Turn Mismatched Furniture Into a Set!

I recently found myself the owner of a few gummy, icky children's chairs (our church daycare was sending them to the trash). They were in BAD shape, with decades of grime as well as nicks, gouges and scrapes. I rescued them from the trash that day.

When I spotted this sturdy side table at Goodwill, I thought it would make a great activity table (kid-size) to pair with the chairs.





The table was a modern style and different wood than the chairs. As you can see, it had some serious issues on the top, as well as its share of nicks and dings. But I didn't care as I was planning to paint it anyway!





After taping off the top, I proceeded to give the table a couple coats of my favorite diy chalk paint. Once that dried, I painted the table top with chalkboard paint in black.





After a good de-greasing, the chairs were similarly painted in this beach-y blue color.





I married these 3 mismatched pieces into a uniform set by carrying the beach-y blue color to the table...and adding some white stripes on the chairs.





Suddenly they didn't look so bad and unlovable anymore...they became a beautiful set that I'm sure any child would love!
Make sure to head to my blog, diy beautify (see the link below) for more details about the paint used and to get my homemade chalk paint recipe!






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