A Sorry Little Side Table Gets a Workover

I forgot to take a before picture but the one leg was broken and had to be repaired, I had to use wood putty to cover a couple small holes around the legs so I couldn't just stain it. I sanded the legs and the top. The top had horrible dark rings all over it and wouldn't come out with stripper or sanding so I decided to camouflage it by putting a rose in the middle of it.

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I traced the rose onto the table then used a walnut stain to do the outline and shading. The table wasn't real light but you could see the rose but I didn't like the way it was looking. It seemed the stain was so thin that I was getting too much on my rag. I let that dry overnight then used black unicorn spit to create deeper shading then used white unicorn spit to do the highlights to make it pop

The base legs I painted. The picture doesn't show the real color it is more of a mint color, then I used some gold acrylics I had to kind of antique it.

So a junky little table that was ready for the trash got a new life. I am pleased with how it turned out

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The base legs I painted. The picture doesn't show the real color it is more of a mint color, then I used some gold acrylics I had to kind of antique it.

I used polycrylic over the entire table to protect it

So a junky little table that was ready for the trash got a new life. I am pleased with how it turned out

Ugly Dresser Turned Into a Beautiful TV Stand

I bought this dresser for $40 with the intention of turning it into a TV stand for the living room. I love how it turned out. The first is the before picture

Time: 2 Weeks Cost: $60 Difficulty: Advanced

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I stripped as much as I could then sanded and sanded and sanded. Whatever finish on it kept clogging the sand paper (BTW this dresser made my sander die) My hubby put casters under it also so we can eaily move it around

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I started off after all the sanding to trace roses onto it then began the process of staining the roses, I used minwax walnut stain first. I just referred to the shading on the picture I printed out to trace onto this.

The I stained the entire piece using the minwax, brushing it on and wiping it off immediately, different parts of the wood took the stain more and less but I like it, I feel it gives it character. I then used unicorn spit black to give the flowers more depth

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I used unicorn spit back and white to make the roses pop, give them more shading and highlights. After the roses were done I sprayed them with a sealer so the unicorn spit wouldn't reactivate.

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The drawers I painted an off white then antiqued them with some brown acrylic paint, the original pulls I painted black and the center , I removed the doors and hubby cut the inside drawers to allow more air flow since we are putting out DVD player and such in them

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the center rose.

I had so much trouble with brush marks on the top ( I used water based poly) so what I did was pour a large puddle like and very gently brushed it out and that really seemed to work for the top to give it more of a smooth glass like texture

Materials I used for this project:

• Minwax walnut stain
• Unitcorn spit black and white
• Spray rustoleum clear gloss sealer
• Minwax clear gloss water based poly