Do you like the look of distressed furniture? How about white distressed furniture?
I am starting to get on a new kick of repurposing furniture – I think it’s pretty fun!
Today we have winner #3 in our furniture flipping contest series – and it’s a fantastic flip!
These bedside tables were beautifully done by Cecilly Bumatay. She is a successful realtor in New York, and when she is showing houses, she sometimes falls in love with some of the furniture they have in the home. She then asks the owner if they are planning on throwing out a piece and if so she would haul it away for them.
She has been able to score some pretty great pieces like these bedside tables – for FREE!
She named these two night stands Zoe and Chloe since they were twins and they were her first furniture flip. 🙂
It was gorgeous wood to start with, and she had a great vision for them. Check out what she did to distress them below.
Steps she took to distress the bedside tables
Step 1. Removed hardware.
Step 2. Sanded down finish off of the wood.
Step 3. Painted on Minwax White Wash Pickling Wood Stain.
Step 4. 
Distressed wood by sanding down parts that would normally wear.
Step 5. Painted hardware black for the contrast with the white. Used Rustoleum Ultra Cover Gloss. Painting them saved her since hardware can be the most expensive part of a furniture flip.
Step 6. Sealed 
both end tables with Varathane Polyurethane Matte soft touch finish.
And that was it! She sold these gorgeous bedside tables for $125! She put about $15-$20 in materials into them, and like I mentioned before, was able to get them for free. 
I really love these pieces! Didn’t they turn out awesome?! Love the white distressed furniture look.
They started with good bones – which is a huge key when repurposing furniture for profit. If it’s not a good solid wood, it’s not usually worth putting the time into redoing the piece.
Check out the other contest winners we have published so far: Beautiful Entry Table Redo for under $10 and an Old Wardrobe Turned into a Farmhouse Pantry
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Melissa Stephenson
Hiya! I’m the other half of Flea Market Flipper. 🙂
I’m recently starting to love furniture flips and am excited to bring some more to you. I am a SAHM of three little ones that keep me busy. I also love working on our Flea Market Flipper blog and helping you become more successful with flipping.
I like your way of sharing such a useful information with us. Keep it up. I would love to try this one.
thanks!
I love the idea of flipping furniture like this in flea markets. Have you considered doing a post on the business of flipping like this ? Something that discusses the time commitment vs. the profit of flipping something from free -> 150$?
Thanks Kira! great idea!