Vintage Bar Cart Makeover From the Thrift Store: Furniture Makeover - Thrift Diving 

Thrift Diving very impressed nice job !

You should have primed the wood before you glued the paper down. The acid from the wood will migrate and discolor the paper. You could have also used a sealer on the metal legs to keep them from rusting again.

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Thrift Diving very creative!!! Love it!!!

Thrift Diving it might have been your brand of epoxy that yellowed the paper originally. I recommend Stone Coat Countertop’s Art Coat.

LOL, that thing was DIRTY! :)

Me😅

I did too 🤣🤣

But then what would happen to my RU-vid channel??!! ;) LOL. Just kidding. Thanks, Sabrina!

Sabrina Bell HGtv used to have a show called "Salvage. Dogs" spotlighing a company fron Roanoke VA. THEY TOOK IT OFF AND ALL THEY HAVE NOW IS STUPID JUNK.

I 100% agree!!

Agree the frame should have been a satin white also..love the paper she used tho😊

or matched the metal trim

@@wigglypaw I was hoping for a metal trim all the way around also... sort of a retro, later mid-century vibe. Ah well, still neat!

Diane Thompson I was thinking the same thing, the white makes the metal pieces stand out. Not so much in a bad way but it can be an eye sore to some, because it draws your eye away from the dramatic artwork she installed.

My same thought

Yes!! I kept waiting for the shoe to drop! HAHA. So when it didn't drop, I was like, "Wwwhhaat! Heeeeyyyy!" LOL

Yea the squeals were hilarious 🤣

looks clean

HAHA, wow, so I brought that cart from the 70's into 2018! That's hilarious that TVs were that small and people sat them on little carts like this. How far we've come, huh? Thank you, Paula!

I was thinking it was an old TV chart too! Showing my age!!!

Paula Hubbard somebody else also had it! It must have been popular. Super cool

Aha that's too funny.

Hi, Serena - My parents had a huge old TV on one of these carts, too, bought in the 1970s, and we used the bottom shelf for the huge old VCR. I'm astounded that it didn't collapse under the weight of all that stuff; the shelf boards were really cheap strandboard covered with sticky contact paper. Nice work!

Woohoo! Thank you! So glad you like it! I'm truly happy about how it turned out! I love projects like these! Thanks for watching!

Had the same t.v. stand lol!!!

Yeah, I think it was a tv stand :-))

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!!

LOL, glad you enjoyed that part! It was a fun video to make. :)

Giotto Ferrero would something like mod podge, used in decopauge work? That was what I was thinking when she first spoke of epoxy. I've seen epoxy yellow white paint over time.

Great point, Giotto! I didn't go into too much detail about my little side experiment with the epoxy, but this is how it went: I did several test boards, one of which I sealed with Mod Podge and then poured the epoxy. That's the larger of the board you see in the video. But it turned yellow around the edges because I didn't seal it completely. I was rushing through the test. The second test piece you saw that was all yellow, I tried a different type of spray to seal it and it didn't work. Hence, the yellowing. The third board, I did 2 coats of the Mod Podge to seal a test board and made sure to thoroughly coat it. I didn't pour epoxy on it because by that time, I realized that I could just do glass and it would look just as good. But meanwhile, I learned a lot about epoxy and LOVED the look of it, but realized that this project wasn't the best project on which to use it. The instructions also advice against using the epoxy on white backgrounds for that very reason: the yellowing. So I'll likely use it on a desk top or a cool craft project. I LOVED working with epoxy!

If you paint the shelf white prior sticking the paper and then cover it with epoxy, would it go yellow as well? 🤔

Giotto Ferrero that is a great tip but I want to add that you have to make sure the resin isn't yellowed with age as well, the 2 parts of the epoxy should be clear, if one of them is yellow then it's old and will cure with a yellow tinge!

Thanks, Deb! I'll be doing that video soon, so that I can test out all the options! You'll get to see everything. :)

LOL, thanks! It was such a joyful time to realize I had done it and it turned out better than expected! :)

Glad you like it! Thanks so much!

Ugh, getting garages cleared, though is soooo hard! Start in a small corner and create enough space for you to work on stuff. Then keep chipping away at it. :) Glad you like my project!! Thanks, Erin!

@@ThriftDiving Yes it is a task. The frustrating thing is we moved into our house, a year later the garage was almost cleared, when the finished basement flooded! Now the basement items are in the garage until we get the basement fixed. So I wait again, for my project space! In the meantime I will watch your channel and get lots of great ideas.

LOL, keep your eye out for another one!

Oh wow, that sounds awesome, Susan! I would love to see that!

Thank you, Kute!!

Yeah, you'll be amazed how a little bit of things like paint, power tools, paper, and more can totally transform something! :)

Thank you, Lore Lynn!

Aww, thanks, April!! :)

HA!! I know, right?? That poor chair, I haven't had time to work on it, but I promise you that I will get it done before the year is over. HA!! :)

Hey, Darnia! Yep, that's me! I'm a Duluth Woman model! :) lol

Thank you, Gerzine!

Yeah, it does look very vintage!

That's what I was thinking TrooperSgt. I have one of those in my basement right now....mmmmnnn, thanks, Thrift Diving for showing me how I can re-vamp it! Great job!

Thrift Diving I think it's a library's book cart

Trooper....that''s exactly what I used it for

You're welcome!

HAHAHA!!! Awww, the little doggies! Tell them I said sorry!! lol

Ha ha! It would have alerted my trusty ole Jack Russell as well if she weren't deaf, oy.

Thanks! Who knew we'd all be salivating over them all these years later! LOL

You can get non yellowing epoxy. Usually made for jewelery making check Michael's or hobby lobby.

Thank you, Anne!!

You are right--on the second sample, the yellow was definitely due to the epoxy soaking through and the yellow of the wood coming through. But the epoxy instructions did say to not use it on white because of yellowing. Although it may have meant over TIME it will yellow. But still.... Thanks, Sierra!

YAY! Thanks, Vincent! I appreciate that! Glad you liked it!

Thank you, Millie!! :)

Melanie Deysenroth love that idea! I want sure how to get these weeks off, so I just cleaned them up. But I'm ike your idea!

Put a set of Dayton rims on it.

Gloria Silvers same

Thank you! Just looked it up. It's called Fixatif! I'll research it more. Thank you!

Sweeeet! Thank you, gumdrops! :)

Ooh, I love that idea! I may have to do that! :) Thanks for the suggestion.

Sadie Trego nice! What's your birthday? Mine is Dec13th!

LOL!!! I'll have to go back and watch that part! It's fun when projects come together!

LeeAnn Wicker That's what some have said. Others said a microwave stand! Lol

We had these in the UK back in the day and they were called Tea Trolleys.

Microwaves did not exist back then. TV had just gone from big console units to portable and the carts came along to accommodate them.

You are correct! It's definitely a TV cart, as someone else said! But if I called it a TV cart, it's not good for SEO (which is totally blogger geek talk). LOL

My household had one for our small TV set, it looked familiar , glad to see this one repurposed!

I've actually seen it used as both a bar & tv cart. Also saw it used in a tiny kitchen to hold small appliances.

CAN'T...Believe That I Threw One Similar....OUT Lic That... : ( No Problem...There's Many At These Mom & Pop's Shops & Yard Sales Lol..."

@@ThriftDiving yes, you put a 17"or 19" tv on it

Thanks, Jenny! I thought of that, but I didn't want to cover up the metal. I had hoped I could get the metal to shine much more, but since it was so old and rusty, there was only so much I could do. Thanks for watching, Jenny!

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would've -_-

I have a wing back from my parents' house in my garage too. Need to do something with it soon!

@@ccgreene1095 first, what kind of condition is the wingback?

That's exactly what it is!

You're so sweet, Aubrey! Get to work on that cart! You'll enjoy it, and may have a new tea station or something. ;)

LOL!!! I remember that! There was no such thing as the remote. LOL