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I’ve been helping my friend, Vicki, with a few updates around her house and first up is that coffee table that we found down in Port St. Joe for the sweet price of $22. I noted that it was a solid wood table and would look great painted creamy white, so Vicki bought it and hauled it home.
It was a perfect candidate for a makeover. That blah wood was begging for a revamp and Vicki wanted to go in a creamy white cottage direction with this table with potential.
We used the same Kilz Clean Start that I used on the porch walls and gave this table a fresh coat, getting it ready for 2 coats of creamy white. The fine folks at Kilz contacted me awhile ago and offered to send me a gallon of their Clean Start primer, so I of course, said YES!
We got a sample quart of Sherwin Williams Antique White to use as the main color.
After a coat of primer and 1 coat of Antique White, she looks like a new table already.
After 2 coats, we were ready to start sanding back the edges for a distressed look.
I didn’t have my electric sander with me and we ran out of sandpaper, but managed to get some of it done.
It’s a really cute table now and will be perfect for her family room. I’ll show you more in there as we get moving along on it. Not bad for $22 and some paint!
Here’s some fun news too for ONE of you! Kilz offered to give away to one of my readers, a gallon of Kilz Clean Start of your very own to try out. What can you do with a gallon of Kilz? This stuff is great for walls or furniture, so the sky’s the limit.
All you have to do is leave a comment here on this post, telling me just what project you’d like to try out with Kilz Clean Start?
I’ll choose a winner in a few days and you will receive your very own gallon of primer. You gotta love that! Thanks, Kilz!
Mary Bristol says
I love the table redo, Kilz has become my go to primer in the last few years. Hope I win because I need a new gallon and I have some redo projects in the near future. p.s. I miss getting away to PSJ and CSB now that I have relocated from Sharpsburg to Charlotte, NC 🙁
Mary B
Janet says
We recently bought a $35 thrift store wood desk for my daughter’s room. It needs to be repainted from it’s current dark green. I’d love to try Kilz primer! I like the coffee table redo!
Malena says
I have this HUGH armoire (6 feet tall, 6 feet wide!) from about the 30’s, with a dark stain. It sucks the light out of the room, so I’m going to paint it B-M’s Heritage Yellow. And I have a small china cabinet that’s going some kind of blue-aqua-turquoise-something…
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Sharla says
The table looks great and exactly like something I’m going to do to the buffet I got at Goodwill yesterday! The primer would come in handy for it.
Lucy says
Love the coffee table! I have side table that could be part of it’s set that I would love to paint!
Kathy :) says
The coffee table came out soooo cute !!!
I have been thinking about doing over my son’s desk…… 🙂
Kathy 🙂
Laura says
Oh I would use it on a piece my grandfather made and just passed on to me…needs a coat of paint or two!
Laura says
Hi!
I have a sweet vintage dresser with a harp mirror, (girls’ bedroom) that needs re-painting!
Thanks for the opportunity,
Laura
Jennifer says
Love the table! I would love to try out the Kilz on my daughter’s hand me down brown bedroom suite. We’re moving from Sweet Home Alabama to West Virginia soon and it would be a great way to start off her new room!
Angie Ross says
The table looks great! I think I would just about paint everything in my house white if my husband wouldn’t kill me 🙂 I do tease that if he stands still long enough, he just might get a coat of paint himself!! Anyway, I would love to try the new Kilz Clean Start on my dining room table-it has been used and abused and is need of some “White LOVE”-thanks for the chance to win!
Leigh says
I have a chest of drawers patiently waiting in my garage for a coat of paint! It was super glossy and I have sanded it a bit, but Kilz primer is just what I need to make up for my lazy sanding job!
Laurie Cordeniz says
I am going to paint a king size headboard and footboard which is being made into a daybed for my home office/guestroom. Would like to replicate the coffee table look you did. By the way love looking at your blog and all the wonderful inspiration you give out to me!
Kristyn M says
Oh, the many projects I could use it for. Perhaps the new serving buffet I just got from craigslist.
Elizabeth says
I have some kitchen chairs that look too boring. I am planning on painting them this summer.
Moleta King says
Our bathroom vanity is calling out for a redo. It is 1970’s dark walnut stain. Two coats of Kilz primer will be a must.
I love your white table. I did that to a 1020’s bedroom suite, that my Auntie left to me. It looks wonderful.
Thanks for all your great ideas.
Crystal says
I have been planning a project of refinishing a dresser I have. It was a hand-me-down from my aunt. Sadly, my little cousin had it before me so it’s covered in Spider Man stickers, so it really needs some loving. I was totally thinking of the white, cottage, distressed look like you guys did with the table – love it!
Lora says
We have a bathroom vanity that my sister destroyed with some very ugly paint, and I would love to paint it something cheery.
Jessica S says
I’m itching to paint my bedroom. Right now there is a faux velvet finish on the walls. I’m over it and need a new fresh start.
Carol says
We have an old secretary that needs a face lift with a coat of paint. I would love to win a gallon of Kilz primer.
Thanks!!!!
Nikki says
My daughter wants to paint her black camp trunk turquoise. Bet a coat of Kilz would cover that black right up!