I love working on any table. I like building them from bits and pieces leftover in my wood pile. Give me any old furniture and I'll show you how it can be new again.
Sometimes I might just paint it or give it a quick makeover. Maybe I'll get out a saw or two and give it a new lease on life as a new piece of furniture.
Repurposed furniture is so much fun. Whether you pick up an old table at a flea market or a thrift store-maybe you found an old one on the side of the road. Maybe you have your grandmother's special piece. Don't toss it until you check out the table ideas at My Repurposed Life. You won't be disappointed. There is something for everyone, with any skill level. I'm always here to help in any way I can.
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Last spring I picked up these two tables for $12 for the pair. I thought they were cute, and I liked the price. I received some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and decided to use the Paris Gray on these tables. I painted them and distressed them—it was June 2011. It wasn’t very hot, but I…
Back in the summer, Jan gave me some items she had curbed. This table was one of those items. It had actually been a “tiered” table, hence the holes. In the fall, I used the table top to make my faux pocket watch. I used my HomeRight Finish Max Fine Finish Sprayer to paint…
Do you remember my friend Jan? I made a shutter cupboard, shutter shelf, repurposed door shelf, and a headboard bench for her. I also recovered a rocking chair and made a couple of teacup lamps for Jan. She curb shops quite a bit, and is always finding really good stuff. Jan curbed this table, and…
The day I picked up this sewing cabinet (the one front and center) I picked up a small tiered table from the same yard sale. I think I got the two of them for around $10.00. So in my mind, I paid $7 for this sewing cabinet and $3 for this little table: Granted, that…
I LOVE old table tops. They are round and generally have a perfect routed edge. They are great for making faux clock tables. This is a curbed table, if you look closely you will see that it has some screws sticking up-that’s because it was a tiered table. I didn’t actually curb this table, my…
I’m going to show you how to easily update old sewing cabinets. This is the one that was in Jamie’s room for several years —it held her t.v. I picked this one up at Tickled Pink while Jamie was in town last month. This one was a yard sale find, the only one…
I love a great kitchen table makeover!I bought this table recently at Tickled Pink, my newest thrift store. I did go over my normal $5.00 limit on this piece. If you read my blog often, you know I rarely spend over $5.00. That rule is for items that I repurpose or redo for resale. If…
I am starting to do too many “like” projects. I know a lot of bloggers name their pieces, so I thought I’d give it a try to see if it makes things easier for me to remember this repurposed sewing cabinet. (as a reference) I named this piece after my Aunt Helen, who gave this…
Grab yourself a cup of coffee or a Coke, cause my tutorial on this repurposed sewing table is going to be a long post! Last fall I got this sewing cabinet at a local Goodwill. It had been 19.00, but then they discounted it to 10.24. You can see that this picture was taken last…
I do not like to dust… that’s why I have changed several table tops from black to something that doesn’t show the dust so much. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. I make a small commission without causing you to spend extra money. What you need for this brown paper bag decoupage project:…
Today we have a super project from Anita @ Going a little Coastal. Check it out: Thank you Gail for inviting me over to your place today. I am so excited to be here. Gail was one of the first bloggers I followed. Once I learned what following was that is. I think…
It’s amazing what a new (fresh) coat of paint can do for an old outdated piece of furniture! You may remember this old side table that I was working on for my nephew. It has definitely seen better days! This is the other side table he needed help with. I believe he’s going to use…
Don’t toss that vintage coffee table, give it a makeover by reusing the base and cutting a new table top for it. Jamie found this coffee table at a yard sale. To read her story, click over to Owl Really. The price tag? FREE! The top of the table had suffered some water damage and…
This little side table was a curb find. I wanted to cut it in half to make two tables for beside my bed. I used a jigsaw to cut it. Look at this pitiful spot! It is/WAS my bedroom. This spot had been without baseboard for years. So sad! After I painted my bedroom…
I’m going to show you how easy it is to turn a coffee table into a bench! I’m sure you recognize this topless coffee table. I got it from Joey’s booth for $3.96. Coffee Table Into Bench I put it at the end of the bed for a couple of days to see if it…
Do you remember my $5.00 table from Monday’s post? It was in good shape, however it was very rickety. It came apart pretty easily, with just a little twisting and turning. It has big ole dowels that fit into holes. (is there a name for the hole?) I am usually a fan of wood…
A friend of mine recently moved back to our neighborhood. She likes to spend a lot of time out on her front porch. She is a little high maintenance, meaning she needs all of her “things” near her. She asked if I could make her a table to use as sort of a “coffee table”…
Wow! It was a busy weekend! I hope you all had a great weekend like I did! It was very productive! I can’t show you pictures yet because my batteries are dead in my camera currently. But, last week I made this very simple table from a cabinet door. I laid the cabinet door upside…
You can see pt 1 of how I made this faux clock here. You can see pt 2 where I glazed and added the details here. I love my readers, they give such great advice! Check out what Sarah said when I first posted this faux clock: handbags*n*pigtails said… …
I’m sure you all remember this table! This sofa console table is the first project I made from half of that table (pictured above). This repurposed crib table is another project I made using the other half (drop down section). This is the part that was left. The top was sanded like I did…
I love this repurposed crib table! All the details below: Remember the cribs I took apart? I cut down the legs. I made a box. I cut a board to attach the legs. I screwed and glued the legs to this board. Once the legs were attached to the board, I then…
I got this table about a year ago. It needed a lot of work. After sitting in my garage for a year, it needed even MORE work. You can’t really see the table, but it’s front and center, wearing a sheet for protection (hahah) and holding the chair and random spray paint. Look at those…
Good morning! I hope the sun is shining wherever you are! It’s been beautiful here, and I’ve been working like a crazy woman. Even so, I don’t have much accomplished. It seems like I spend a lot of time waiting for paint to dry, and trying to figure out what I want to work on….
This is a faux clock you can make using the easy stenciling techniques I’m sharing in this article. It’s a great weekend project and a super way to use any old round table top you may have. I curbed this table last year. I changed out the top by using flooring. I then had the…
I have 2 of these cute little Ikea tables. I love the look of black furniture. BUT I do not like to dust. These black tables literally show dust 5 minutes after they are dusted. I couldn’t get the drawer out, so I simply placed a bag over it. I painted a coat…
I curb shopped these tables. They were all topless! A friend of mine gave me a bunch of random boxes of laminate and hardwood flooring. You can see that I didn’t even paint this one. I used the tongue and groove flooring to make a top. I used my Black & Decker nail gun to…
This is my coffee table “before”. I bought it at a thrift store mall. Which is different than a thrift store. It’s one of those places that has “booths” with a lot of vendors. I paid $20.00 for it. Which is definitely over my $5.00 limit. However when I’m buying something for my own personal…
Rose picked up this little bench for $3.50. (it was half off at the Thrifty Shopper) Rose is one of the thriftiest shoppers I know. Rose had to re-glue one of the legs, but the screw was stripped. She used toothpicks to make the hole smaller and re-screwed the leg in place. Rose bought some…
I really don’t enjoy refinishing furniture, but sometimes you just can’t paint a piece BEFORE My sister gave me this table last summer. You can see that the top was in pretty rough shape. It was in good shape structurally. It also had nice legs! Both leaves (leafs) worked perfectly. I sanded and sanded and…
This little vintage side table was a curb find. It was a little rough around the edges. It actually sat in my carport for over a month waiting for me to get to it. I decided that the faux marble top might be worth keeping, so I taped it off. After I used primer, I…
These old sewing machine cabinets are easy to come by. Sometimes they have machines and sometimes the machines are already gone. If you find one with a machine, check out my post “How to Remove a Vintage Sewing Machine” Before Another before After My friend Cathy and I redid this little cabinet. It took quite…
All of these tables were made by my friend Rose. I hope you enjoy looking at these pictures, and maybe they will give you some inspiration. I’ve been wanting to make one of these for quite a while. I have some windows in my inventory. Perhaps I will try one when the weather cools off….
