Don’t you just love when you turn something you hate into something you love? That’s exactly what happened with this project. I semi-inherited this side/end table, taking purely for its usefulness, not its looks.
I’ve had it for a few years now and finally came to the point where I had to refinish it or donate it. So I gave refinishing it a try.
First I used furniture refinisher to remove some of the existing stain.
It didn’t work like I imagined it would (pretty certain it was user error), so I still had to sand a little bit. Then it was time to stain. I picked out a black stain with polyurethane already in it. A few coats later, and my table was good and black!
It was still missing something though, so I pulled out a stamp I had and painted it silver with a small green accent flower in the middle. I stamped it on each of the corners to give the table that extra something it needed.
Now I think the table is quite charming! It looks pretty good next to our sofa, too.
I’m sure we’ll eventually get a matching coffee table and side tables, but until then, this little piece will do just fine!
A Smith of All Trades 