Wednesday, March 2, 2011

My new (to me) Coffee Sign coffee table!

My post yesterday gave you a teaser for what I've been up to....they are done now :)
I found these tables by someone's trash and scored me some "Road Kill."
They looked like this at first:

After some light sanding and a coat of oil based primer (Which has the most awful smell ever-definitely do this in a well-ventilated area!) and 3 coats of white paint they looked like this:
I chose this sign to paint on the top of it:
I needed an large oval on it to start the sign, I have a mirror that worked perfectly.
Then I traced around it, then made the lines from the sign with some wood stain.  After that I painted the Oval in with red paint.

I had to make the angle on the Community Coffee right, so I taped some yarn as guidelines for keeping it straight. 
Waiting while each coat dries was torturous!!  So, I distressed the legs and side.

Then I put the final coat of white over the words.  A few sprays of clear coat later and they look like this:




I love it!  I think I am going to put some glaze over the top of it eventually, but as for now this was a free project!  Had the charcoal paint from a project in Morgan's room, the red was from the front door, the white from countless other projects, the stain and clear coat from re-staining some chairs I sanded down.

I am linking up to : (PS I just figured out how to do this correctly, so if I linked to your party and didn't give you props by adding your button, I apologize.  I am just getting the hang of blogging and it's addictive so much fun!)


Make your life beautiful!
-Kari

24 comments:

  1. that is pretty genius. love how it turned out. thanks for sharing it at my party!

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  2. I love how this turned out. Great inspiration.

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  3. Kari...this is FABULOUS! I can't wait to get my own place and turn you loose! ;) (Don't worry...it will be several more years, I'm sure lol)

    Oh yeah, and I'm reading up on you, too! ;)

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  4. Kari, being a Louisiana girl, I am totally IN LOVE with your table. Now that I live in San Diego, my mom has to send me Community Coffee in the mail. Awesome job!

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  5. You really created something incredible! It took a lot of vision to take the two tables and make them one. Fabulous!

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  6. What a great idea! I saw your post on Momnivore's Dilemma and am so glad you posted a bit of inspiration there! :-)

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  7. You did a great job with this. Definitely a conversation piece!

    Take care,
    Lisa

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  8. Great table! Love it when I find something someone has tossed aside and turn it to something terrific.

    BTW- I LOVE Community Coffee!

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  9. kari- that turned out sooo cute! and after living in slidell for 4 years, i miss my cc's coffee! it's the best!

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  10. Your table turned out great. I switched to using Kilz low VOC primer because it doesn't REEK like regular Kilz. It works just as well, though. It's water based (I think) so the clean up is easier too.

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  11. Very cute and very clever. You did an amazing job!

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  12. This is awesome!! You did a fantastic job! It is truly one of a kind and you can't beat getting the tables for free!

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  13. Totally AWESOME! paint job. LURVE that it is a free piece transformed into something gorgeous for your home. Great skills.

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  14. What a great job! Most people are intimidated by handpainting lettering - but you're awesome! Just darling! And you can't beat the price ;)

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  15. Nice! What a great result from such bland tables!!

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  16. Haha. Love it. The play on words is sublime. Kudos to you.
    Pam

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  17. Im following along with u now, and cant waite to see more of ur creative style..........Bonnie

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  18. The remake looks fabulous.. such a fun way to transform a piece.It is so much fun to make some ugly into something great and especially when one gets such a great deal...Free!!!
    I noticed you mentioned linking up and being new to knowing how to do it... I wonder if you would be able to give me direction as to how to do this. I want to give credit, as well, but can't figure it out. I know I copy the code but I don't know where or how to paste it in my blog to have it show up.. Thanks so much! CeCe... Oh, my email address is cecedreams@gmail.com

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  19. using a blow dryer to hasten the drying time works great! Love the "new" coffee table. Great job.

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  20. Really cool what you did here. I love that sign painted on top.
    Very smart.

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