Stenciled Coffee Table

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This saga began one drizzly day on the way to the Habitat Restore.  I was looking for some stuff… You know. The kind of trip where you know you need something, but aren’t quite sure what exactly that might be…

Driving through the mist, I spied with my little eye… This…

Coffee Table in Trunk

By the dumpster, alone… discarded… And, boy howdy… I’d been searching for her in all the wrong places.

Recued Coffee Table Before

This project was filled with luck.  Beyond luck-i-ness.  I had just won a Cutting Edge Stencil.  Sigh.  I’m never, ever, ever in the history of this half-lived life THIS lucky…

But, alas, as you can see… the luck ran out…

Bad Stencil Job on Coffee Table

Can I give you some unsolicited advice?  Whatever you do, DON”T use a kitchen sponge to try and stencil a road-side rescued coffee table… or any other table, for that matter…

Better in Black and White?

Bad-Stencil-in-Black-and-White

Nope.  Nothing could save this mess… except to sand it down and start over the right way…

Really Bad Stencil Job

What ever the directions say about not “necessarily” needing any Spray Adhesive, USE IT.  IT HELPS.  Like.. a lot.

Use Spary Adhesive for a great stick

Already better…  The edges had to be tailored a bit because the stencil wasn’t the exact size, yo.  But it worked out in the end.

Stencil the Edges

The Bold Abode finally has a coffee table.

Stenciled Coffee Table

And we didn’t know what we were missing…

The Bold Abode Stenciled Coffee Table

All that surface area added for our pile lovin’ pleasure…

Stenciled Coffee Table Close Up

And the best part?  Now we have a place to prop our feet when we’re readin’ Nate the Great and the Lost List…

Feet on the Coffee Table

Could I get any luckier, yall???

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30 Comments

  1. Oh my Gwenn…what where you thinking using a kitchen sponge? LOL!~ I love the stencil. I always use a stencil roller sponge when doing table tops, etc. Thank goodness in the end you have a masterpiece!

  2. Love the stencil and the color coordinates perfectly with the rug! And you just gotta have a place to prop your feet!

  3. I love a coffee table where you can put your feet up…especially when there are TWO pair of feet involved! I never knew about the spray adhesive but girl, you know that I’m using it if I ever happen to be lucky enough to find a cool coffee table to stencil. That’ll be right around the same time that the magazine stacks finally have a home and don’t have to live on the floor beside the chair! xo

  4. In the end, it all turned out so pretty 🙂 I love the stencil you chose – what are you beautifying next with it?

    1. Thanks, Jill! I’m thinking of using it in the Master Bedroom, but I’ve got to store up the energy, yo! That’s going to be a massive job…

  5. You know, this made me realize something. The one horizontal surface in the house that is NOT piled with stuff is my family room coffee table. In fact many times it is empty. What is wrong with me? Based on the rest of my house this is definitely overlooked real estate.

    ~Bliss~

    1. Oh, the coffee table is PRIME real estate! Get to piling… it’s fun. {umm… joking there. it’s a pain to keep picked up. I detest the piles, but don’t know where else to put the junk…}

  6. Wahoo! Free coffee table! Looks great and I love the colors you picked. Our coffee table is the most used surface in the house for sure. Welcome to the coffee table owners club! We’re still working on the name.

    1. Thanks so much, Court! I’m SO glad to be a part of the club now!!! It’s been a great addition and much needed asset…for our junk!

  7. Love spray adhesive! It works great. Love how it turned out in the end! 🙂

  8. Nice find mama! Talk about fab rehab…love the stenciling. You’re the stenciling queen these days!

    1. Whoo-hoo! It’s not what I would go buy… but when you do have that lovely option, its nice to find “free”!!!

      Thanks, friend!

  9. It looks great! I did something similar today, started to spray paint furniture then realized that wasn’t going to work so now I’m back to doing it the right way. I just got a stencil in the mail today, I hope mine turns out as well as yours!

    1. Ha! Oh, do it right from the start, I guess…

      I’m sure your will be AWESOME!!! Can’t wait to see what you do with it!

    1. Thank you, Heather! It was hard figuring out what to do that would look right with that rug. I’m glad to hear you say it goes well!!!

  10. Lol! A kitchen sponge. You crack me up! I’m glad you didn’t give up on your coffee table and redid it. It turned out fabulous!!

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