| Did you know that painted coffee tables are not | | | | rooms. Adding colorful items like flowers, candles |
| only fun to create; these re-purposed items can | | | | or even arranging some fresh fruit in a bowl will |
| add new life to any room in your home? Some of | | | | spark a new feel for a dull and lifeless space. |
| the best ways to bring a new look to a home is | | | | Applying a fresh coat of paint to faded walls will |
| by re-purposing furniture yourself. | | | | make a room look new. Another neat trick for a |
| This means you take something that you already | | | | colorful change is to use a refinished and painted |
| own, and give it a little update. You can do this by | | | | coffee table as a fun accent piece. |
| adding new slipcovers to chairs or re-upholstering | | | | When you are adding slipcovers to a room to |
| a sofa. With a cool choice of color, a painted | | | | improve and brighten the look, you should always |
| coffee table can add new zip to the room and | | | | carefully consider your color choices. Neutral colors |
| may look even better than the new one that you | | | | for larger furniture pieces can look great but they |
| had your eyes on. | | | | will need some splashes of color from some fun |
| Part of the fun in re-using your furnishings is that | | | | throw pillows to make them really pop. |
| it allows you to be creative and express yourself | | | | If you choose to use a painted coffee table as an |
| any way you like. The other part of the fun | | | | accent, you might want to use more than one |
| involves the money that will be saved by not | | | | color to make it look unique and special. Just a thin |
| buying new furniture when your own items are | | | | line of a contrasting paint to highlight a particular |
| perfectly functional. | | | | feature will create a more interesting look than |
| Many people think that the answer to updating | | | | one solid color. You can even go for stripes, |
| their home must involve spending a lot of money, | | | | diagonals, or a checkerboard design when you are |
| and this is simply not true. What you really need | | | | painting the top. Don't be afraid to experiment, |
| to do is to come up with ideas about how to add | | | | because if you change your mind, simply re-do it |
| color and create new and exciting looks to your | | | | tomorrow. |