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Old TV Tray Tables? Give them a Farmhouse Style Makeover

Chalk Paint· Furniture Makeovers· Stencils

8 Feb

TV Tray Tables Before:

We’ve had these TV tray tables since we received them as a wedding gift over 27 years ago! They’ve kept pretty well, although somewhere along the way, one was broken beyond repair. So we were left with three sitting on the stand that they came with.

tv tray tables before makeover, plain pine.

In the pic above, I had already sanded the tops of two of them. You can see the one at bottom left is slightly darker.

I’ve seen a lot of Farmhouse style tv tray tables over the years on Pinterest and Instagram, and I love the look of stained top and black base.

Essential Stencil

I decided to use these as a stencil demo for one of my weekly Facebook Lives I’ve been doing for Essential Stencil. As one of their ambassadors, I love to share my best stenciling tips each week on their FB page, and I also add them to my Youtube channel if you ever miss any of the lives. If you are in the USA and want to check out their beautiful stencil range, don’t forget to use my code IRESTORESTUFF to save 10% on any purchases there. Link for Essential Stencil

Video Tutorial – Replay

Got your old TV tray tables ready? Here’s the replay of the video tutorial I did showing you the steps I took, including staining the tops, stenciling the numbers.

Artisan Natural Chalk finish

On the TV tray tables, I used Artisan’s colour, Noir to paint the base AND to create the stain on top. If you missed it in the video above, I created a stain using approx. one part paint to 3 or 4 parts water. You can really water the paint down to any ratio you are happy with. I stock the full Artisan range here on my website, shipping Australia wide. Just head to the Shop tab above.

Noir Artisan Paint
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Once painted and stained and the stencils in place, I used Artisan’s Flat Matte Sealer to go over the entire piece. I used a brush for the base, but used a damp cloth to create a smooth matte finish over the TV Tray table tops.

Artisan Flat Matte Sealer
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Stencil set used in this project:

Number Stencil set by Essential Stencil
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Finished TV Tray Tables – Farmhouse Style

Here are the TV tray tables all finished in their black & stained glory!

tv tray tables
tv tray tables
TV tray tables folded
TV tray tables

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  1. Joy van niekerk says

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    Love this idea! They look great Sharon!

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    • Sharon HankinsSharon Hankins says

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      Thanks Joy!

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  2. Patti Hansen says

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    My husband just picked up a set of these at auction… sooo want to do this❣️

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    • Sharon HankinsSharon Hankins says

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      Oh how fun. If you do them, I’d love you to share pics in my Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/irestorestuff

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  3. Karen't h says

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    Ty for your tutorial. I also have these tables and they were also given to us as a wedding gift…..and now they are going to b upcycled for sure! ….funny I have just 3 left as well…..will check out the fourth to see if it saveable tomorrow! Ty again.
    Karen H.

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    • Sharon HankinsSharon Hankins says

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      Oh how fun. Would love to see how they turn out – feel free to share in my facebook group.

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