A Curbside Coffee Table

Who doesn't love free stuff? It must have been fate. Around the time that I picked up my first curbside find my best friend, Rachel, called to tell me she found an awesome coffee table someone was throwing away in her neighborhood.

{I apologize for all the yucky iPhone pictures in this post.}

Here it is after we applied some paint stripper to the top. it looks white, but it's actually a gross looking light yellow. I can't even describe it.

I have nothing against yellow, as you can see in this coffee table makeover I completed a while back. But this was. just. wrong.

The paint job was sloppy and thick and required a lot of muscle to strip.

After the first round of stripping.

After the second round of stripping and sanding forever.

We stained the top dark walnut and painted the base in a white we had left over from this project.

The knobs were on the piece when Rachel found it and we liked them so they stayed. Rachel, unfortunately, does not have room for this in her apartment, so right now her parents are fostering it in their living room. When Rachel does have room for it... it may get ugly!

We did a little distressing to bring out some imperfections and blend nicely with the worn top.

It's a beauty all right. And the only thing Rae had to buy was some stain. This project literally cost only pennies. I'm a little jealous.

Anyone else find any fab "trash" lately?

Sincerely,

Ashleigh

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