DIY Stone Top Coffee Table
Revitalizing preowned furniture is a well-loved hobby in my house. There’s a reupholstered sofa in the sunroom, bentwood chairs with new velvet seat covers in the dining room, and a mid-century dresser in the bedroom that got a few coats of paint on the chipped veneer shell. Earlier this spring, the wood veneer surface of […]
Revitalizing preowned furniture is a well-loved hobby in my house. There’s a reupholstered sofa in the sunroom, bentwood chairs with new velvet seat covers in the dining room, and a mid-century dresser in the bedroom that got a few coats of paint on the chipped veneer shell.
Earlier this spring, the wood veneer surface of our Craigslist-find coffee table was showing some wear. It didn’t bother me too much, but my husband Austin wanted to try and coat the top in concrete to give it a different look. We sanded it down and then applied the concrete. It was not a great success. The next morning the sides had already broken away from the concrete top and it did not seem like a long-lasting solution. We removed the concrete layer to find that the wood veneer had soaked in the moisture from the concrete and was now looking worse than ever. I’m sure we could have done more research and tried to make the concrete work, but it was such a disappointment that we just started looking for new coffee tables. One thing we both really loved about our coffee table was the design of the legs. Instead of individual legs attached to brackets li...
Revitalizing preowned furniture is a well-loved hobby in my house. There’s a reupholstered sofa in the sunroom, bentwood chairs with new velvet seat covers in the dining room, and a mid-century dresser in the bedroom that got a few coats of paint on the chipped veneer shell.
Earlier this spring, the wood veneer surface of our Craigslist-find coffee table was showing some wear. It didn’t bother me too much, but my husband Austin wanted to try and coat the top in concrete to give it a different look. We sanded it down and then applied the concrete. It was not a great success. The next morning the sides had already broken away from the concrete top and it did not seem like a long-lasting solution. We removed the concrete layer to find that the wood veneer had soaked in the moisture from the concrete and was now looking worse than ever. I’m sure we could have done more research and tried to make the concrete work, but it was such a disappointment that we just started looking for new coffee tables. One thing we both really loved about our coffee table was the design of the legs. Instead of individual legs attached to brackets li...
-------------------------------- |
|
Casa Borgo Ventidue: Discovering Motovun’s Historic Charm
06-05-2024 05:19 - (
architecture )
Residential Villa: Embracing Urban Greenery in Ahmedabad’s Captivating Abode
06-05-2024 05:19 - (
architecture )