Shabby to Chic Console Table Makeover

*I am part of Behr’s DIY Expert team. My favorable opinion of gorgeous, high quality paint is 100% my own. For more information, see my disclosures here.*

It’s another furniture makeover day! Woohoo! I feel like I have been doing a lot of these lately, but this one is a little different because it’s not for me. My younger sister Brittany got married recently {more details about her gorgeous wedding are coming soon!}, and she and her husband are in the process of setting up their house.

Now it wouldn’t do her any good to have a sister who is a blogger if she didn’t get some fun projects out of it, right? 😉 So I set out to give a little makeover to this table they are planning to use to display their wine, glasses, and various tchotchkes.

Photo Brittany texted me of the table, taken in her house

They live a few hours away from us, so last weekend when we were visiting them, I loaded up the table in our minivan and brought it back to our house for some TLC.

I must ask you in advance to please excuse my in-process pictures that were taken in our dimly lit garage. My camera happened to run out of battery just as I was setting to work on this project, so these were shot with my iPhone.

Once I had the table in my workspace, I gave it a light sanding to scuff up the shiny finish a little bit and wiped the whole thing down with water and a mild soap. Since this piece hadn’t been painted before and I wanted to make sure the paint would adhere well, I gave it a quick coat of spray primer, which worked like a charm.

Side note: Baby C saw the table during this phase and was completely confused at the end because it didn’t turn out white. He keeps asking me where the white table went. 😀

Because the room that this table will be housed in has gold accents, I couldn’t resist the urge to add a little bit of bling. I had done some gold details on my dresser a few months before, so I decided to give a similar treatment to this piece. I used gold spray paint on just the bottom section of the legs, and it ended up being the perfect addition to the table!

Next it was decision time– what color should I paint the rest of the console table? The wainscoting shown in the “before” picture above has since been painted white, so I thought a dark-ish gray would pop nicely and be super classy at the same time. I ended up going with a color called “Magnet” from Behr’s Marquee line.

I put on some of my favorite podcasts, grabbed my paint brush, and went to town! The coverage of the Marquee paint is absolutely phenomenal, so this small piece didn’t take long to finish at all!

Normally I’m a big-time taper, but I used an angled brush to cut in around the gold and it was oh-so-easy. (The spray paint is also pretty forgiving, so if I did get a little bit of gray on it, I could wipe it off right away with no harm done.)

The hardest part on this piece was getting into the little nooks and crannies of the woven-type pattern on the base. I first attempted it with the brush but then ended up breaking out my foam mini-roller, and that worked really well.

I wanted to make sure I protected the table from scuffs and damage since it will be in a pretty high traffic area, so I finished it off with a few coats of polycrylic, sanding lightly between coats.

I was taking these photos at my house, so I just threw a bunch of my accessories on there to get an idea of how it would look, but I am so excited to see it in Brittany’s space styled with all of her items– I know it will be so cute!

Oh and I can’t forget the before and after…

LOVE! I just cannot say enough about Behr’s Marquee paint. So far I’ve used it on walls, a door, canvas, a wooden sign, and multiple pieces of furniture including two dressers, a desk, and this console table makeover, and I have been impressed every single time.

The coverage is unmatched, and the finish is perfectly smooth and gorgeous. The Marquee line is available at most Home Depots in the US and Canada now, so if you have a paint project coming up, be sure to grab a gallon and test it out for yourself! You won’t be disappointed!

Now excuse me while I go try to convince my sister that she needs to let me keep this table… 😉

Have you done any furniture makeovers lately?

*I am part of Behr’s DIY Expert team. My favorable opinion of gorgeous, high quality paint is 100% my own. For more information, see my disclosures here.*