So, for a long time, I'd been saving my money to buy this adorable light blue end table at Ikea:
It's $50, however, which is kind of a big deal for a broke college kid like myself. Nevertheless, I was planning on buckling down and buying it for my brand-new room.
My sister, of course, convinced me otherwise. Like I said, $50 is steep!! Instead, the sister and I ransacked Goodwill, and I had a breakthrough- why not buy a cheap end table and spray paint it instead?
So that's exactly what I did. For $15, I bought a gem of an end table that was a gross brown color (the color of my youth) and the sis and I bought the Aqua blue spray paint at Home Depot.
This is a terrible picture, but you can see the sanded-down monstrosity in the lower right corner:
Sanding something down first is really important, if you didn't know that already- it helps the paint stick to smooth surfaces and is essential for making sure it lasts a long time. I do small circles, and make sure to have a glove on- it really wears on your fingers.
Hamming it up, as per usual:
And voila: the final product!
It goes so perfectly in my room, and with the $15 price of the table, the $4 I spent on the spray paint, and the free chrome paint I found in my dad's garage and used for the handle, I saved over $30!
Self-five. Comment if you have any questions or any similar experiences to share!
Catch you on the flip side,
Madi
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