DIY Thursday.

It’s remarkable what some one can do when they wake up pre-noon and feel semi-motivated. In August I will be moving into my first apartment and I want my room to have a color scheme/theme. I’m tired of having random mismatching items and since I have lived in a dark basement for the better part of my entire life, I wanted something bright and beachy… but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I started my day with a voyage to Goodwill.  I flung open the doors and made a bee-line straight toward the furniture. I noticed the only piece without a bright orange “sold” sticker was a lonely, scuffed up end table. I looked the table over carefully, there were no major flaws or wobbliness.  I lifted the table in a manly type of way to inspect the underbelly of the beast; not one spider web in sight. I rolled the table back over and saw the price tag, $4.95. “Jelly Beans and Bisquick! This baby is mine!” I skipped over (again, in a manly kind of way) to the cashier and said, “I’d like to purchase that table over yonder.”  The lady leaned to look around me and lay eyes upon this lovely lamp seat. As she peered past me she proclaimed in a prominent voice, “Excuse me! This young gentleman purchased that!” I turned around and lo and behold “Occupy End Table” was upon us. The man, with his Mountain Dew sitting on my table — without a coaster I might add — would not stop yelling about how his wife and he wanted the table and how they were looking at it right at this moment… you know, the moment AFTER I bought it?.. Anyways, the lady resolved the situation with a quick “GTFO!” and that was that. 

I meandered around the store for a few more minutes looking for other nicknacks that I could potentially use in my apartment. I came across 15 plain wooden frames for .55-.95 each as well as 1 frame that looked like a boat. It was love at first sight.. okay not exactly. Truth is I like spending money and it was the only non-garbage item on the shelf, and I felt like I had to purchase it to justify the energy I spent to reach the back of the store. I bought all of the photo frames and drove home. I purposefully ran 2 red lights, cut off a school bus, and went 79 in a 45 to make sure the camo truck I saw in my rearview was not following me. 

I unloaded the car when I got home and thought, “I’ve wanted a theme for my apartment, why not the beach?” I got the table out and this is where my DIY Thursday picks up.

TL;DR - Went to store, got table, rednecks hate me, I want to paint.

For anyone wanting to do this at home you will need: 

Sandpaper

Sanding Block

Sanding Block (or Sander)

Tack Cloth

Old Magazines

Spray Paint

Primer

Gloves

Mask

Screwdriver (for hardware like knobs/handles)

So here is my brand-new-to-me old-to-the-world table: 
 

I took out the drawer, took off the handles and sanded everything down.

I sprayed a few light coats of primer on the handles, drawer, and table. 

I finished up by doing multiple light coats of “Jade” Krylon Paint for the table and drawer and “Almond” Krylon paint for the handles.  I like the way the desk turned out and I think that it will make a good “beachy” piece and go well with my boat picture.