Katie picked up this bruised and battered table from her favorite thrift store for the unbelievable price of $16.91. Despite the peeling veneer and the damaged finish, Katie knew this table was solidly built and had a lot of life left in it.
With no way to fix the damaged veneer on the edge, Katie was forced to remove it using a damp cloth and a hot iron. She then used lacquer remover and sanding to take off the finish and the gold foil design on the top. Katie applied a dark stain and a dark wax to finish the top, really highlighting the burlwood pattern. Finally she painted the base a soft minty green and distressed it slightly before reattaching the original hardware.
See more: Foxglove Design: Burlwood Table
Images: Katie Swafford/Foxglove Design
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Nice!
Looks great. worth the effort. this piece will probably stay with you forever since it can be used in different spaces.
Wow! That's not at all what I was expecting (fresh paint and new hardware)! I love that you kept the original composition of the table and mostly just gave it a refresher.
Very cool!
In before the people who will say you shouldn't have painted it. ;)
Looks great!
This is really pretty. Love the soft blue paint you choose and you kept the same hardware. Nice, really nice.
the after pic says "before" on it!
pretty!
Really?
Why the need for such shiny paint? It looks like toothpaste was rubbed all over it, I don't get it.
I was waiting for the true 'after' and hoping that the painted version wasn't it.
Yeah, I was hoping the second "before" picture was in anticipation of showing the ACTUAL completed project, but that's just because I think the distressing is tacky.
Purty.
It's lovely. Your work turned it into a subtle, stylish piece, and actually highlights its beautiful shape more than before!
I think a lot of these thrift store finds are ugly shapes to begin with. Sorry, but there's not much you could have done with this that would make me like it, and I wouldn't have considered it worth the work in the first place.
BUT, if you do like the lines of the piece - the after is much better than the before. I can see it looking pretty in the right room.
The pictures make the distressed areas look like they need another coat of paint to cover up that primer.
i guess most people dont like to repair things and make them beautiful... they are lazy and slap ugly paint on everything and call it a day. you ruined a beautiful table!!