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Is this really the same table?!

Filed Under: DIY, Furniture Refurbishing Tagged With: antique, coffee table, coffee table decor, country living, farmhouse, farmhouse coffee table, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, farmhouse table, living room, modern farmhouse, neutral decor, painted, painted furniture, pottery barn, refisished, refurbished, rustic, rustic decor, sanding, simple living, stain, vintage, white decor, wine barrel

I’ve been asked many a time where I purchased this table so I thought I would share the whole story with you all and how you can get a look similar to this table! I passed by this ugly table many times in one of the thrift stores that I frequent (the “OPT”).  This thrift store tends to over price their items on pretty much a regular basis. I was not about to pay $50 for this ugly thing! I believe they were tired of looking at it for the weeks and weeks that it sat so they marked it 75% off. I couldn’t believe it! I paid my $12.50 and out the door I went!

 

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Now this was no easy task to turn it into the farmhouse look that I desired. Lots of sanding, and by lots I mean about 3 hours! I used my hand sander with 60-grit sand paper and smoothed the wood with 180-grit sand paper once the finish was off. Medium grit sandpaper smooths out the furniture surface for stain or paint. One piece of advice (and I’m speaking from experience on other pieces that I have done) is when your table is not solid wood all the way through, as this one is not, don’t sand in one area too long or it will sand down to the particle board or other material underneath…and trust me the stain will not look good in that area. You will have a big spot there when you go to stain if you sand too deep.

 

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On this particular piece I used Dark Walnut stain. After the dark walnut stain I felt it was too brown so I added some Grey stain. I continued rubbing the different colors on until I had the color that I desired. After it was dry, I sealed it with 3 coats of  Oil Based Polyurethane in satin finish.

 

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The legs and bottom half of the table are painted with Americana Chalk paint, I believe in the color Primitive. It’s a warm “greige” as I like to call it. I sealed the bottom painted section with clear furniture wax.

 

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I love the way it turned out! I had all of my supplies on hand, minus the paint, so I have to say that this table is a steal for around $20! What do you think of my budget friendly farmhouse coffee table? I would love to hear your comments! I think it fits pretty well in our front room!

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Resource List

Hand Sander

60-Grit Sanding Sheets

180-Grit Sanding Sheets

Dark Walnut Stain

Grey Stain

Oil Based Polyurethane (Satin)

Clear Wax

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  1. trish gladson says

    May 29, 2016 at 6:29 am

    This is exactly what I want to do with mine. Thank you for the tips ?

    • My Vintage Porch says

      June 17, 2016 at 8:14 am

      Anytime! Can’t wait to see yours!

  2. Sabrina says

    August 5, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    Wow what a beautiful table! I can’t believe that you paid only $12.50 for. Thanks for sharing the tip about the particle board, I actually noticed that myself in some of our projects. You really need to be careful! Thank you for again for sharing this with me on Instagram. I love your feed btw.

    • My Vintage Porch says

      August 12, 2016 at 10:08 am

      Thank you so much!!! I’m glad it could be of help to you! ?

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