SouthWest #5: Romeoandjewels' TV Bureau Update

FINISHED

Name: romeoandjewels
Location: Los Angeles
Time: About 2 hours total - with sanding, first coat and second coats.
Cost: $15 for the bureau $25 for the paint = $40 total

An old TV console is repainted into something more modern by romeoandjewels. Take a look below at their January Jumpstart, from start to finish, with photos, tools used, instructions and VOTING below...

BEFORE

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Sandpaper

Krylon White spray paint

FINISHED

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1. Lightly sanded entire piece

2. Spraypainted piece with Krylon white spray paint - with 2 coats. Some areas got a little bit more spray paint on the 2nd coat because it was absorbing more paint.

Comments (7)

Wooohoo! I'm FAMOUS! I was pleasantly surprised to see my entry posted! I'm a total whore for Apartment Therapy, so I'm honored!

Okay - more details... I submitted this on the very last day of the contest and I'm put to shame by the details everyone else provided.

This console was found at the Pasadena "Out of the Closet" thrift shop. My best friend and I were doing a leisurely girl shopping day and stumbled on this fantastically ugly laminate console with molded plastic doors (the before picture doesn't really do the ugliness justice). At first repulsed, I re-examined the lovely detailing and decided to buy it. $15, a trip to Michael's and a phone call to Best Friend's SUV-owning husband later, we had the console on a tarp in her driveway and were happily inhaling Krylon fumes!

I still need to bore a hole in the back to hook up my DVD player and it's still airing out (It still smells slightly like Eau de Old Lady), but I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out - it totally feels like some decorator piece that I would lust over in Metropolitan Home.

Thanks for looking! :)

posted by romeoandjewels on January 28th 2008 at 3:11pm
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romeoandjewels,

i like ur enthusiam.

posted by SD913 on January 29th 2008 at 4:07am
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Thanks! :)

After pic with TV on it:
http://romeoandjewels.com/console_after2.jpg

posted by romeoandjewels on January 29th 2008 at 6:03am
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looks nice with the TV on it. not ur everyday stand!

posted by SD913 on January 29th 2008 at 7:41am
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It looks HEAVY!!

posted by petworthdc on January 30th 2008 at 10:58am
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Hi Petworthdc,

It definitely looks heavy but it's pretty light! We practically carried it into the SUV one-handed. Most of it is particleboard, with the doors being some sort of molded plastic. :)

posted by romeoandjewels on January 30th 2008 at 1:46pm
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That's a project the Paint Everything White Brigade (heh, I saw that phrase somewhere on AT) can be proud of! :D

posted by Julz on March 30th 2009 at 4:09pm
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