Hello, lovely readers! Denise from Salvaged Inspirations here, excited to guest blog for Dixie Belle Paint Company. Today, I’m sharing how I transformed a set of side tables using Dixie Belle’s Yellowstone Silk Paint. This paint offers vibrant color and a smooth finish, making it perfect for any makeover. Let’s dive into this project and see the magic unfold! 

 WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 

  • $14.99 x 2 Thrifted Side Tables  – SALVAGED 
  • Shop Towels   

 

(The following is an excerpt from Salvaged Inspirations. Read the full article here) 

A SET OF THRIFT STORE SIDE TABLES GET A VIBRANT MAKEOVER USING DIXIE BELLE’S YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK COLLECTION PAINT 

Here’s the side table set I started with. I found it selling at my local thrift store. They were selling for $14.99 each – a little more than I wanted to pay. I posted a short video on Facebook and you all encouraged me to grab them. 

A picture of two brown wooden side tables with clear glass in the center.

I liked them even better when I brought them home. 

A picture of two brown wooden side tables with clear glass in the center.

The only thing I wasn’t happy with was a little chip on the corner of one of the glass tops. I didn’t notice it in the store so it may have happened when I loaded the glass into my FUV. 

A picture of two brown wooden side tables with clear glass in the center.

YELLOWSTONE SIDE TABLE MAKEOVER 

Let’s turn these cute side tables into vibrant and fun beauties!… 

CLEAN

To prep these tables for paint I removed the glass and put the two glass panels in a safe place. Then I removed the price tags with my heat gun.  Using this White Lightning Cleaning I gave both tables a thorough cleaning.

A picture of two brown wooden side tables with clear glass in the center. A and in a white rubber glove is wiping the top of one table with a yellow sponge.

HOW TO SCUFF SAND BY HAND 

I had a comment on last week’s Youtube video from Jayne.  She mentioned that she loved seeing hand sanding because not everyone has a sander or wants to invest in a new sander. I love getting comments/input like this so keep them coming! 

It encouraged me to scuff sand these tables by hand.  I used a sanding pad and wiped all the wood surfaces down using a similar action to wiping down my kitchen counters. Not much more pressure is needed than this. I go over each area until I see the finish on the furniture is scuffed up and slightly dusty. Then wipe all the dust off with a tack cloth and it’s ready for paint or primer. 

A picture of a hand in a white rubber glove sanding the top of a brown table with a white sanding sponge.

PAINTING WITH YELLOWSTONE 

Now for the fun part! I chose to paint these tables in Yellowstone Silk All In One Mineral Paint. 

A picture of a yellow jar of paint with a white label that reads Silk All-In-One Mineral Paint Yellowstone, the jar is open and there is a wooden stick above the jar that is covered with yellow paint.

It’s part of the National Park Collection and check out these gorgeous colors! 

A picture of 7 wooden spoons lined up diagonally, each spoon is a different color, yellow, gray, red, white, green, brown, dark green. The words Silk All-In-One Mineral Paint, Yellowstone, Smoky Mountains, ,Sequoia, Glacier, Everglades, Badlands, Acadia, National Park Collection are all printed on the page.

I applied two coats using my two-inch flat brush 

A photo of a brown wooden table sitting on it's top. A hand in a white glove holds a paint brush with yellow paint, the paint brush is painting the table with a yellow swipe.

Below is what the first coat looked like. This is the scary-looking stage. Then I let them dry overnight. 

Two yellow tables sitting upside down on a white piece of paper.

I came back the next morning and applied the second coat. Now it’s starting to look gooood! 

A yellow table sitting upside down on a piece of white paper. A hand is holding a paint brush that is covered with yellow paint, painting one leg of the table.

My original plan was to add cane webbing underneath the glass for a modern look. You may remember I used the cane mesh on this makeover here and was excited to use it again… BUT as I was cleaning the glass, I broke another corner off, ugggh. I ditched my original plan and opted for a transfer to ‘hide’ the two chipped edges. 

 A hand with a finger pointing to a spot on a tan piece of cloth.

HOW TO APPLY A TRANSFER TO GLASS 

I used this Latin Floral Transfer as it’s bright and lively – perfect for hiding those corners! To apply the transfer to the glass, I gave the glass a good cleaning with Windex and wiped it down 100%. Then, I removed the transfer from the back sheet and placed it onto the glass. Using the rub-on tool provided, I rubbed the transfer onto the glass while pulling the top sheet off. 

 

PIN FOR LATER 🥰 

A photo with six squares, square 1 has two brown wooden tables with square glass center inserts, square 2 has a hand holding a spray bottle that is pointing to a piece of glass, square 3 has a hand holding a cylinder tube that says Latin Floral Transfer and has colorful floral patterns on it, square 4 has a hand pushing down on a stick on top of a sheet with a colorful floral pattern, square 5 has a hand pulling a corner of a transparent sheet up from a piece of paper with a colorful floral pattern, square 6 has two yellow square tables with a colorful floral center.

FINISHED YELLOWSTONE SILK PAINTED SIDE TABLES 

Here’s the finished look. 

Two yellow rectangular side tables sitting on a white wooden floor with a tan rug in front. The center of the top of the tables has a colorful floral image, a light hangs down with a chain, a green plant in a bronze colored pot sits on top of one table, and a green plant in a white pot sits on the floor to the left of the tables.

Two yellow rectangular side tables sitting on a white wooden floor with a tan rug in front. The center of the top of the tables has a colorful floral image, a light hangs down with a chain, a green plant in a bronze colored pot sits on top of one table, and a green plant in a white pot sits on the floor to the left of the tables.

And here’s a closer look at the Latin Floral transfer against the Yellowstone Silk paint. 

Two yellow rectangular side tables sitting on a white wooden floor with a tan rug in front. The center of the top of the tables has a colorful floral image, a light hangs down with a chain, a green plant in a bronze colored pot sits on top of one table, and a green plant in a white pot sits on the floor to the left of the tables.

Because the glass is chipped in two corners, I won’t be selling these. But I’m still so happy I got to try this color along with the transfer on the glass! 

Two yellow rectangular side tables sitting on a white wooden floor with a tan rug in front. The center of the top of the tables has a colorful floral image, a light hangs down with a chain, a green plant in a bronze colored pot sits on top of one table, and a green plant in a white pot sits on the floor to the left of the tables.

What do you think? Which color would you try from the National Park Collection? 

Two yellow rectangular side tables sitting on a white wooden floor with a tan rug in front. The center of the top of the tables has a colorful floral image, a light hangs down with a chain, a green plant in a bronze colored pot sits on top of one table, and a green plant in a white pot sits on the floor to the left of the tables.

I hope you enjoyed this side table makeover! Dixie Belle’s Yellowstone Silk All-In-One Mineral Paint made it a breeze with its beautiful coverage and built-in primer and topcoat. If you’re inspired to try a similar project, give Dixie Belle products a try.  If you would like to see all of the colors in the National Parks collection, check out this blog, Dixie Belle’s Silk Mineral Paint: National Park Collection. Thanks for following along, and happy painting!

YOUTUBE TUTORIAL 

Here’s the step-by-step tutorial below and on YouTube. Our #siyoutubefamily is already a community of 44.1K so don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t done so already! So exciting, thank YOU! 🙂 

Two yellow rectangular side tables sitting on a white wooden floor with a tan rug in front. The center of the top of the tables has a colorful floral image, a light hangs down with a chain, a green plant in a bronze colored pot sits on top of one table, and a green plant in a white pot sits on the floor to the left of the tables. Two brown wooden tables sit to the left of the yellow tables and the words Yellowstone Painted Side Tables is printed on the picture.

***The contest mentioned in the original blog has ended.

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About the Author

Salvaged Inspirations

Denise is a blogger, self-taught furniture artist, writer, photographer and the owner/creator of Salvaged Inspirations. She is a lover of all things vintage, repurposed and restyled. A thrift enthusiast, she’s always in pursuit of the next creative upcycle.

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