TV Tray Makeovers ~ Table Makeovers ~ Painted Furniture ~ DIY Planked Tables

hi guys welcome to my channel so if

you're new here my name is Mary and I

love to share the project I have going

on around our home here with you all

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so in today's video I'll be working on

these TV trays here beside me I always

like to pick them up when I see them and

garage sales or thrift stores especially

if they're a good price I usually pay

anywhere from maybe two to five dollars

for one often they're not a very nice

color maybe kind of yellowish or

orangish but there's so much that can be

done with them I've read it a lot of

them over the years and they're so handy

to have around we have quite a few of

them throughout our home they're just so

easy to you know fold up and maybe stick

into a closet or behind a piece of

furniture if you don't want them out all

the time and then just get them out set

them up you know use them for a glass of

water or a computer or something so join

me as I will be working on some

different ways on getting a new look to

these little tables and I hope you guys

enjoy

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so I sanded this top down to actually

remove the finish often these little

tables are really easy to there's have

like a light finish on them and then I

plan to stain it

I always like to have the backside of

the top looking half decent since if the

table is folded you will see that I

decided for a couple of these tables I

would cut some lines into them using a

circular saw I had done this in my she

shed in the backyard if you guys have

been following my channel for a while

you may remember I did the floor this

way just to give it a plant to look and

I've done this before on these little

tables and often I will use the table

saw but it gave out on me so I would

just have to resort to the circular saw

and since I have my guide all set for a

certain measurement I'm going to do two

of these tabletops and grooves like this

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so I started out with just using a rag

to apply the stain and then soon realize

I couldn't really get into the grooves

so I'm gonna try a brush I ended up

using a razor blade to get some of that

stain into my deep grooves again this

probably would not have happened if I

had used my been able to use my

table-saw

much more precise cuts all the same

depth

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it started to sprinkle a bit so I will

be doing my painting underneath this

roof here which I don't really like to

do this because we have a Carolina wren

that is raising a little family

underneath here and she will be scolding

at me all the time I'm sure but she went

and built a nest inside a small case of

oil like containers of oil that we use

for our chainsaw weed eater that type of

oil and she found a space in that case

now try to get a video of this for you

guys to see but it's so cute we're just

leaving her be of course we'll buy new

oil until she's finished raising her

family but they definitely find the

craziest places to build nests I will be

using my old air sprayer that I haven't

had for years already

to apply this paint I haven't used it

this year so far since the weather

hasn't really been nice to spray paint

outside so I'm just hoping it'll work so

the paint I'm using is do it best brand

the best love paint it is a satin Sheen

the color is called ultra white is just

what they have on the shelf but I went

ahead and mixed a few drops of dark grey

into it just to get that gray undertone

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for this table I am using a tannish

color of paint it is also restore brand

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so what I want to do with the stained

top here is stencil the word eat onto it

I thought it would be really fitting for

a table like this and I use my

Silhouette Cameo to cut out the letters

and this word will be available on my

Etsy shop either as a decal or a stencil

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any peach will work for a stained

surface like this but in this case I

want to the color black and what I have

on hand is actually a chalkboard paint

and it'll work perfectly to fill in

these letters

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for this table I will be applying a map

to the top using Mod Podge

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so what I plan to do with this table is

add like a green sac stripe design on

here I'm using some contact paper from

Dollar General as my painters tape

because it is a lot cheaper than that

tape is

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what I'm planning on doing with this

table is applying a French looking

design on here and what I'm doing is

using a parchment paper to transfer it

onto the top here I have a piece of

parchment paper cut exactly the same

size as a piece of copy paper and here

at the top I taped it together just so

it kind of you know holds together like

this and I will run this through the

printer and the image is in Reverse that

way once I transfer it on to the top

it'll be just right and I've done this

before in my videos you may have seen me

do this before

but I thought I'd show you guys I always

love to see you know that type of design

on little tables like this

to rub this design onto the wood you can

use any hard object in this case I will

be using a marker

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so another thing that you can do with

these little tables is actually take

them apart and use the top to create a

pretty sign and the legs can be used to

just make another little table and I

sometimes add a you know a tray or maybe

a round or oval piece of wood that I

just have lying around a you know that

comes off of maybe another piece of

furniture or something that can be just

turn into another little table that

looks unique in this case I had this

round a sign that I made years ago not

sure where I had actually gotten it the

original piece of wood but I just

created a sign because I wanted a number

to go with a display of some sorts and I

thought this would make a cool little

tabletop since the sign here is pretty

distressed I will be distressing the

legs also using a black paint marker

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doing a makeover like this you could of

course use any paper you wish and Mod

Podge it onto the top or at times I will

use a self-adhesive wallpaper or contact

paper that can work really nice too

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I chose to leave this little table just

the way it is I just love to see the

lines and they are creating that plank

to look I have debated you know adding a

fern house design on it which that would

look lovely too but for now I'll just

keep it this way

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since tables like this often come in a

set of me before I think it would be

really neat to add the green sack

stripes and then make them you know four

different colors for each little table

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for the eat table I think it would be

really neat if you would have a set of 4

to maybe add some other words on the

tops maybe coffee or tea drink

I'm just anything kind of along that

line

I think would make a great full set

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I got this French country design off of

a graphics fairy and I will link that

down below in case you want to get

something from her I just love her site

I get a lot of my designs from there and

it would be neat if you'd have a set of

you know four tables to do maybe four

different French country designs

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I hope you guys enjoyed the video thank

you so much for watching I hope you are

maybe inspired to dig out those old TV

trays that you haven't used in years and

maybe decorate them or you know redo

them to fit your style again they're so

neat to have around

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I hope you guys are having a great week

and I look forward to seeing you in the

next one bye

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