Gift Idea: Affordable Goodwill Makeovers

Hey guys!! Welcome back to my blog. Today I will be doing a two for one. The lego table I purcharsed as a birthday gift for my nephew and the side table was an old table of my husband's.

I purchased this lego table back in August and my nephew's birthday is in November. I found this table at the Goodwill for $4.99. Anytime I see pieces like this in the Goodwill I buy them asap even if I cant think of anything to do with it at that moment. My husband and I have a lot of boys in our family under the age of 10 so I knew this table would come in handy.

The total cost of the lego table was $9.00. How great is that? This price includes the table and spray paint.

Let go over the steps:
1. First thing I did was clean the table. It was pretty dusty but in good shape overall.
2. I spray painted the table using Rustoleum "Red Apple" spray paint from home depot. Make sure you get even coats.
3. Let the spray paint dry for several hours.
4. You done!

Spray Paint makes life easy.

Finished Product. Have you passed up any potential great gifts at your local thrift store?

Here is the side table from my hubby's old house. It has been sitting in our storage room for a while now. I decided to paint this a sleek black and give it away.

For this project I did the following:

1. Cleaned the wood. Make sure it is free from dust. 
2. I used Glidden black paint that I had from a previous project.
3. I made even strokes all around the table. You also want to use a quality paint brush.
4. The total cost for this project was FREE. I had all the materials on hand already. If you need to buy paint you can get it for less than $7 bucks.  

Here is the finished product. I will be giving this piece to my aunt. Thanks for coming back and I will see you in the next blog.