I found a sturdy wood buffet at our local Goodwill. I had been looking for a simple buffet without a hutch forever in thrift stores and on Craigslist for our dining room. I found this one for $19.99 and knew it would be a good piece to try our first furniture redo with.
After we got it home, we decided to pick out some primer and paint at our local Home Depot. The hubby and I decided on a nice yellow to match the colors in our dining room. We got a bit of direction for the salesman at Home Depot and figured we could easily do this furniture redo.
Our buffet sat in the garage for months. We just seemed to lack the motivation to complete it. That is until last week, when my hubby decided he was tired of looking at it. Within hours our buffet went from this:
To This:
Here is what we did:
- Because the piece was in good shape we didn’t have to sand it down. Normally if it was not so smooth you’d want to rough it up a bit with a sander.
- We took primer and sprayed it with one coat. (Doors were taken off first.)
- After primer dried (within 1 hour) we sprayer on first coat of yellow paint.
- When the first coat dried we decided to do one more coat of yellow paint.
- We added new hardware (none existed on this piece before) as well.
Have you redone furniture?
What pieces have you refinished?
We loved it. Now we are looking for a small wooden desk for my daughter’s school work.
Your buffet looks wonderful! I have an old buffet that used to belong to my grandmother. I’ve been thinking about redoing it, thanks for the inspiration!
Wow…you guys did an awesome job on that! 🙂
Thanks! It was fun. Now we’d like to do a desk for my daughter. It was easier than we thought it would be.
Love the new look! I have never done any, totally by myself that I can think of, but that is because my dad is a professional refinisher and upholsterer and insists on everything being done without any shortcuts. Whenever I do find something that I want redone I give it to him and get back something just fabulous. I do have these chairs that I found that I know I can do myself, just have to find the time.
Now that would be awesome, Sophie. I’d love if my dad did this too 🙂
Wow, that looks great. I wish I was better with DIY, but I’m really not.
That looks great, nice job. I have redo a dresser once,
Wow! That looks super nice! Isn’t it amazing what a little paint does!
Wow this is really nice! You did a wonderful job. You inspire me to want to start my own projects.
You guys did such an awesome job!! It looks so nice!
That looks great! I love finding deals like that.
This Furniture Redo tips would probably help me a lot. Thanks for sharing this with us and i’m looking forward to read more from you.
Ive never redone/repurposed any furniture. but now Im seeing it as a great way to make old things have a more modern usage. With pinterest and blogs its now easy to find great ideas.
Awesome redo! Love the color you choose, I once did a redo on some side tables I found at a yard sale for our bedroom, they turned out pretty good, and I barely spent any money.