) Now it’s ready for a little cowgirl to giddy up.

The table (desk?) and chair were done in the same color. Not sure if you can tell in the photos, but they were both painted a pale green.

They would look good alone…

or go well together as a set.

I added a pearl finish and stamped pearl white roses on them. I tried to take a pic of the roses, but they are very faint. Can you see them?

Is this pic better?

Lastly, the sewing table. I really, really, really want to keep it, but I have no room. It was painted eggshell and distressed with sanding. Oh, I also removed the curved thing that enclosed the sewing machine from underneath. It wouldn’t stay up and I didn’t want to mess with it.

All in all, I’m pretty happy with my frugal shopping. I may have to do it again this weekend. Eventually I should get close enough to an old stereo cabinet I have been wanting to restyle. It’s about halfway back in the barn so it may be awhile still, but I’m getting there. It was the one my parents had when I was a kid. It was pretty bad when I brought it home, and it had a pack rat living in it. Who knows what’s living in it now.

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Shabby Chic Bistro Set

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I absolutely love the way this turned out, but it was not without its aggravations. Big thank you to my friends that put up with my whining, moaning and groaning during the process. I don’t know what it is, but lately I seem to be picking projects that look simple, but have loads of issues.

This is the way the bistro set looked when I started. I loved it. Even in its cracked-tile glory.

Let me explain the tile. Originally the tiles were one piece. Due to the elements, they had cracked. What looked like stone or ceramic tile was actually a really hard plastic.

Using brute force and a few power tools…I love power tools…I finally removed the tile and adhesive from the table top.

It wasn’t pretty. I had marred and dented the surface of the table top. My original plan was to paint the top, but that just wasn’t going to work. It was a horrible mess.

With my husband’s help, we cut old boards for the table top.

My next problem was that green paint on the boards. I kinda liked the look, but I couldn’t stain over it. I couldn’t varnish over it. It just wouldn’t cooperate with me. The paint had to go. Finally, after sanding the paint away, I stained and sealed.

Next problem. Probably the biggest one. The tiles on the chair backs. This problem could make or break the whole project. I couldn’t get them off without risking visual damage to the chairs. I tried every kind of solvent you could think of (and many you would never guess), but they wouldn’t budge. When I was just about ready to throw in the towel, I got out the power tools.

Have I mentioned that I love me some power tools?

I cut the tiles and their metal foundation out of the chairs…

…then filed around the opening to remove any sharp edges.

Woo Hoo!!! In the home stretch! A little paint…a little sanding…and this cutie patootie bistro set is finally done. I would love to keep it (especially since it was such a headache), but it will go to the shop for sale.
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