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DIY- Family Room Makeover (part 3) Coffee and End Tables

12/2/2015

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Pretty ugly isn't it?  Yep, that is my coffee table that has gone through 3 boys.  The problem is that I love that the lid lifts and provides ample storage for blankets but it is so scratched and horrible looking that quite frankly it was becoming embarrassing to have.  As you can see from the previous posts I have been on a painting kick so I figure, what can go wrong?  I certainly couldn't make it look any worse!

A friend who has upcycled so many amazing things told me to get "GRIPPER" primer from Home Depot as she has a specific way she re-does furniture.  In order to avoid sanding or any other prep work she paints on a coat of Gripper, waits 24 hours, paints another coat of Gripper, another 24 hours then paint whatever color she wants...sounds easy enough.
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here goes nothing...
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I admit that about this time I did begin to get a bit nervous but then I reminded myself that almost anything was going to be an improvement over what I started with.

It was very hard to give it 24 hours because by nature I am not a patient person, this was killing me!!!
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The pictures I snapped are not the best but I am waiting until the "big reveal" to take pictures of the whole room with my total out of pocket cost for this budget makeover.  I first used a sponge roller with black semi gloss paint but I was finding that I was seeing roller and brush streaks, which I did not like at all.  I also was not getting that high gloss finish that I was going for so I decided to pull out some spray paint, that did the trick and I think that is where I should have started from the get-go.
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So here are my lessons learned... I should have painted with Gripper and then after the two coats and 48 hours of dry time I should have gone straight to the spray paint.  Also, I was too rushed to get the tables back into the house so when I set my newly painted lamps on the tables after the tables had only cured for 24 hours there was a bit of an imprint from the lamp, that could have been avoided had I been a bit more patient.

All in all I am super pleased.  Out of pocket on this one? $21 for the Grippper (I still have more than 3/4 of the gallon left) $15 for the black semi gloss paint (next time I would skip this all together) and 2 cans of Rustoleum Spray paint ($5 each so $10).  Grand total...$46 but if you think about the fact that I only used 1/4 of the Gripper that would knock the price down to $15.25 for the whole project had I just bought a small amount of Gripper and 2 cans of spray paint!!! (live and learn)
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12/8/2015 07:44:23 pm

Tried to comment on the other but it's closed. Congrats on getting published!

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