Hi All! It’s July DIY Challenge time! In this case, July’s theme was Paint! Right up our alley!
If you know us, you know that we aren’t big on the ‘matchy matchy’ furniture. It’s probably safe to say that we’ll never walk into a store and buy an entire matching bedroom set. For whatever reason, those just don’t seem to work in real life – don’t you agree?
Today, we’ll show you how to make two end tables match using paint!
We had two of these junk tables. Both were side of the road curbside finds from years ago that have seen their fair share of ‘makeovers’. The neat thing is they are both exactly 24″ high – so with a lick of paint, we could easily ‘marry’ them into a matching set!
The colour we settled on was Fresh Berries by PARA Paint*. What a vibrant colour!
First things first, we taped off the tables and went to town with Fresh Berries. And for the table with the drawers, we used some high-grade 1/4″ plywood cut to size to make a new shelf.
We stopped short of painting both of them entirely with the bright coral red and instead used the colour to allow the features of each table to stand out. The contrasting colour we chose was Light’N’Luscious, also by PARA Paints. The subtle hint of blue really makes the orangey-coral colour pop! The final step was to add new hardware to the two drawers. We used octagonal pulls we got at the Habitat ReStore for 50 cents each 🙂 
So the tables definitely do not match – but by using paint, we have created a lovely pair of workable end tables.
Let’s compare, shall we?
And:
Oh ya. Notice that lamp? That was another ‘paint’ project. And in fact, another trash to treasure! Check out this post to find out how that makeover went down!
Meantime, these tables can be used next to the couch in the living room, in the sunroom if we crave a switch up or even in our (terribly neglected) guest bedroom. 
The key to using paint to merge to very different pieces is to use it sparingly. Just highlight the parts of the pieces that make it particularly unique and then fill in the rest with styling and decor. 
See? Side of the road finds meant to be together like peas and carrots.
Peas. And. Carrots.
Now, don’t forget it’s a #DIYChallenge! That means there are ALL these other paint projects to check out! Amazing!! Share the love and have a fabulous day.
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*We are members of the 2015 PARA Paint Blog Crew! That means they let us fill our boots with Fresh Berries and all their other wonderful paint hues and products so that we can show you how awesome they are! Having said that – it doesn’t change or impact our opinion of the colours or products themselves.
Here are some other furniture flips you’ll FLIP for!
