{Sad to Fab Table Makeover}

There's not much I love more than a good furniture makeover, especially when it costs next to nothing!  No, I haven't been digging in my neighbor's trash again.  My uncle recently found a table with a cracked leg and some table legs from an unsalvageable table, and, of course, he thought of me.  :)  He brought them to me, and with the help of my dad, I now have a fabulous-looking table in my craft room! 

 I don't have a true "before" photo, but I have bits and pieces so you get the idea of what it looked like before.  This is the table top as I was sanding it down.

I sanded the varnish off, and in the picture, I've done the top half but not the bottom.  As I mentioned before, the table had a cracked leg.  My dad fixed that for me.

We took off all the table legs and replaced them with the other table legs my uncle brought.  Wasn't I lucky that they fit?!  Then it was time for my favorite part: stain and paint!

I used a dark Minwax stain that my dad had in the garage.  I brushed it on, then wiped it off with a rag.  (Yes, that is actually me in an "in-progress" photo.  My mom snapped it while I was working.) When the table top dried, I covered it with trash bags and primed and sprayed the table base white.  After a few coats of polycrylic, my table now looks fabulous!

I LOVE using a satin polycrylic on the pieces I refinish!  It has just enough shine without being too shiny.

I am really loving the dark wood top paired with the white base.  I so want to find a dresser to use this pair on!

Since the table is small, it fits well in the middle of my craft room.  I love having two surfaces to work on now.  I pull all kind of junk out when I'm working on a project, and now I have two places to put said junk.  :)  If you haven't seen my craft room reveal you can find it {HERE}.  Thanks for visiting me today!