$15 Thrift Store Side Table Upcycle

Thrift Store Side Table Upcycle

Hello everyone! Today’sblog – updating an old Thrift Store Side Table Upcycle from Lammert’s furniture. When I saw this piece, I simply fell in love –it was a total swoon!

If you live in St Louis you are familiar with Lammert’sFurniture. The founder, Martin LammertSr. opened in St. Louis in 1861, he paved the way for a multimillion-dollar, retail-furnitureCompany that was a St Louis icon for 150 years and five generations. Closing in 2007, many pieces that were boughtgenerations ago, are now being tossed into thrift shops everywhere. It makes me sad to think that new generationsare discarding these great, sturdy pieces of real wood furniture instead ofperforming a thrift store side table upcycle.

But, you know how I feel, one man’s junk is Hello I LiveHere’s treasure ;-). So Thanks fortossing out these great Lammert’s pieces for me to update and love again.

This little piece was in bad shape. So, I whipped out my sander and took the topdown to the wood. As I got further intothe piece, it was apparent it need new veneer. After watching the pain Kristi had went through removing veneer over at Addicted2 Decorating, I decided to go a different route, and I am very happy with thechoice.

This Lammert’s thrift store side table upcycle consisted ofusing the following:

-Ryobi Nail Gun (and small tiny nails – Thank you Ryobi forsuch wonderful tools ;-) ).
-Liquid Nails for paneling
-10” Laser guided Ryobi Miter Saw (you can use a miter boxand hand saw)
-Various grey and white paints left over from dresserproject (which finish is up for tomorrow)
-Ridge Hand Router (from Home Depot)
-Ryobi Cat Sander (80 and 120 grit paper)
-Rust-Oleum Rubbed Bronze Spray paint (used on handles)
-Annie Sloan French Linen paint (from wood Icing)
-Annie Sloan clear and brown wax

Here is the process used to create a new Lammert’s thriftstore side table upcycle.

First, I sanded the piece down (my intention was to save thepiece and stain, however, the Lammert’s thrift store side table upcycle requiredmore than stain)

Next, I cut all the left over plank I did not use on our DIYDresser and Bench Storage post. Thesewere already washed with paint in the perfect colors so I went to my scrap woodpile, and used all that was left to complete this thrift store side table upcycle.(I love not wasting the scraps ;-) ).

Then, I fit my pieces to get the design, making sure theseam of the cuts staggered just right. Iadded liquid nails to the back of each plank and used my Ryobi Nail gun with asmall nail to set each piece.

After I finished adding the planking, you can see it hungpast the round shaped opening on each side. I whipped out the router and trimmed those tall pieces away leaving thisperfect shape to the sides.

Once finished with the trimming of the planks, I added AnnieSloan French Linen chalk paint to the piece. I thought it would stop there, but I truly wanted to shabby this littlepiece into that beach feel, so I added my coat of clear wax, let it sit, thencame back with my dark wax and pulled it right through the piece until I gavethe Lammert’s thrift store side table upcycle just the look I wanted. JI am a very happy girl with this one. Oncethe Dark wax set up, I came back with another coat of the clear wax to protectthe paint.

Last, I sprayed the original hardware with Rust-Oleum RubbedOiled Bronze, dried and installed back on the Lammert’s thrift store side tableupcycle.

What do you think – total swoon or what!!! Can you believe this is the same broken downold piece? Me…totally in love with thislittle beauty. I just cannot pass up agreat piece of furniture, and this is the reason why. When you have real wood furniture you can dothings to update that you cannot do on newer no wood furniture. So, I personally want to say thank you to thewonderful person who tossed this great little piece.
That’s all I have for you today – I am getting back to workfor tomorrows post - Until then - I hope you are encouraged to revive an old pieceof furniture and try a Lammert’s thrift store side table upcycle!

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Linda J