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DIY Card Table Makeover

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With Holiday entertaining around the corner, and football season upon us, I was reminded yet again that it would soon be time to use my eyesore of a card table.Ā  Being a lover of spray paint, hot glue and all things frugal and crafty, I knew I could bring her back to her glory days. I just needed to decide the look I was going for.Ā  It could not be a boring little nip n’ tuck, it needed to be something fantastic, with a huge “wow” factor.Ā  A go-big-or-go-home-card-table-makeover.

While picking up summer dishes and entertaining supplies earlier this year I spotted a cute flannel-backed vinyl table cloth while shopping.Ā  We ended up not needing it outside this summer on our patio table, and I loved the color and design so I hung onto it in my craft room waiting for inspiration to strike.Ā  And strike it did.Ā  Enter the paint, Rustoleum’s Hammered Finish Spray Paint in this rich, warm brown.Ā  This little makeover was picking up speed.

Supplies:
  1. Card table, the more disgusting the better.Ā  Mine had served as my painting table for far too many years while not being used for entertaining.
  2. Spray paint in your color of choice.
  3. Vinyl table cloth or fabric to recover your table top.
  4. Hot glue, scissors, tools to disassemble and reassemble your table.
  5. This is optional, Diet Coke and a large Hershey bar.Ā  You can decorate and craft without them but I cannot guarantee fabulous results, create at your own risk.ļ»æ
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Directions:

I removed the table top from the base of the table and applied two coats of this hammered finish spray paint.Ā  In the before picture below you can see that the table was already brown, but it was boring.Ā  Not sparkly, I like sparkly.Ā  So, as the base of the table dried, I moved on to recovering the top.Ā  I smoothed out the table cloth on my kitchen island, fired up my glue gun, and placing the table top face down, trimmed around the edges of the table cloth.Ā  Gently pulling the vinyl around the edges, I folded it under and glued it down so it would be smooth with no pulling or sagging once the table was back together.Ā  You could also purchase vinyl at the fabric store, or use fabric (which would not be waterproof) so I opted for the table cloth, plus it is pretty, and that usually is the deal maker or breaker for me.Ā 

When the table base was completely dry, I re-attached it to the table top and I was now ready for some awesome fall entertaining, dinner parties, and football gatherings.Ā  Being banished to the card table no longer needs to look dull when you have given yours a proper lift.Ā 
I hope this has inspired you to see what you may already have on hand in a new light.Ā  In less than one hour I think this table definitely went from sad to fabulous.Ā  The best part, I will be using this as my dining room table while I am refinishing my main dining room table in the garage sometime soon.Ā  Dual purpose, love it!
Happy creating, and many blessings to you and your family from our crafty, crazy home šŸ™‚
xoxo, Tanya
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  1. Susan says

    Great Job! I have been thinking of re-doing mine because they are who knows how old and super dingy. And I thought I had had an original idea!
    Susan

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  7. Kathie says

    This looks awesome! So much more classy than an average card table! Great job (love those pillows too!) Thanks for linking up to Gettin' Krafty!

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  13. Sarah says

    Holy cow Tanya!!! This post is PERFECT for me!!! I, at this very moment, have my kitchen table, half refinished, outside in my garage waiting for completion! And in it's place in my kitchen, is a lowly old card table. It's plain black, but I had no idea it COULD look like this!!! And because this kitchen table refinish is now 6 weeks in the making (note to self – wait for fall until the

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  19. Debbie says

    Amazing Tanya! What an inspiration to us all how we can turn something that we already have that is not so nice to look at, and for a couple of bucks turn it into something you wouldn't want to put away. My card table has been my craft table for more years than I can remember… I shall keep my eyes open for something cute to make mine amazing too.

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  20. Kelsey says

    Awesome! This same idea came to me as I was falling asleep the other night, but I wasn't sure what would be the best way to do it – I will use yours!

    Thanks!

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  26. Mary says

    Great idea! I have one I need to do. I told a child to use "the card table" to work his pottery clay. He used the textured one. It hasn't been the "good" one since!

    Thanks for sharing.

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  30. Kathy Moody says

    Wow, what a great idea. I love the centerpiece. You are so creative!! I never would have thought about making over a card table. I see another project. LOL

    Thanks for the inspiration.

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