Magazine Rack Makeover

I just LOVE the feeling of scoring a great thrifted piece of furniture to makeover! That's how I felt when I found this incredible traditional magazine rack. It was in pristine condition, and begging to be transformed!

Here's the piece I started with. You've all seen this piece in your grandma's living room, admit it!





I started by cleaning the piece, sanding it, and giving it a coat of paint. I wanted the piece to remain feminine, so I used a very light pink colour as the base.











When the piece was ready, I took the table top off, and started added rope to redisign the tabletop. I began a the bottom, side edge, make sure to leave a bit of extra rope unglued at the end. Then I added glue, and slowly wove the rope around the edges, gradually moving upwards and inwards. You must unravel all of the rope in order to make sure there are no bends and kinks as you are gluing rope down.
You can see that I had to start a new piece of rope about half way through the project. I lined it up perfectly, glued them both down, and you’d never know where the rope pieces started and ended! The glue I used was perfect too because the colour blended exactly with the natural rope! (It was my husbands idea… I was going a different direction and was skeptical of his suggestion… but as with all things in the garage, he was right!).





Here is the completed table in all it's glory!





I styled it a bit, and put it up in my master bedroom, where it will live permanently as part of my Master Bedroom Makeover :)























I hope you liked the makeover! I was extremely excited to share it with the world :) For more details (including materials), photographs, and further instructions please visit the blog post!






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