Octagonal end table makeover

Last week I showed you this octagonal end table I found at an antique mall. It was a handmade piece crafted from plywood; it had some chipped areas and needed some attention.

The woodgrain was a little much, but there’s no guilt in painting over plywood.

I loved the hardware, so I knew a paint job would go a long way to save this unique little piece.

After fixing a few of the chips with some wood fill and sanding them smooth, I primed with a stainblocking primer. The stainblocker element might not have been necessary since I was going to paint it a dark color anyway, but the stain did bleed through the primer.

I painted the inside an appley green and the outside black. I kind of wanted to do navy instead of the black, but I didn’t want to buy any new paint, so I forced myself to use what I had in the house.

I had to paint around the hinges and pulls; it seems as they had been glued in place. Annoying. It would have gone quicker if I could have removed them, but it worked out in the end. After a quick coat of polyurethane (two for the top), the table was done and off to my brother’s new house.

Drop by tomorrow for another octagonal makeover!