Design Tip Tuesday: Body Shop Furniture

Heidi wrote to me asking for help with her son’s bedroom. She writes, “I have an old table that fits the room perfectly, but doesn’t go with anything. I’d like to paint it, but don’t know what to do. I’m afraid it will look too cutesy. My boy likes cars!”

I jumped for joy when I read Heidi’s email because I have the perfect answer. Here’s an idea from my portfolio. (And please no comments on the bad photography. However, if you have tips on how to photograph interiors let me know.) Now back to our show.

Here’s a desk that started life as a regular, oak table. It needed to be cool to go in this tweenager’s room. I took the table to an auto body shop where, for about $100, they covered the table with Bondo and sprayed it with a silver Mazda paint color. The end result was a table with a smooth, grainless finish.

Then, I went to Decal Driveway and bought these wicked decals. Applying them was easy. The end result was a fun surface to do homework on. And for only about $125 total. When you think about it, the possibilities for Bondo and auto paint are endless.

Questions? Email me.