Twelve DIYs of Christmas
Day 8: Unique End Table Upgrade
At some point during the universally intolerable years of middle school, I remember hearing this less-than-encouraging chant, which I'm sure was recited in taunts launched from plenty of hallways and school bus backseats:
U - G - L - Y
You don't need no alibi.
You ugly. Yeah, yeah. You ugly.
Now, there's a distinct limit to the rhetorical prowess of tweens, but oddly, this little ditty had enough staying power that I found myself reciting it in my head when I first laid eyes on this end table:
Poor little ugly thing. You ugly. Yeah, yeah, you ugly.
But if you've learned anything from these Twelve DIYs of Christmas, it's this: ugly things don't need to stay ugly. This end table was actually quite interesting: neat lines! a cute drawer! It simply needed fresh paint and new hardware.
Once again, I used Sherwin William's Iron Ore. I've used this in multiple pieces of furniture around my house. In small doses, repeating a color in multiple places will keep your house cohesive without being too repetitive.
But if you've learned anything from these Twelve DIYs of Christmas, it's this: ugly things don't need to stay ugly. This end table was actually quite interesting: neat lines! a cute drawer! It simply needed fresh paint and new hardware.
Once again, I used Sherwin William's Iron Ore. I've used this in multiple pieces of furniture around my house. In small doses, repeating a color in multiple places will keep your house cohesive without being too repetitive.
When the paint had dried and I added hardware from Hobby Lobby, the end table had a significant glow-up.
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I stationed the table at the bottom of a stairway, adding a large mirror (also found at a garage sale, and also painted in Iron Ore) above it. That repetition of color, even with the small area rug at the base of the steps, unifies the space.
U - G - L - Y? Not anymore. Yeah yeah, not ugly!
May your DIYs be merry and bright
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