Distressed Side Table

I hope you had a good weekend. It was my man's birthday over the weekend, and we escaped for a little break. We over-indulged on rich French food and even met up with friends. Of course, we rushed home on Mother's Day so that my girls could spoil me rotten!

Anyway, I finally finished a project worth posting about. The side tables you see in the photo below have been with me for over a decade. They are in decent shape, but I wanted them lighter.

So, here they are in my garage, being prepped for a good sanding. Now, I wasn't too sure if I could paint laminated furniture (yup, they are not even "real wood" furniture).

A good sanding, three coats of paint, some sanding of the edges with a sanding block yielded this:

I spray painted the handles with some hammered bronze that I have from previous projects. I really wanted to get new handles for the tables, but could not justify spending $10.50/handle. Of all the handles that I saw at the hardware store, I had to love the most expensive ones. Of course, Of Course!

Fine - waste not, want not - I reused the old handles. It's cute after having changed colours.

Tools used:

various different grades of sanding paper

sanding block

paint brush

leftover custom off-white paint

leftover Rustoleum Hammered Bronze spray paint

screwdriver to remove hardware

(Project is "Free", gotta love it!)

One more time...

Before:
After:

They are so cute now. I just need some wicker baskets to stuff under the drawers. Hey, anyone want to teach me how to weave baskets? Anyone? I'll feed you in exchange! Hahahaha...

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