DIY Furniture Makeovers are a lot easier to do than what you may think. This farmhouse table makeover transform our old kitchen table into a beautiful and new focal point for our dining room. We love it!
I bought this table almost two years ago from a young couple for $25.00. The top of the table has never been in great shape but I didn’t mind since it was meant to be abused by countless amounts of spills, craft paint, hot glue and many other things.
Now it’s time to let the table retire from her previous duties and be a little pampered and even honor her for been the foundation of so many great dinners and moments. The first thing I did was sand the table PERFECTLY down. It looked like a completely different table already!
After this part was done it was time to apply the vinyl stencil that I had previously designed and cut.
You will need a large vinyl machine to do something like this, or order a stencil.
Then I was ready to stain the design. I used an antiquing dark glaze by Valspar. My advice if you are thinking to do something like this is to use small amounts of paint at a time. Paint or a thick glaze is better that regular stain {too “liquidly”} for this part of the process. I know you know BUT DO NOT BRUSH THE PAINT side to side or up and down. When you are working with STENCILS ALWAYS tap your paint with a flat brush.
Then it was time to let it dry… Perfect for me and Mimi to take a HOT CHOCOLATE break while Papi and the other little savages
were playing basketball at the Church.
Then we were ready to stain the table. I always like to test my stains in a piece of similar wood before I apply it on the final surface… Check out my fancy gear 😉
At this point I ended with this…
…and after the final clear glaze with this.
And now I better say good bye because we are ready for dinner 😉
Here are some other DIY Furniture Projects that I love!
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I found you through copycat and all I have to say myself is… WOW!!! This is genius! Pure genius! I am inspired!! I have been looking for the perfect coffee table and think that this might fit the bill!!! Thanks for your inspirations!
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Wow, I am seriously coveting this table! Straight to "inspiration" on Pinterest!
wow- that is amazing!!! so gorgeous- you did a fabulous job!
It's gorgeous! Wow! I love it! Great job! 🙂
Roeshel
HI, I was wondering what kind of machine do you use for your stencils im thinking about buying one. any help you can give me would be great.
lauren
This is the most awesome table I've ever seen. I've just purchased a similar table and I'd love to do the vinyl stenciling, but I am SO confused as to how you actually make it? How did you print it out so large and get the letters cut out like the way you have it??
This is beautiful! Hard to believe it's the same table.
LOVE THIS!!! Found you on thrify home link party!
This is amazing! So amazing that I'm featuring this on my Facebook page! Thank you for linking up last week on Sew Woodsy! We hope you join us again tomorrow!