See how a broken-down TV tray gets a simple makeover in this furniture flip.
Have you heard the saying a cat has nine lives? Well, this wooden TV tray has three! I found two TV trays on the side of the road and gave them a new life with paint and stencils. You can read that post here Stenciled Number Trays.
One of the TV trays broke and stayed in my workroom for a really long time! One day I decided to flip it into a farmhouse serving tray. Here is the post on that Farmhouse Serving Tray-DIY
Now For The Final Flip:
After the TV tray was flipped into a farmhouse serving tray I was left with the bottom part that looked very much like a ladder to me. I became very excited because I knew I could flip this piece into one of those farmhouse ladders that I love so much!
I removed the two attached legs on the side of the TV tray. As you can see from the picture below I was left with an extra-long dowel. This was an easy fix. I removed the dowel by slipping it through the two holes and used a hand saw to cut the dowel to size. Then I covered the two holes with wood putty.
Now it looks like a farmhouse ladder
Next, I painted the ladder with white chalk paint. I used homemade chalk paint.
It is the easiest chalk paint recipe I know of.
1 cup latex paint
1/4 cup baking soda
mix well
apply one-two coats
Now, this once unloved piece is a treasured focal point in my room!
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