I love
checking out upcycling projects on Pinterest and various blogs and I love a
good crafting session, however I’ve never been brave enough to take on a piece of
furniture and upcycle it myself. This is, until now!
My poor bedside
table was purchased from B&Q about 8 years ago and has followed me round
many numerous accommodations’ and as you can imagine was looking a little
battered! The white paint on the top surface was peeling off and compared to my
other pieces of furniture (its a giant mish mash of various pieces) it didn’t
really fit anymore. So I decided to challenge myself and see what I could
create, I figured it couldn’t look any worse than it already!
I’ve got a
thing about the colour pink at the moment, after many years of being a tom boy I
am finally embarrassing the colour and I love it! I’ve unconsciously been
gaining more and more pink things for my bedroom and it now got a pink and grey
theme happening. So I decided to fully embrace that and incorporate it into my
cabinet. I therefore chose to go for a baby pink base with a marbled top.
To get the
look, I decided spray paint would be a lot easier than actual paint, which I think
is true but you may get a nicer Finnish with paint? Unsure on that one! I was
patient, very unlike me I know and used a spray paint primer as a base. I did a
couple of coats of this to make sure it was even. Once the primer was dry I
then used the pink spray paint, and did three coats over all. I think finished it
with a clear gloss top coat.
For the top I
found some marble print laminate sticky paper in B&Q. I absolutely love
this stuff and think it looks fab! It was quite easy to apply, you just need to
make sure you squish all the air bubbles out!
I love the
final look so much! On pay day my plan is to treat myself to a industrial style
pink table lamp to Finnish off the look! What do you all think? Are you an upcycler?
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