Hello everyone and a very good morning/afternoon/evening to all.
I don't know if anyone out there has a little table or something similar in your room that are ugly or old. Well, as I love to go inventing, and sometimes the truth is that I do not get things quite right, but the intention is what counts and also the truth is that it entertains me a lot.
Hola a todos y muy buenos d铆as/tarde/noche a todos.
No s茅 si alguno por ah铆 tiene alguna mesita o algo parecido en su habitaci贸n que est茅n feos o viejitos. Bueno, como a m铆 me encanta andar inventando, y a veces la verdad es que no me salen las cosas del todo bien, pero la intenci贸n es lo que cuenta y tambi茅n lo cierto es que me entretiene mucho.
It turns out that I didn't have bedside tables or nightstands, whatever you call them, and it was a headache and quite uncomfortable to have creams next to the bed, on the floor. So I urgently needed something to place them next to the bed and solve that problem. I went online to look for something that would be good, nice and cheap, since my budget was not very high. So I looked for options with melamine, and there was not much variety, and their prices were very high. So I kept looking, and I got some nice but old tables. Besides, the color didn't match anything I had at home since they were brown.
Resulta que no ten铆a mesas de noche o veladores, como los llamen ustedes, y era un dolor de cabeza y bastante inc贸modo tener cremas al lado de la cama, en el piso. Por lo que necesitaba con urgencia algo para ubicarlos al lado de la cama y resolver ese problema. Me di a la tarea de buscar por internet algo que me sirviera, bueno, bonito y barato ya que mi presupuesto no era muy alto. As铆 que busqu茅 opciones con melamina, y no hab铆a mucha variedad, y sus precios eran muy elevados. Por lo que contin煤e buscando, y consegu铆 unas mesitas bonitas pero viejitas. Adem谩s el color no me combinaba con nada de nada de lo que ten铆a en casa ya que eran color caf茅.
After seeing them, I wrote to the person who was selling them, obviously they were used, I went to his house and brought them to mine.
The tables were a bit deteriorated, but kept their varnish layer intact. The drawer had nothing to open it, so it was uncomfortable. With this, I had all the problems, and I knew how to solve them. I had to buy paint, brush, roller, sandpaper and the handles to open the drawer. I went to the hardware store, ordered the color I liked, an aquamarine blue, top quality water-based enamel, and two handles that I liked quite a bit.
Luego de verlas, le escrib铆 a la persona que las vend铆a, obviamente estaban usadas, fui a su casa y me las traje a la m铆a.
Las mesitas estaban un poco deterioradas, pero manten铆a su capa de barniz intacta. El caj贸n no ten铆a nada para poder abrirlo, por lo que era inc贸modo. Ya con esto, ten铆a todos los problemas, y ya sab铆a c贸mo resolverlos. Ten铆a que comprar pintura, brocha, rodillo, lijas y las manillas para abrir el caj贸n. Fui a la ferreter铆a, ped铆 el color que me gustaba, un azul aguamarina, esmalte al agua de primera calidad, y dos manillas que me gustaron bastante.
Now all that was left to do was to start. I took the tables out to sand them (you have to do it because otherwise the sawdust will get embedded in every corner of the house), and with 80 grit sandpaper, I patiently sanded them until I removed the layer of varnish. It is important to remove that layer because the new paint would peel off almost immediately after drying. So I sanded, sanded and sanded and when I had them ready, I wiped them with a semi damp cloth to remove the sawdust and put them in the apartment. Once I had them sanded at home, I put some garbage bags to start painting and not to dirty the floor, so I would avoid a tedious later work.
Ahora solo quedaba empezar. Saqu茅 las mesas para lijarlas (hay que hacerlo porque sino el polvo del aserr铆n se va a incrustar en cada rinc贸n de la casa), y con lija grano 80, le di con paciencia hasta quitar la capa de barniz. Es importante quitar esa capa porque la pintura nueva se despegar铆a casi inmediatamente luego de secarse. As铆 que lij茅, lij茅 y lij茅 y al tenerlas ya listas, le pas茅 un trapo semi h煤medo para quitar es aserr铆n y las met铆 al departamento. Ya teni茅ndolas lijadas en casa, coloqu茅 unas bolsas de basura para empezar a pintar y no ensuciar el piso, as铆 me evitar铆a un trabajo posterior tedioso.
Before painting them, I took out the drawers and with a drill, I opened a hole to install the handles. I measured the center both horizontally and vertically and the ideal size for the screw to pass through. Now it was time to paint. First one coat, waited for it to dry, then another coat and from there, touch up where needed.
Antes de pintarlas, saqu茅 los cajones y con un taladro, le abr铆 un hueco para poder instalar las manillas. Med铆 el centro tanto horizontal como verticalmente y el tama帽o id贸neo para que pasara el tornillo. Ahora s铆, a pintar. Primero una mano, esper茅 que secara, luego otra mano y de ah铆, retocar donde necesitara.
The important thing was to apply a coat of paint with the roller, as homogeneous as possible, to try to cover the brown wood very well. Then I applied two more coats and let them dry for a couple of hours.
Lo importante fue poner una mano de pintura con el rodillo, lo m谩s homog茅nea posible, para tratar de cubrir muy bien la madera marr贸n. Luego le di dos manos m谩s y las dej茅 secar por un par de horas.
Once this phase was finished and the tables were dry, I proceeded to place the handles. You can see the result, the truth is that I was very happy and pleased with how they turned out. Totally renovated, they went from being old tables to vintage tables like new.
Al terminar esta fase y tener secas las mesas, proced铆 a colocarle las manillas. El resultado lo pueden observar, la verdad me sent铆 muy feliz y complacida de c贸mo quedaron. Totalmente renovadas, pasaron a ser unas mesitas viejas, a unas mesitas vintages como nuevas.
I hope you liked what I prepared for you today and if you made it this far, thanks for reading.
Greetings!!!
Espero les haya gustado lo que les prepar茅 para hoy y si llegaste hasta aqu铆, gracias por leerme.
Saludos!