Simple Furniture Makeovers That Make A Difference. When I bought the living room coffee table, doing a coffee table makeover was one of the things I wanted to do. Then you know how it goes, I was so busy trying to pull this house together – (we had only been here about 6 months at the time) – so it wasn’t #1 priority.
Then I guess I got used to it and forgot about my makeover, that is until my 2020 Summer Home Tour. It’s funny how you guys see everything and don’t miss a trick. I had one viewer that noticed that the coffee table color and mirror color clashed. The coffee table color isn’t the brass color that I use in this room, so it really clashed with the mirror. Time to take care of that.
Outside to the back yard next to the garden where I had a little shade and get to work. A really light rubbing down with steel wool.
Time to get my paints out. I want this to be a nice gold kind of tarnished brass finish. These are the paints I used. I first prayed it with the Metallic Primer. Then with the 18K gold. That didn’t make it as gold as I wanted. So another coat with the Design Master 24K Pure Gold. This stuff is amazing. Perfect color.
Ok, before I show you how it turned out. Let’s see what it looked like. You see, my viewer was right, they don’t look good together. I got so used to the two together that I didn’t even notice anymore. I bought this coffee table in the first place because it had a bottom shelf and the top had beveled glass. The really muted gold tone was one I knew I could change – I just didn’t. haha.
Now it really does look so much better. Thanks to my viewer for bringing this to my attention. I love it even more than before.
See how pretty the mirror and the coffee table look together now!!! It’s amazing that such a simple paint job and a couple of hours took care of this problem.
Here again, is the before. The original finish really doesn’t look good. It almost even looks green. So glad I painted it.
I’m glad you guys notice these things and keep me on my toes. This makes my room look new again. I love it.
Simple Furniture Makeovers that make a difference, can add to every space in your home.
Here are some more makeovers that made a huge impact. You can see all three of these makeovers here.
Great idea! Can I ask where you got your coffee table? Thank you:)
Thanks, I got it from Overstock. Here is the link – – – -https://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Porch-Den-Sorlie-Square-Metal-Glass-Open-Shelf-Cocktail-Table-Gold/22727434/product.html?refccid=YLXTMYO4ML6LQFKKSGCMIW3TCY&searchidx=24&kwds=glass+coffee+table&rfmt=&option=25406083
Thank you so much!!
Your home is beautiful! And you are right, that one simple detail brings it all together and makes it look so much more complete.
Btw, I have been following you for a long time and never miss one of your posts.
Thank you so much, I am always thrilled to meet one of my followers. Marty