One crafty woman has wowed hundreds of users on social media after revealing that she completely transformed a cheap, second-hand coffee table using a few products from Bunnings – including a "surprise" $16 item.

Sharing on Facebook, Vicki Field from Perth let people in on her process and the items she used for her most recent upcycling project, which started when she came across a beautiful wooden coffee table in her local op shop.

"Generally, what attracts me to an item is if I see that it is of solid timber, is of a good size and seems to be in pretty good condition," said the 49-year-old mum-of-one.

"Structurally, the table had nothing wrong with it other than just a few scratches."

So, she bought the table from the shop and brought it home, fully intent on giving it a whole new look.

Vicki bought this $35 second-hand coffee table at her local op-shop store. Credit: news.com.au.​

The first thing Vicki had to deal with was the scratches on the glass.

"I used chalk and tried to blob it on but it started to bleed through, so I just stuck down the pencilling with tape and used a roller. I let it dry, and put the glass back on the table."

However, she later noticed that the attempt was unsuccessful, and the scratches were still visible on the glass.

"Not only did it not look good enough, the stencilling (which you can also buy from Bun) was also vulnerable to being scratched off," she said.

So, Vicki resorted to using a $16 "surprise" item from Bunnings – frosted glass spray paint!

She flipped the glass upside down and used frosting spray on it, making sure the entire surface was well-covered. After three to four light coats (leaving it to dry each time), she put the glass back on the table in its original position.

Vicki said she never expected the spray paint to give the aged coffee table a whole new look. Not only did it give the glass a smooth finish, but it also helped hide the scratches.

After spotting some scratches on the glass, Vicki tried to disguise them with some stencilling. Credit: news.com.au.
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And since the rest of the table was in relatively good condition, all the mum had to do was a bit of sanding and apply liming white for that wooden-white finish.

"I applied a lime white, painting it on like a varnish and then buffing it off," she said. "You can make it as thin to as thick as you like. I did two layers of liming white and buff in between and then put a clear varnish over the top."

The rattan bottom had some stains on it, so she ended up using liming white on it too, adding several layers to make it thick and white.

Vicki applied two coats of mushroom (mistint) to the remaining frame.

"I was pretty happy with it," said Vicki, after seeing the end result of her upcycling project. She was also surprised and grateful to receive plenty of positive comments on her Facebook post.

"Love this! Very clever," one fellow mum wrote. Another added: "Well done, it looks great!"

 

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Crafty mum from Perth transforms second-hand coffee table using $16 item from Bunnings​

One crafty woman has wowed hundreds of users on social media after revealing that she completely transformed a cheap, second-hand coffee table using a few products from Bunnings – including a "surprise" $16 item.

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Sharing on Facebook, Vicki Field from Perth let people in on her process and the items she used for her most recent upcycling project, which started when she came across a beautiful wooden coffee table in her local op shop.

"Generally, what attracts me to an item is if I see that it is of solid timber, is of a good size and seems to be in pretty good condition," said the 49-year-old mum-of-one.

"Structurally, the table had nothing wrong with it other than just a few scratches."

So, she bought the table from the shop and brought it home, fully intent on giving it a whole new look.

Vicki bought this $35 second-hand coffee table at her local op-shop store. Credit: news.com.au.​

The first thing Vicki had to deal with was the scratches on the glass.

"I used chalk and tried to blob it on but it started to bleed through, so I just stuck down the pencilling with tape and used a roller. I let it dry, and put the glass back on the table."

However, she later noticed that the attempt was unsuccessful, and the scratches were still visible on the glass.

"Not only did it not look good enough, the stencilling (which you can also buy from Bun) was also vulnerable to being scratched off," she said.

​

So, Vicki resorted to using a $16 "surprise" item from Bunnings – frosted glass spray paint!

She flipped the glass upside down and used frosting spray on it, making sure the entire surface was well-covered. After three to four light coats (leaving it to dry each time), she put the glass back on the table in its original position.

Vicki said she never expected the spray paint to give the aged coffee table a whole new look. Not only did it give the glass a smooth finish, but it also helped hide the scratches.

After spotting some scratches on the glass, Vicki tried to disguise them with some stencilling. Credit: news.com.au.
​

And since the rest of the table was in relatively good condition, all the mum had to do was a bit of sanding and apply liming white for that wooden-white finish.

"I applied a lime white, painting it on like a varnish and then buffing it off," she said. "You can make it as thin to as thick as you like. I did two layers of liming white and buff in between and then put a clear varnish over the top."

The rattan bottom had some stains on it, so she ended up using liming white on it too, adding several layers to make it thick and white.

Vicki applied two coats of mushroom (mistint) to the remaining frame.

​

"I was pretty happy with it," said Vicki, after seeing the end result of her upcycling project. She was also surprised and grateful to receive plenty of positive comments on her Facebook post.

"Love this! Very clever," one fellow mum wrote. Another added: "Well done, it looks great!"

Amazing act she performed I really appreciate her.