My $8 Patio Table Makeover

Well, it has been makeover/rennovation central in the Smith household these days.  We are taking on our backyard.  Sigh.  What a project! Luckily, my step-father owns a contracting company and my mom used to own a landscaping company, so we have had LOTS of help and advice.  There will be a BIG 'ol blog to come on this project.  We are on week two of it and hoping to be done in the next week. Let's just say, it is fit for "Extreme Home Makeover".  Pretty major.

Anyway, I digress. In the midst of all this, I of course, want to accessorize and decorate.  Which is highly effective when hardscaping, pool fences and tons of plants are going in, lemme tell ya! Kidding.  But seriously, we inherited our patio table.  The table top surface if concrete, with a pretty design.  But in several moves, hot summers and use, it has seen better days.  The chairs are dark metal with bronz-y, gold-y swirls in it with the most hideous cushions that my small dog destroyed.  So, I had the idea to spray paint the table top to get rid of the dings and marks.  It was a free table, the risk didn't seem to great.  So, one trip to Home Depot and an $8.00 can of Rustoleum Outdoor Metallic spray paint in brushed copper, and it was a done deal. Silly me, I forgot to take a before picture.  But, it turned out great!  Paired with my new bright green cushions, and it is a whole new table!