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Old Preschool Table Makeover | From Toddler Height to Bar Height

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comEven if purple isn’t your color (and I have to say it isn’t necessarily mine, but this shade is awesome!) you still won’t believe what this now bar height table started out as!

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comAdmittedly, I don’t have great before pics of this particular job. Since it was a rush job and time was of the essence. So you’ll just have imagine a teeny, tiny table from your preschool days. Because that’s exactly what it used to be!

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.com

My client needed to be bar height and wanted it to have casters. To keep from having to take the entire underside of the table apart, I sandwiched two 2x4s together and then shaved them down to fit into the slot the older, shorter legs had come out of.

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comAfter adding the new legs and casters, it is was time for paint. I had to prime the top because it was laminate.

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comAfter the primer dried it got a couple of coats of Vibrant Violet from Sherwin Williams. And I’ve gotta tell you, even though I’m not wild about purple in general, this is an amazing color.

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comNow she’s tall and stately. It’s thin enough to serve as an overflow for food service but still wide enough to be used a guest seating instead.

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comAnd you’d never know it once looked like it came straight out of a 1970’s preschool classroom.

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comAnd the addition of the nickle colored casters gives it a pop of modern.

 

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.com

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It’s being paired with these bar height stools for extra seating and they are just short enough to go under the table for storage. Bonus!

Small School Table Gets a Beautiful Bar Height Makeover #tablemakeovr #paintedfurniture #furnituremakeover SouthernRevivals.comWhich I’m afraid you’ll just have to image. This sweet table left my possession never to be seen again. But it isn’t really hard is it, picturing those amazingly galvanized chairs under this fresh and crisp table? If you’re like me, it’s really making you rethink purple!

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