The $10 Kitchen Table
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Today, I’m showing you the $10 kitchen table. It didn’t look very good when I first brought it home. But with only a $10 investment, I knew I could bring it to life somehow.
This is how the table looked last week, before I sanded it and painted it.
The Painted Kitchen Table:
I painted it with one of the Valspar samples I purchased in the small containers. The paint color is called Golden Chime.
I considered painting a thin red stripe down both sides of the leaves, but ultimately decided against it. There’s more than enough color in this room and on the wall.
Painting Two Small Shelves:
I painted the two shelves above the potting bench the same color as the table. I found them for $3 at my favorite antique mall in Jenks.
When I used them at my house before I moved here, they were red. But I wanted to paint them the same color as the table, so now they’re painted with the Golden Chime paint color.
I painted them while they were hanging on the wall, which eliminated one step in finishing the project. It wasn’t the most common way to paint wall shelves, but it worked.
I see bits of yellow paint I accidentally got on the wall that I’ll have to touch up. Oops, I also forgot to remove some of the blue painter’s tape above one of the shelves.
Before painting the shelves, I surrounded them with tape so the paint wouldn’t get on the wall.
The Coffee Bar:
For those who have asked me where the coffee maker is, it has always been in this spot. I’ve just had it on different pieces of furniture at various times.
It was initially on the hand-me-down kitchen cart I rescued from the trash. The cart now serves as a cooking station in the kitchen, painted the same yellow.
At the last minute, I decided to paint the drawer pulls red.
I painted the potting bench red about a month ago. Before that, I’d painted it white while living in the house. I really wanted to use it in the kitchen.
But there just wasn’t enough room for it there.
I left it there in the kitchen for about a week as I tried to find ways to make it work.
Switching Pieces Of Furniture:
But eventually, I just brought it into the dining area and switched it with the kitchen cart. The potting bench is now living life as a coffee bar.
This is my backyard view of the patio. I can also see the patio from my bedroom window.
So all in all, considering I only paid $10 for the dining table, I’m quite happy with it. I only had to buy the paint.
Indoor/Outdoor Chairs Used Indoors:
I’ve been moving the red chairs around with me since I lived in Texas. I added lovely red cushions to them, which are as comfy as any dining chairs I’ve sat on.
They are called indoor/outdoor chairs. This type of furniture tends to be cheaper. I believe I paid about $59 each for the two of them.
Who says you have to use it as a potting bench outside, as it was intended? It is a sturdy, quite heavy piece of furniture.
If it works for you inside, I say bring it inside. Why not? There are no rules that say you can’t.
I love changing things up and doing what is considered “the unexpected.” It’s a fun and creative way to decorate.
Hi Brenda,
I love you bright and cheery kitchen!! Feel free to come to NC for a visit anytime! I will gladly pay you to redo my kitchen and some other projects for me:O) A girl can dream! I just wanted to say a huge Thank you for a tip you gave on gardening a few years ago. The clearance flower and plant racks at Lowes!! My hubby and I have well hubby really have planted 12 knock out roses this year, two new hydrangea plants, 10 hanging baskets, 3 of those planters that have a variety of plants in them, 8 more perennials, 20 some tulip bulbs, and other assorted flowers all purchased for 1.00, 3.00, or 5.00!!! Our yard is looking so beautiful along with the front porch!!! I will never pay full price for plants or flowers again. Each and every time we go to Lowes they have rack after rack of clearance flowers! Most of the time, the flowers still look great. I got a cute geranium in a bright yellow watering can for 2.00 and after some plant and flower food, it is blooming again!! Thank you again for all your tips and ideals for gardening and decorating a home on a budget!! Big hugs to you!
Hugs,
Lynn in NC
This is such a pretty, colorful space! How nice that you can look outside, too.
Oh, gosh, your new place is magazine ready. I love a lamp on the kitchen table and I always have one. It makes the whole kitchen so cozy at night. I think I have three small lamps in my kitchen!
Brenda,
I absolutely adore the look and COLORS of your Kitchen!! They are my favorite colors for the Kitchen and they warm my heart as I am sure they do yours!! You have done an amazing job!
Hugs,
Deb
Well, I thank you mightily for the compliment!
Since it's been painted you would never know what it looked like before. Love the color, and I know you let Judy know she has a good eye! I like the lamp white, it gives your eye a place to rest with the other color. Looking forward to the gallery wall….I wish I could have one, but my house has NO walls, all windows!
I thought about painting the lamp, but you're right. The eyes needs a place to rest, just as it does in the garden.
What a great deal on the table!! I love the gold/yellow going on. I wonder how that lamp would look painted shiny black? It sort of blends in with everything now and yet you don't need another "color". Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see the gallery wall.
Jane xx
I'm going to the cheap antique mall in the morning, before it gets hot, and see if I can find some "littles" to finish out my gallery wall. I had a "B" monogram I got last week from Hobby Lobby, but dropped it and it broke into a hundred pieces. What do they make things of nowadays? Junk.
Your table looks fantastic. God Bless Judy to see past the sad table, because now it is a beauty!
She said she was just driving along, not thinking she wanted to stop, until she saw the ugly duckling table with legs that were straight and thought: Brenda won't trip over those. And so she called me and I said: Get it.
The gold looks great with the red! Love the colors you use!
The only colors I really don't use is purple and pink. I'd love to add maybe some lavenders sometime, but not sure how to work it in.
My kitchen is done in yellow and sage green…so I'm lovin the color you chose!
Well, we are color kin!
It all looks so wonderfully cozy, Brenda. Love the color of the table and its simplicity. Great find. xo Laura
I thought at first it was a little too simple. But it's got great legs, and sometimes simpler, I keep telling myself, is better.
I like your $10 Kitchen Table. With the lovely sitting area and tables and beautiful chair set.
expectable-chair
DO NOT COMMENT ANY LONGER ON MY BLOG, LAURA MADALENE. YOU ARE SPAMMING ALL MY FRIEND'S BLOGS AS WELL. STOP THE SPAMMING AND PLEASE MOVE ON.
Love the table and its ugly duckling story. I also love the color you chose to paint it.
Ducklings aren't always ugly. Wonder where that story came from?
Brenda the table is fabulous! Wow the price was right. I can look at your adorable kitchen all day!!! It so darn cute!!!
Kathy
I know there are all manner of trendy expensive paints, but it's too rich for my budget. I feel okay spending about $3 at a time.
To me, this gold looks a lot like the lustre of light coloured wood, and thus adds an extra richness to the kitchen table, the kitchen cart and the shelving. Brenda, I can't believe, (although I'm not surprised!), that you have managed to co ordinate everything so well together, incorporating your beloved red, white and new love, apple green into your new space. Waking up to all these cozy nooks, (and yes, even before that first cup!), must be soothingly sweet! Enjoy it, my friend…we are!
Have a wonderful week!
Poppy
I am. Now if I could just get the primer paint patches off Abi that has been there a week…
I like what you've done with your table! It is just so adorable Brenda. Painting the shelves to match was a great idea. The quilt on the wall makes it all tie in well together.
You are such a busy little lady!
You put me to shame with all you get done inside.
Remember I live in a small apartment with a living room that extends into a dining space, a small kitchen, a small bathroom, and a bedroom. Not really all that much to decorate. I like to stay busy.
Your little old/now new looking table is cute in yellow with the red chairs. The yellow and red look so cheerful together, and your pretty green buffet from yesterday….. everything looks wonderful. As I was looking around, I saw your scroll-y red picture frame with the little crochet dresses in it. Now I am planning on framing the two little red and white crochet dresses that I currently have hanging on a cupboard knob. Yours look so cute framed. It never occurred to me to frame them until seeing yours. Your posts always give me fresh ideas on ways to paint and arrange furniture and décor. I do wish I had the patience to sand and prime and paint like you do.
You can ask Judy about my patience. Quite thin! I couldn't come up with what to do with the little crocheted dresses/pot holders, so decided to just put them on the framed bulletin board. My advice: Try everything. Something will work.
Love the table and everything you do is beautiful! You really know how to pull it all together. Your colors always make me happy even though I am a girl who likes white, I still love your colors.
Well that's quite a compliment from a girl who loves white! Thank you.