Our youngest just started his first “real” job earlier this year and is working on putting together a grown-up apartment. When we saw him earlier this year, he said that he would love to get a coffee table and to let him know if I found one while I was out “scrounging”.
About six weeks ago, I found a sturdy coffee table that looked like a good candidate.
I also removed the top to make it easier to sand, prime, and paint.
I sanded the top and the shelf. Once I removed all the dust, I primed all of it first with a shellac based primer. Then I applied 2 coats of stain block oil based primer and sanded it smooth. Then 2 coats of top coat–Sherwin Williams Oil based paint in the Farrow and Ball color, Bone.
Here’s the before and after:
I love it. It will work really well with the other things he has in his living room.
I found these panels for his girlfriend at a consignment store–also for the living room.
The color of the table looks great with the green in the wings of the cranes.
