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Remember these Vintage End Tables<\/strong>?\u00a0 I bet you do!\u00a0 If you didn’t grow up with one, chances are you know someone who did.\u00a0 Which is exactly why, when a friend of mine saw this one at a thrift store, she was overcome with nostalgia and just had to buy it.\u00a0 All it needed was a little TLC, which I was more than happy to give.<\/p>\n

This end table had definitely seen it’s better days….I’m guessing somewhere back in the 70’s.\u00a0 But despite the scuffs and scratches, it was still a sturdy little piece of furniture.<\/p>\n

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As always, I started by sanding it.\u00a0 This allowed me to not only prep it for painting, but to get rid of all the scratches.\u00a0 I used my electric sander for the flat surfaces, and then sanded the more ornate balusters and legs by hand.<\/p>\n

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With everything sanded and wiped clean, this vintage end table was ready for painting.\u00a0 My friend asked me to paint it black to fit her Paris-themed guest bedroom.\u00a0 But as I started painting, I had another idea.<\/p>\n

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Using a sprayer, I painted everything but the top tier of the table black.\u00a0 (BTW, I recommend a satin finish when painting furniture.\u00a0 It gives just the right amount of sheen, and unlike flat paint, allows for better cleaning.)\u00a0 I then rolled an antique white onto the top tier of the table, and decided to add just a tiny bit more white to each of the balusters.<\/p>\n

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I remembered seeing these awesome vintage french designs on graphicsfairy.com and thought that was exactly what this end table needed.\u00a0 So I hand painted the lettering from one of these old graphics onto the table top.\u00a0 Because I did this by hand, it came out completely imperfect, but that’s exactly the look I wanted.<\/p>\n

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A quick coat of polyurethane over the whole thing, and this Vintage End Table<\/strong> is done.\u00a0 It went from tired retro to fabulously French and tr\u00e9s chic!\u00a0 Oooh la la!<\/p>\n

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