That's an improvement

[vanillafluffy]

One of the things I inherited from Kat was a side table that's currently being used as my coffee table. It's nothing special, but it has nice lines and is more suitable for the space I have. Somebody, at some point, painted the ersatz wood-grain top green

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[kukkurkurat]

YES! DIY is such a good thing if you have the right tools and ideas and it all somehow comes together. GOOD for you!

[vanillafluffy]

Eh, it's a little splotchy. I missed a few bits because the room by lamplight isn't outstandly well-lit. Still a work in progress....

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[ang5fam]

You are just kicking ass and taking names!

[vanillafluffy]

Albeit in no particular order....

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[pwcorgigirl]

It's amazing how a little TLC and some paint can transform a piece of furniture from "okay to feed the cats on" to "looks great in the living room." :D

We didn't have a coffee table right before the kid was born and were too poor to even think about buying one. Someone gave us a junk one with some rust on the metal legs and a scratched mahogany top. After a little Brillo on the legs and two coats of cordovan shoe polish on the top, we used it with pride for years.

[vanillafluffy]

The coffee table it replaced was clearly someone's DIY project. It reminded me of something my dad might've put together. It has a 2"x4" substructure and a good quality solid wood top carefully trimmed with half-round molding and painted semi-gloss black. I found it, after an extensive hunt for a coffee table, buried under a stack of TVs in one of the seedier local thrift stores. I paid $10 for it without knowing whether the top was okay (it was) and sweet-talked T into trucking it home for me to save the $5 delivery charge. I referto it as my "zen" coffee table for its clean simplicity, and I hope to work it into my decor again some day.
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[vanillafluffy]

It's definitely an improvement in this case. I was originally planning to "shabby chic" it in white, but this works better with the couch.

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