The FREE Coffee Table With a VERY Creative Top!
This is one of those projects that required a little bit of creativity. The best thing about it is that by being creative, I was able to do this entire projects with things I already had on hand, so basically, it was FREE! You see, the coffee table in and of itself was already free. Do you remember the story I shared with the Hexagon Side Table about my c0-worker whose family was having a yard sale? Well, this was one of those items. Only, it wasn't in any of the pictures she sent, so I didn't know I was getting it until I got there to pick everything up! What a great surprise!
The only problem was, the glass that filled the inserts on the top was broken out, so it wasn't usable in its current condition. It needed a little love and TLC, and that is where I came in. It has actually been sitting in my garage since August, but there are just only so many hours in the day! {And trust me, I have WAY more projects than hours!}
So anyway, I finally brought this beauty in and got to work. Here it is before:
The bones of this piece are fantastic. The top is neat, but it isn't my taste, per say...so I knew I wanted a fresh start.
The only problem was, the glass that filled the inserts on the top was broken out, so it wasn't usable in its current condition. It needed a little love and TLC, and that is where I came in. It has actually been sitting in my garage since August, but there are just only so many hours in the day! {And trust me, I have WAY more projects than hours!}
So anyway, I finally brought this beauty in and got to work. Here it is before:
The bones of this piece are fantastic. The top is neat, but it isn't my taste, per say...so I knew I wanted a fresh start.
To me, this was a no brainer. I have been wanting to do another heavily distressed piece, so this one was perfect. {Can you spot the lady bug? I just noticed it as I was loading this picture! Definitely shows it has been outside for a while!}
Here it is after 1 coat {which is all it took}. I just haphazardly put the paint on with a thin layer, not worrying about getting every inch. I actually didn't want to get every inch. I just wanted a thin layer because I would be sanding it down ALOT to get the look I was going for. Having a thin layer makes it that much easier to sand too!
So, I got to sanding pretty much everywhere...and this is what it was starting to look like. {before I wiped it down to get the sanding dust off} I LOVE.
This may sound like a backwards way to do things, but I have never been real conventional. I actually left the top on for all of the painting. Why? Well, 2 reasons. One reason was that my husband was not home to help me get the top off, and two- I knew it wouldn't affect any of my work and that the whole top would be re-covered.
You just "paint" over the existing {after it is very good and dry} and let it sit. So easy.
So, now that the bottom portion of the table was complete, I had to figure out just what I could use for the top, and here is the key...I wanted it to be something I already had on hand, so that this entire piece could be completely FREE for me. SO, my husband had a great idea. He suggested using some of our leftover flooring to go on the top! WHAT A CREATIVE IDEA! He is good at helping me come up with ideas. Thanks Mr. Re-Fab
He took the leftover boards and snapped them together. We needed 4 to fit across this table. It is a very good sized table! They laid PERFECT across the top and did not have to be cut down or anything. I was amazed. We did have to trim the edges to give them a more clean look. To attach, we used the same screws from the previous top. That made it lay down perfectly flat.
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I really, really love what you did to this table! Using floor boards is a genius idea and it fits so well with the bottom of the table. Love!!
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Pretty- love that finish!
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Thank you Hannah!
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