Hey guys! Just wanted to share with you my latest furniture rehab. It’s a Hand-Me-Down Hand-Me-Down! I never say no to a piece of furniture. It was given to me like this from Whitney.
Our sister Kyndra found this table in a pair at a garage sale and gave this one to Whitney. It was just a regular wood tone and Whitney painted and distressed it the way we like:) I thought it was beautiful when it landed in my house but I needed a bedside table for my oldest son. White made it look a little to feminine so I was on a mission to “boy it up” a bit.
I began sanding off the top layer of the paint using my battery powered Ryobi sander. It took some time…
After sanding it down and removing the hardware I sprayed three coats of Valspar Navy spray paint.
When the paint was dry I began work on the pulls. I wanted to change out the pulls from the original to “boy it up” a little more.
I purchased these pulls at Lowe’s for about $4 each. The only problem was that the original holes were closer together than they needed to be for the new ones.
Whitney left this handy tool at my house a LONG time ago so I lucked out! She purchased this at Lowe’s and it makes measuring for knobs and pulls a breeze!
I found the right measurement to drill the holes for the new pulls
then marked off the drill spots.
Next, using the correct size drill bit, I drilled holes all the way through the drawer and back out.
The pulls fit but I had ugly holes left over from the previous pulls. Easy fix with Elmer’s Wood Filler!
I sqeezed putty into each hole
and smoothed it over with my fingers. Make sure the filler is flush with the drawer. You may have to pack it, let it dry and then repeat the same steps to get it flush! I spray painted over the putty and that was it!
Back to the table!
I used my 3M sanding block to distress ALL of the edges and corners.
I added the hardware and it was DONE!
I’m so happy that the table was white before because it allowed for the white paint to show through when I destressed it.
I love the rugged look it has now and I can’t wait for my son to get home to see it! I hope you all have a great week ~ Ashley
KOOL 🙂
LOVE it! i love "manly" in a little boy's room- which distressed classic navy is definitely manly 🙂
Hey Ashley, This is just a great transformation of that Queen Anne table! that color is so much masculine, and adding those pulls made it a lot more contemporary. Just a cool change. Oh, and congrats on the win and the upcoming NY trip!
xo
~ Sue
I don't know if I have ever left a comment before-but I have been lurking for quite a while. Anyway-I love all the fatastic, wonderful, fabulous things that you both do. I really wish that we were next door neighbors. Then all of your awesomeness would wear off on me! And, maybe my continuous use of adjectives would wear off on you1 🙂
Thanks for the inspiration!! ( I have a dresser same style and such as yours-just tall and with 6 drawers-now, if it would warm up enough to spray paint. I am going into withdrawls!) Come and say hi if you want. sassystyleredesign.blogspot.com
Love your little table and especially the color! Great tutorial.
it looks great!
Very cute! I am starting to work on one as well, I'll post it when I am finished. I love the whole distressing effect as well.
Krista
you did a great job and i love the color choice. definitely boyish
Very pretty! I love distressed look and the pulls.
-Crystal
i lovvvvve the blue!
That's gorgeous! I love the color.
You really did "boy it up!" i never knew those plastic measuring cards were out there. Very nice!
I think you "boyed" it up very well!
What a great makeover!!
gorgeous!