My RED Entry Table | Simply Designing with Ashley

I never had a chance to show you this project. But it is among my all-time favorite things I've done!!

My husband and I are on a mission to fill our house with craigslisted furniture. Ok. Not really. But it feels that way sometimes! Let me be clear, there are some things I would NEVER EVER buy off of Craigslist: a mattress for example...yuck! But if I can Clorox and sanitize it, and if it is a hard surface, then it is probably ok.

So I have been Craigslist-ing a LOT recently. Why? We moved about 5-6 months ago. We moved from Cali and had about 1500 square feet in the town home that we rented. Moving to a much cheaper place, we were able to increase our home size. We were able to buy our first home and have about 2700 square feet. Holy Cow! 1500 to 2700 means I am in need of a LOT of furniture. But my budget isn't very big. So we are on a mission to find great stuff, at a great price.

And let me tell you, we have found some STEALS! I recently bought a mirror to go above my entry table, that probably originally retailed for $600, for $25! $25 and I didn't even haggle! It is a HUGE amazing mirror too!

And then this past weekend I bought a Bassett furniture armoire for my tv 57"wide x76" tall, solid wood beauty that retails for about $2800 plus tax, for $200! Yup. Sale tax on the original purchase was more then I paid for this AMAZING beauty! I love it so much, I just sat and stared at it for like an hour the other day. Seriously.

Finding steals like that gives me a "high." Oh come on. Don't judge. You know what I mean! It is a great feeling to get a great deal on an amazing piece of furniture! Even my husband is hooked! He was feeling pretty amazing after the armoire purchase too! He even asked me what else we could buy off of craigslist. Hm. Sounds like a challenge to me to find my next steal!

So back to my Entry Table...

When I told my husband I was buying an entry table and going to refinish it, let me first say, he was completely supportive and on board with it. But he wanted to know what color I was going to paint it.

I told him I would wait and see. When I saw the table in person, I would know what color the table was "meant" to be.

Does that sound crazy? He thought so.

So I put it in boy terms for my hubby to understand. I explained to him how some cars look great in white, but others only look good in gray. Some cars just look great in one color, but not so hot in another. He understood this concept. So I went on to explain that furniture is the same way. Some pieces are just meant to be a certain color because they will look best in it. He thought I was slightly less crazy after this explaination.

So, I started out with this table that I purchased off of Craigslist:

Entry+Table+Original My RED Entry Table 12

When I got it home I knew it was meant to be red!!

And after the purchase of an electric sander :), 3 cans of spray paint, some more sanding, a coat of dark stain, and a nice layer of polyurethane...I ended up with an absolutely beautiful red entry table!

I LOVE it! I love my little red table!

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Comments

Farah Muzaffar

January 06, 2011 at 2:37 am

Very different yet interesting and beautiful... looks good, your red colour is close to brick colours and it gives it a very beautiful touch...lovely Happy New Year http://craftaworld.blogspot.com/ Love Farah
Sue

January 06, 2011 at 2:08 am

I love your little red table too; it looks gorgeous! Craigslist, here I come!

Red Door Home

January 06, 2011 at 7:17 am

Great color choice. Craigslist is wonderful place for bargains.

Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co.

January 06, 2011 at 9:07 am

What a great thrifty find and I just love the red! Really well done!

Mandy @ Sugar Bee Craft Edition

January 06, 2011 at 10:13 am

great job!!

Green Gracie Home

January 06, 2011 at 7:30 am

I love the red color...every entry needs a nice pop of color and that table is perfect. Thanks for the lesson in man speak, I might need to use that one day on my hubby!

Green Gracie Home

January 06, 2011 at 7:30 am

I love the red color...every entry needs a nice pop of color and that table is perfect. Thanks for the lesson in man speak, I might need to use that one day on my hubby!

Stacy

January 06, 2011 at 11:35 am

I love it! Great color choice 🙂 I love red. It is wonderful!

Marie {Make and Takes}

January 06, 2011 at 8:01 pm

What a great redo! I'm sure I've got something around the house that could use some new paint! This looks great. I'd love to have you submit it to the M&T Spotlight: http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight

Jane @ The Borrowed Abode

January 07, 2011 at 1:16 am

That looks absolutely stunning.

kristin

January 07, 2011 at 3:38 pm

I love this! it's gorgeous!

Jill

January 10, 2011 at 3:12 pm

It is meant to be red! Beautifully done!

Kelli

January 10, 2011 at 4:08 pm

such a beautiful table!! i love the red!!

Shawna

January 10, 2011 at 7:32 pm

I like how the stain made the finished product look. I haven't fiddled with that much, but I think I will try on my next big project, an armoire to hide our tv. Thanks for the inspiration.

Anne

January 11, 2011 at 4:38 pm

That's super cute! I love craigslist too, and I especially love the free section!

Andrea

January 11, 2011 at 9:38 pm

Love it! You did an amazing job!

Stacy

January 11, 2011 at 10:40 pm

Thanks for linking this up! You already know I love it 🙂 I am going to feature this on Thursday!!!

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January 12, 2011 at 11:18 pm

love the way it turned out. great color.

Catherine

January 13, 2011 at 11:46 am

This is wonderful! I am in love with red! And the glaze is perfect so the red isn't too intense. Well done!

Dixie Sargent Redmond

January 17, 2011 at 4:33 pm

Beautiful table. I found it when I searched for "red table" in Google images. 🙂 It's really inspiring.

Stephanie Love

June 30, 2014 at 12:21 pm

What color red spray paint and brand did you use? 

- Ashley Phipps
 
 June 30, 2014 at 2:20 pm
 
 Stephanie! It was Rustoleum brand, but I honestly can not remember the actual color name...and I don't have any cans of it at home right now. I am so sorry! But it was just a slightly dark red color and then the stain toned it down quite a bit as well. Good luck!
Rebecca Coultet

December 26, 2018 at 7:47 pm

Hi. I love the way your table turned out! What kind of stain did you use?

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