The TV Table

Yes, we have a perfectly good TV table for our 27" TV. The picture included here doesn't thrill me, but we've enjoyed it since I finished it about 4 years ago. It has sentimental value because I first painted it white with purple knobs a month before Maggie was born for her room ("Maggie's Garden Room"), so it will just move up to our bedroom, we think. Meanwhile, it is our hope that sometime in the next 5 years, we'll get to upgrade our 27" TV. When it occurred to me about a year ago that in order to do that, we'd need a larger table, I immediately began the hunt at every convenient thrift store, family members surplus, and the occasional yard sale. I finally found an acceptable dresser right after school was out. There's a picture of it (more or less; I had already removed the 2 doors that cover the 3 shorter drawers on the left end) in my June 19, 2010, post. It came in handy sitting in the kitchen when I needed a spot to place all those wedding bouquets!

After paying $28.50 at Goodwill and getting help from Mr. Next-Door-Neighbor to unload it from the van, I was overcome by a severe old musty smell. To help combat this, I did several things: 1) bring it inside to the air conditioning (hence, it's placement in the kitchen); 2) sand (a piece at a time on the deck) every surface; 3) put baking soda in every drawer from June until today; 4) use up can of spray paint trying to get paint on all the interior walls. I think it's better now!

I've probably put in 8 hours of work already. I primed all the drawers pretty early on. Today, I primed the cabinet, starting with it upside down so I could go ahead and finish the legs. Because it has metal feet, I used my favorite metal primer spray paint. Then I used the same Sherwin Williams black I used on the Lynn. Finally, I added my first dots to the feet. Once the base was thoroughly dry, Bob helped me flip it over so I could spray the interior black (I'm not sure which drawer space is going to hold the DVD player & Comcast box, so I painted all 3) since I couldn't easily reach the back wall with a brush and prime the remaining areas (hence, the white!).

I don't have a plan for the design of this piece. Maggie said I need to get a notebook and go to bed and sketch multiple designs because that's "what you always do." Funny, I vaguely remember doing that with my first piece about 8 years ago! Maybe I will try that again... Regardless, I hope to get the whole thing painted black, the top stenciled and the edge gold so it can sit in my kitchen with pride until I figure out that the rest is going to be!