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hello my friends if you're new here my name is katie i am a furniture flipping aficionado and
i run my own little furniture empire right here out of my home taking pieces of furniture that are
worn out or just plain outdated and giving them a whole new lease on life
today i'm going to be working on a few smaller scale projects than i normally share with you
guys here on the channel these are all free curbside finds and stuff that people have given me
that have just been kicking around in the garage for a little too long
and quite frankly i'm sick of moving them out of my way smaller items like these usually have
a smaller profit margin associated with them so it usually makes more sense for me to collect a
few of them together and flip them in a batch like this i found this cute little pine nightstand and
an adorable little accent table out at the curb at one of my neighbors places a few weeks ago
like i said there's not a ton of money in these types of pieces so i tend to avoid them when i'm
shopping for pieces to flip but that being said they are still totally usable pieces of furniture
so if i find them for free i am always willing to scoop them up this little bench seat came along
with a vanity that i bought off of facebook marketplace and turned into nightstands
i want to paint the base of this and reupholster the top and these two metal table bases are
freebies that my sister found out at the curb and grabbed for me their original tops are long
gone so i'm going to be replacing those with some more found lumber i've already cleaned everything
with some heavy duty cleaner and now i'm ready to get started by putting a few things together
and taking a few things apart last weekend i got my husband to cut down another freebie the top of
this old pine table will be an easy and completely free replacement for those topless tables
he just ran this through the table saw to the same measurements as the base and now i'm using
some three-quarter inch screws to attach them from the bottom this one inch board matches
perfectly with the bottom shelf on these and once everything is painted it will be totally seamless
i unscrewed the upholster top from the stool i'm going to be reusing this but
covering it in some much cuter fabric and then i also removed the door hinges and knob from the
nightstand so that i can paint everything really thoroughly without getting paint on these brass
hinges which i plan on reusing now it's time for sanding since i usually use chalk style paints
that have a really great adhesion i'm not sanding to help anything stick although this doesn't hurt
i'm standing to smooth out as much of the surface damage as i can painting over deep scratches and
dents without filling them or buffing them out with a sander just changes the color it doesn't
make them go away so i used a 120 grit sandpaper at first to remove enough material to get most of
the damage and then i came back with a 220 grit to smooth everything out i used some compressed
air to blow away most of my sanding dust and then a microfiber cloth to grab the rest and now i'm
ready to prime i'm actually going to try spraying my primer this time since this bin shellac based
primer that i love so much requires ammonia or denatured alcohol to clean up i've always steered
clear of putting it in my gun because i don't want to have to worry about cleaning it out of there
i usually do this step with a microfiber roller since it's already super thin i can spray it
straight up with no thinning required i turned all of my pieces upside down for my first coat so
that i could get all the different sides of all of these legs and then i flipped everything the right
way around and sprayed another two light coats this primer takes about 45 minutes to dry so while
it was doing its thing i cleaned out my sprayer with some ammonia which i do not recommend it
was not fun and i will definitely be returning to my tried and true roller method after this
i found this stunning black and white wool boucle style fabric in the scrap bin or offcuts bin
at my fabric store i think it's about a quarter of a meter and should be the perfect size for
this project i also grabbed some fresh batting for a little extra padding and cut that down to size
i tacked one side in place and then pulled everything tight on the opposite side
and just started stapling back and forth trying to keep even tension across the fabric
once i got to the corners i cut off all of the excess fabric and pulled everything around neatly
and as soon as i was done stapling this together i
tucked it away inside the house so that i didn't get any paint on it
now that my primer is dry i can get started on paint for the nightstand and accent table i'm
going to be using this linen color by house and canvas this is a super thick chalk style paint so
i added a little bit of water into my gun with the paint and shook it all up i sprayed one coat again
with everything flipped upside down and then once that was dry i turned it all over and did
another two coats on top this paint dries nice and fast so i waited about an hour between my coats
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after dinner i popped back out to the garage and started spraying my top coat on these guys
i loaded up my clean gun again with some verithin diamond wood finish in a satin sheen
and sprayed two coats before calling it quits for the day
now it's time to tackle the end tables and the stool these are all going to get painted in black
the same process as before i added a little bit of water to my chalk paint inside my spray gun
and shook it all up again one quick quote well everything is upside down and then i
flipped it all the right way around and sprayed two more coats waiting one hour
for the paint to dry in between i've been seeing a lot of comments or questions i guess
come in about what i do with my gun in between coats of paint
and if i clean it out every time and the answer is no i just hang it up off to the side and wait for
my coat of paint to dry i only clean my gun out between products and when i'm finished the project
so
i let my final coat of paint dry for four hours and then i came back again with my
verithin top coat and applied two coats here as well when i'm working with dark colors or
black like this i always like to add a little splash of my paint into the top coat to prevent
any streaking or blotchiness that's really common when you're top coating dark colors
now that everything is fully painted and protected i can put it all back together and
take some beautiful staged finish shots these are some pretty fantastic before and afters
before i let you go let's quickly talk numbers i got all of these pieces for free i'm about
eighty dollars in for materials and supplies to flip these guys and my selling prices will
be as follows the matching set of end tables will sell for 225 the single nightstand will be listed
for 155 the accent table will sell at 125 and then the little stool or bench will be 75 bucks
so all together that puts my total selling price at 580 minus my 80 worth of expenses and that is
of profit in my pocket if you love these kind of furniture flips and awesome trash
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