Repurposed Furniture

Repurposed Bedside Table

I've been having all kinds of fun working on the bedroom... repurposing, repainting, clearing out, and sewing ~

I was given a bedside table for free ... It's a good, sturdy piece of furniture... straight out of the 70s ( Best decade EvvvAAA) ! I decided to add a little bright POP to the room and paint it YELLOW~ Yea, dude~~~ YELLOW!

Before

Not too attractive, huh?

What I like about this kind of projects is... U just

can't make it any uglier ~~~ And u don't spend

any $$$ on the original item~

To get this project ready for painting, I needed to sand and prime first:

Sand w/ 220 paper and fine steel wool.

Wipe down w/ a clean cloth.

Use BIN primer from WalMart. I made sure

the furniture was well coated w/ 2 cans of primer.

I then smoothed down the prime coat w/ steel wool after

each coating was good and dry...I put on 3 coats of primer... I

followed all directions on the can.. and even had to wait for

a "warm" day to do this for best results...

Do urself a favor.. and follow all directions on the products !~!~!

I selected Krylon "Bright Idea"... ~!~!

So very sUnnY~~~ I used 2 cans for this project.

I also repainted a white frame to go in the same

room while I was at it.... ~

Next came the glazing... I had NEVER attempted anything like this...

faux impressions Glaze is from Sherwin Williams

and the matte finish black paint I already had...

I mixed the glaze and paint in a coffee can

1 part glaze to  3 parts paint.

This made a thick, black paint...

I used an OLD, beat up paint brush (don't ruin a good paint brush on this ....) from the garage to put the glaze

over the yellow coat... being sure to work it down into

the nooks and crannies of the furniture~

Then I took a damp cloth and wiped off as much glaze as I wanted

 until I got the "look" that I preferred....

This step I did several times... bc sometimes I wld wipe off more

than I wanted at first... but mainly, I just had FUN with this... My aim

was not to make it perfect ~~~!

I just wanted it original !

Wahhh Lahhh... !!! I was very pleased ~!