
I had this table in storage and because of the damaged top,
*regular Mod Podge
*a wide foam brush
*braided trim
*a water based polyurethane or varnish
*cotton duck, or 100% heavy duty cotton fabric with
*If you are going to paint the piece, like I did, it is best to do that
step first and do the decoupaging after the paint is cured.
Do not paint the area to be decoupaged.
Sand your surface. If it is a leather top, sand it until all of the shine is gone.
Cut your fabric to fit. If the edge isn’t perfect don’t worry,
After completely covering the surface in medium,
lay your fabric on the surface being careful not to stretch it.
Use your hand to push out all of the air bubbles and excess glue.
If you leave either under the surface it will dry that way.
If you need to reposition your fabric, pull it up gently, and reapply the medium.
It may stretch the fabric slightly, so it is better to put it on right the first time.
If you do, let the paint dry completely before adding the next layer of medium.
Otherwise, you can leave it as is and move on to the next step.
Depending on the use, I put 2-3 coats on, following the manufacturer’s instructions.

*This was posted Via Jennifer Rizzo. com
Great tutorial Jennifer and I linked it to my sidetables project post too!
That looks so pretty!
Good job.
I popped over from Inspire Me Heather…this table is so beautiful. Thanks for the tutorial, I’m certainly going to give this a try.
Wow you did an amazing job! Thanks for the tutorial.
fab table and easy to understand,I think lol.
I love the idea and the project. Was hoping to see the final results when done. Will have to try this someday.
Beautiful tutorial, but I wish you had included a final picture of the whole completed project. Great tutorial though!
I have a particularly ugly end table. It’s that style where you have a cubby hole underneath the top w/ a drawer below that. Hope that gives you a visual picture of what this piece looks like. What I’d like to do is decopage fabric into the cubby hole and inside the drawer, then paint the rest w/ a complimentary color. I have some pretty fabric I picked up at a yard sale. It feels like cotton, is medium weight, and is a small plaid in fuschia, purple, white, and a darker purple. Thought I’d paint the piece either hot pink or one of the purples, depending on what I have on hand. My other thought was to (after a thorough sanding) was to use a hot pink opaque stain. Do you think this fabric is heavy enough? Any thoughts or suggestions concerning the painting vs. opaque stain? I always sand everything first anyway, so that doesn’t really add much time to the overall time expenditure on the piece as a whole. Oh, I will also mention, at the moment, this piece was originally stained a dark color like walnut which is one of the reasons I hate it so much. I also was going to stencil the top w/ zoo animals as I see this piece that would work well in a childs room. It’s small for an end table and the cubby would give the child a place to put books, stuffed animals, etc. I thought the addition of the stenciled animals would appeal to a buyer, looking for an end table for their son or daughter. I’m sorta leaning toward using purple as the main color so it would be more unisex than hot pink. Altho the hot pink would be really cool. I love the fabric and if Iknew how to sew, I’d most likely make myself an article of clothing out of it, I have several yards but only paid like a couple bucks for it. Any ideas would be welcome. Oh, should I paint the interior cubby w/ a white so the dark couldn’t show through if this fabric isn’t quite heavy enough to cover that ugly dark stain or do you think sanding will suffice? Thanks so much. Just email me if you have any suggestions for me. Thanks again. Jen