Habitat Restore Table Makeover

When you stop in to Habitat Restore in your spare time and find something like this…

…you don’t mind inspecting it and finding a few of these…

…especially when the price is this!

You can imagine I was having a pretty great day last Friday! It got even better when I learned the $9 price was BEFORE the extra 20% discount being offered this month. 

It just kept getting better…there were TWO OF THEM!

I practically raced home to transform these babies into my favorite new end tables.

Before getting started, I smoothed out a few of the roughest spots with 220-grit sandpaper.

I also removed the drawer knob:

Then, I mixed my own chalk paint with BB Frösch Chalk Paint Powder in my new favorite shade of pink: Benjamin Moore “Sugarcane.” (I used Behr paint color-matched to this perfect shade.)

I have found that, for most chalk-painted projects, I prefer to apply the first coat in a fairly thin layer. I call it a “bonding” coat—it dries very quickly and gives subsequent coat(s) something to bond to. Of course, you can paint the first coat thicker and often get incredible coverage, I just like the end results when I start with a thin initial coat.

It doesn’t look amazing…but it will! I wanted to show this so you would know not to despair if this is how your first coat looks:

The second coat went on like a dream!

I did apply a third coat in a few small areas, but each table still used less than half of the 8 oz. sample jar of paint.

Once the paint was dry, I smoothed the entire surface. I didn’t want any distressing, so I used 400-grit sandpaper for this step.

Finally, I waxed the tables with BB Frösch Clear Premium Finishing Wax to seal and protect the finish.

Each table took less than an hour from start to finish. That’s my kind of project!

With the exception of the new knobs, which I had on hand from a previous Homegoods haul, I spent a total of about $20 for both tables–paint, tables, powder, and all!

PS. I found the buffalo check chair at Pier One two weeks ago for 50% off!

On a sad side note, we lost admin access to our BB Frösch Chalk Paint Powder Facebook page, and we haven’t been able to get it back. We cried actual tears over it!

Soooo…we created a new facebook page that we are working to get populated as quickly as possible with all the awesome posts, tips, videos, and content you expect from us. It would mean a lot to us if you’d go like and follow the new page here. As always, you can also find more affordable chalk paint inspiration at bbfrosch.com,  Instagram, and Pinterest

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