Today I'm bringing you an easy side table makeover as an updated to an old IKEA table that belonged to my sister at one point. Nobody wanted it anymore so I gladly took it, knowing that I could find a way to make it beautiful! I don't think they make this type of table anymore at IKEA - we've had it for years and I couldn't find a replica on their website, but this kind of makeover could be done with any sort of table with a smooth, clean top ....

I started off by wiping everything down with a clorox wipe as it was pretty dirty and buffing it dry with a paper towel. I unscrewed the legs from the table top and set them aside - as you can tell, the dis-assembly process is pretty easy and straightforward.



I wanted to have a fun pattern on my boring white table top so I relied on some trusty decorative masking tape to lay out a design.



I eyeballed the distance between the tape lines and made the angles as close to 90 degrees that I could. It's not exactly perfect, but it's pretty darn close unless you examine it extremely closely. When I finished I had a nice beautiful pattern all ready to go.



After making sure all the edges were pressed down securely, I gave the table top a coat of shiny Krylon gold metallic spray paint.



While the table top was drying, I took the legs, and sanded them down using a fine grit sandpaper, and wiped clean with microfiber rag. I then took some Rustoleum Early American Woodstain and gave the legs a light coat using a rag.


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