Makeover {Coffee Table}

A few weeks ago I told you about some great thrifting/estate sale finds – one being a lovely coffee table I picked up for $45. Its taken me a few weeks but I have finally gotten around to fixing up at least one of the items I grabbed.
Here is the picture I sent to my mom – she’s good at telling me if I am spending too much money for an item. Considering this table is solid wood and is bigger than most coffee tables I easily got the green light that $45 bucks wasn’t too much.

The entire time I was looking for tables I had this image in my head of tables that would be perfect for tufting the top. As most of you know I love a good tuft. Even when I saw this little guy my first thoughts were of tufting. But then I got to thinking – I actually use my coffee table as a … well… dinner table. All my single ladies?? A tufted dinner table would be very inconvenient when I was trying to scarf down my ~~bowl of cereal~~ home cooked meal. So, what to do but call my trusty advisor (mom) and tell her tufting was out and we needed a new plan. I had mentioned covering the top but couldn't settle on a material – I thought maybe wandering the isles of Lowe’s would help – before I had the chance to even venture to Lowe’s my trusty advisor mentioned yard sticks and I was sold.

For this size table (about 4 feet long and 2 feet wide) I used between 15-20 yardsticks – some old some new but all cut to 12” lengths
Before adhering the yardsticks i painted the base of the table in Annie Sloan Country Grey and the legs/draw front in Annie Sloan Old White. A bit of waxing and sanding later it was go time for the yardsticks.
Original pulls – I tried changing them but kept going back to the original ones. I like that little bit of rustic charm and the worn brass.

Side note: I had all intentions of tiling my backsplash with subway tiles in a herringbone pattern but difficulty got the better of me and we ended up going traditional with the backsplash pattern. Since then I have been searching for a place to use a herringbone pattern…
Thankfully my dad had a staple gun that uses an air compressor to staple along with the needed air compressor, so adhering the yardsticks was easy peasy.

I laid out the pattern a bit but really just started in the middle and worked my way out cutting in the appropriate places (with a circular saw) when the yardsticks hit the end of the table ledge.

Next came Waterlox (same sealer from my kitchen counter tops) and a natural bristle Purdy bush to seal the yardsticks.
Lastly a little Gorilla Glue, extra trim, and more Annie Sloan – ladies and gentlemen we have ourselves a completed coffee table!